"Copy of French Boat": The expert revealed the truth about Russian sea drones (video)
"For a while, they have explored and studied the non-exicip boats of the Inspector MK2 ECA Group, which since 2016 have been delivered to Russia's Navy for mine mines. The expert said. Oleksandr Kovalenko said that the Russian soldiers have fully mastered the technology of production of these boats and may have already created their own version.
It should be noted that a little earlier Russia has declared the characteristics of marine drones, which include range up to 220 km and capacity up to 600 kg, including combat load. In turn, Oleksandr Kovalenko noted that such a heavy combat load is a threat, but it is likely that the technical characteristics voiced by the Russians can be overstated. "The combat part of the mass is more than half a ton is actually quite threatening. It is more than the weight of the aviation bomb.
But here the range is reduced to 220 km. Therefore, I do not exclude that the Russians have increased the mass The opinion is an expert. Nevertheless, Oleksandr Kovalenko believes that it is too early to talk about the real technical characteristics of the non -trapped boat, declared by the Russians. In an interview with journalists, the observer states that the Black Sea is important for Russia because they are not able to use their fleet in the region.
Unlike the Russian Navy, Ukraine has already successfully used marine shock drones, which enables it to force the Russian fleet to be in the port and not go out into the sea. The observer emphasized that new unmanned boats of the Russians can only be used for rocket firing, but not for full swimming in the sea. It is a complex platform equipped with a wide range of sensors, effectors and appropriate mission management software. Created by French developers with ECA Group in 2015.
This flexible and simple USV multi -purpose is 9 meters long and 2. 95 width, weighs less than 5 tons and has a maximum speed above 64 km/h. It can be easily deployed and operated from non -specialized ships. Thanks to its compact size, the boat can be transported by vehicles, trains and aircraft. In the configuration with the sonoar and the waterlocker, it can be used for various purposes, including the detection of mines in the missions of the mine fight, as well as debris in rescue operations.
Depending on the mission, it can be equipped with various amounts of load: underwater work for the detection and destruction of mines, sensors for inspection of the seabed, lethal or non -lethal weapons, intelligence sensors. And the large area in the back of the deck is designed to install modular equipment, such as robots or special sensors. 4 sq. m of a surface where you can accommodate up to 600 kg of amounts.
Unmanned boat can be used to protect the harbor, protect the coast, protect the shelf, patrol the waters with police or border guards, to combat fire, mine war, rescue operations, bottom examination and environmental protection. On November 27, RIA "Novosti" wrote that the production of the first in Russia of non -existent boats (sea drones) had already begun, and a watering roush was collected. Production took over the Holding "Kingiseppe Machine Building Plant" (St. Petersburg).
Its director Mikhail Danylenko assured journalists that the sea drones should be delivered by the Ministry of Defense until the end of 2023 and tested in the war zone in Ukraine. At the same time, more information about a new unmanned Russian boat appeared on the site of the machine -building plant. The manufacturer notes that it is a non -exit boats based on the Vizir platform. The first party will be experimental and will include 10 such unmanned vessels. "We call it a disposable boat.
It is shallow, flat, with a minimum height above the water surface for low visibility," said the director of the KMZ. According to him, boats will be able to carry not only TNT, but also special cargo or means of escort and intelligence. The devices will also be able to operate as a platform for air drones or antitrone agents. Mikhail Danilenko added that non-exit boats (Beck) for the Ministry of Defense are ready to produce in the northwestern Russia.
A non -ex -boat can use the return algorithm to the base that leads it to the evacuation point in case of interception by the enemy. Also, the device is able to deliver the landing point, to move at a safe distance and to approach the planting point for evacuation. A boat can use a mesh for air drones, a machine gun, a missile or a radio -electronic fight system to intercept marine drones. In addition, it can go to the point and run the drone itself, both marine and airy.
"In the event of his enemy interception, he has a system that leads it to the evacuation point, he has an algorithm of return to the base. In the case of setting the appropriate task, he can perform different functions of the type of delivery to the landing point, then a safe distance" , - KMZ director Mikhail Danylenko told reporters. In addition, he said, the Vizir can be used as a Kamikadze boat.
"It can be simplified, that is, to make smaller dimensions, to make it explosives and to be sent for targets. Its useful load is now about 500 kilograms for very good maneuverability and seafare. The technical characteristics of the Kamikadze Kazir Boat: Recall that on September 12 it became known that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation wants to buy boats-Kamikadze "Vizir".