3,000 km flew: Ukraine conducted successful trials of long -range drones of the Armed Forces (video)
News about new means of defending forces are announced in the Presidential address on the evening of March 17. Zelensky explained that the issue of long -range destruction is the most important security guarantee that Ukrainians will create for themselves. The President touched two means of defeat - drones and rockets. According to him, they successfully tested a long -range drone that is able to fly 3 thousand km.
The head of state did not specify the name of the UAV, nor the manufacturer, nor the characteristics, nor the possible goals in the territory of the Russian Federation to which he would reach. "There are good news about long -range drones. Our drone is 3,000 km," the President said. In addition, the President reported the successful use of a long -range rocket - "long Neptune". He heard a report on the Russian strategic object today: when it happened, he did not specify.
"Today, however, they reported on the use of Ukrainian missiles of long Neptune. We can say that the results of the lesions can be said. But it is necessary to produce more," Zelensky stressed. On Google Maps you can mark the range of 3 thousand km, which the president told. The map shows that a long-range drone will freely reach the Elabuza shops, where the Shakhad drones are made. The extreme attainable point is located in the Novosibirsk and Tomsk region.
The device covers the entire European part of Russia, fleens to the Alenia airfield in the north, reaches the Ural Mountains to the Far East. It should be noted that the focus wrote about long-range drones and rocket drones that can be entered into the arsenals of defense forces. For example, in December 2024, military expert Pharker Chuck spoke about the light aircraft AOPRAKT A-22 Foxbat and their use as Kamikadze drone.
According to him, such aircraft-Dron was applied in April 2024 to attack on an object in Tatarstan, located at a distance of about 1 200 km. In December of that year, Zelensky spoke about the successful test of the route drone. According to the head of state, it combines relatively low price and good combat characteristics. At that time, they stated 300 km, but talked about further improvement.