The Ukrainian military knocked down the rare Russian reconnaissance "Merlin-WR" (video)

According to Sergey Sternenko, the UAV of the Ministry of Defense of Russia buys for $ 300,000, and the range of drones - up to 600 kilometers. The Ukrainian military knocked down the rare Russian reconnaissance drone "Merlin-WR". This was reported in Telegram blogger Sergey Sternenko. "The destruction of a rare Russian reconnaissance in one of the directions. A range up to 600 km has been declared, it buys it by the Russian Defense Ministry for $ 300,000," Sternenko wrote.

The blogger also posted a photo of a Ukrainian soldier with a beaten drone. According to Defense Express, for the first time the drone was shown in 2021. At that time, the Russians stated that the drone due to the presence of a "hybrid" power plant, which allows to take up to 6. 5 kg of amounts on board, have a flight duration of up to 10 hours and to fly almost silently at a height of up to 5 km, is allegedly unique.

In the "viscera" of this UAV found French thermal imaging matrices Lynred (Ulis) PICO1024 with high resolution. Earlier it was reported that the Armed Forces is using a new technology to save their drones. According to the expert in the field of radio technologies Sergei Bezrozhrony, the Armed Forces use UAV, which, separating from the main drone, affects the goals that can threaten him. Also we will remind that the fighters of the 3rd assault brigade repelled 3 enemy assaults.