Expensive know-how in the field of UAV: ​​What is the uniqueness of the new drone "Hell"

"Our, Ukrainian weapons that already have confirmed combat use. Today, the first party has been handed over to our defense forces. Now the task is to increase production and use," the President said. The Ukrainian manufacturer created UAV from scratch in record time - during the year. A new type of weapon became the first in its class, added the Minister of Strategic Industry of Ukraine Herman Smetanin.

"Hell" is not only produced series, but also constantly improved: its level of protection against the influence of HRB is increased, performance and accuracy of the lesion are improved. New types of combat part are being developed to expand the list of possible lesions, the minister indicates. The hell missile can fly at a speed of 700 kilometers per hour, the maximum range of targets is over 700 kilometers.

According to Interfax-Ukraine, it was tested five times in combat conditions with successful hits for Russian purposes. In terms of efficiency, Ukrainian rockets are not inferior to certain types of Russian winged missiles, but are much cheaper. Other characteristics of new drones are not reported. It is unknown how many devices the Armed Forces received. Judging by the appearance, "hell" is a ammunition with a fixed wing and an external turbojet engine.

UAV is built according to the classic aerodynamic scheme: the wings are located in the middle, and moving storage - in the tail. Military analysts noted that modern long -range percussion drones are approaching the characteristics of winged missiles. Ukrainian experts can be inventors of new technology: a complex full -scale war makes us look for non -standard approaches to fighting. The Armed Forces used to be successfully used for long-range attacks by old Soviet drones Tu-141 "Strizh".

The modernization of the drone has actually turned the drone into a cheap analogue of the winged rocket, which could push the engineers to think about the need to create a powerful and accurate hybrid of the rocket and drone. Hell has become the second rocket-aid in the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces. At the Independence Day celebrations of 2024, Zelensky announced the successful use of the Palyanytsya missile and stated that it was a "new method of retribution of the aggressor".

"Palyanitsa" runs from the ground platform at a distance of 600-700 kilometers. There are about 20 Russian military airfields, including Savaslaka in the Nizhny Novgorod region, in the area of ​​rocket launchers. However, there is no sense in such weapons, says the leading researcher of the State Museum of Aviation of Ukraine, aircraft Valery Romanenko. As a rule, aerodromes are a large area with a non -intensive placement of objects on it.

It is more realistic to get on the shops of MIC enterprises or to calculate the bases of tactical aviation, Su-27 and Su-34 aircraft. Each such aircraft costs from $ 30 million, but it will have to equip the drone not a GPS guidance system, but a station. Romanenko is convinced of the impossibility of full -fledged rocket and UAV. The winged rocket has sophisticated equipment that allows it to be put on the target at the end stage.

At a distance of more than 120 kilometers, it is impossible to maintain a radio signal, especially in the conditions of active operation of air defense. "If so complex equipment is put on UAVs, its price will be like rockets, and the combat part and range of the target is much lower. The probability of beating due to low speed is extremely high. I hope that Ukrainian drones will at least delay Russian anti-aircraft missiles C-300 , C-400 and Buk,-he explains.

The state has already addressed the Hypothetical goals for drones "Hell" could become fuel bases in Russia. The use of FPV-pates to intercept Russian reconnaissance devices Zala 421, "Orlan 10/30" and SuperCam 350. Since May 2024, at least 650 successful interceptions have already been confirmed. Focus earlier wrote that Kherson became a landfill for the operators of the Russian Armed Forces.