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Lancet-3, screen grab from Russia-24 report.
The Russian military continues to use Lancet loitering munitions to target and destroy high-value Ukrainian military equipment.
On January 18, a video showing a recent Lancet strike on a Ukrainian 1B44-1 radar surfaced online. The strike reported took place on Kherson front.
The 1B44-1 is a weather radar for radiosonde observation. The radar measures wind direction and speed, relative humidity, temperature and pressure. This data is collected by radiosondes, small instrumentation packages that emit radio signals, carried aloft by balloons.
The collected data is used for gunnery, launching of missile and multiple rocket systems; calculation of contamination areas; weather forecast; aviation flight support.
The ZALA Aero Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s defense giant Kalashnikov Concern, produces two versions of the loitering munition, the Izdeliye-52 with an endurance of 40 minutes and a three-kilogram warhead and the larger Izdeliye-51 that has an endurance of an hour and is armed with a warhead weighting five kilograms.
Both versions are equipped with an electro-optical system that allows them to detect, track and lock on static and moving targets.
The low-flying profile, small radar cross-section and minimal infrared signature of the Lancet makes it extremely hard to intercept.
Ukraine received several electronic warfare, counter drone and air defense systems from its allies in the West over the last few months. However, its forces are still highly vulnerable to Russian loitering munitions like the Lancet, which continue to cause heavy losses.
The post In Video: Russian Lancet Loitering Munition Takes Out Ukraine Radiosonde Radar appeared first on South Front.
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