In Russia, the Armed Forces are silent with "nightl" som-5 drones: what is known about them

The Russian official stated that Som-5 drone is equipped with a thermal imaging chamber capable of finding goals even in the dark. In Russian Kalinigrad, drone operators are learning to control an unmanned apparatus with a vertical Som-5 takeoff system. The governor of Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov reported about it in his Telegram channel. In the report, the official writes that 10 units were purchased for such drones for participation in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Currently, Alikhanov writes, the fighters of the 11th Corps have undergone theoretical training and will soon begin to practice in the management of a drone. The official also revealed some of the characteristics of the drone: "Multifunctional, used in intelligence. Flight range up to 200 kilometers, and time - more than 3 hours, rises to a height of 5 kilometers. Silent. Silent. Thermal imaging chamber will monitor the whole in the dark.

" As focus wrote earlier, a drone was created in the Russian Federation on the basis of Shahd UAV - "Yastreb". It can install a jet engine, then the device will develop a maximum speed of 700 km/h, and if you put an internal combustion engine, then 300 km/h. The flight range is 350 km. The drone will be able to carry a payload in the form of fugas shells weighing 16 kg.

It is also known that all elements of the device are publicly available, which means that it will be cheap and will be quite simple. Russian developers also noted that Yastreb will be able to withstand the means of radio electronic struggle (HRV), will be equipped with a system of machine vision for detection and aiming for targets. Earlier, we wrote that in Chechnya we developed an optical system of detection of snipers.