According to the media, four drones were knocked down on the Sunday by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and one of them was Columba production of Spaitech. This UAV was equipped with a K3-6 cumulative charge and a C-4 explosion weighing 450 grams. The combat part was allegedly safely neutralized by explosion, preventing destruction. The Russians have declared the emergence of columba drones for the second time in the territory of the aggressor country.
According to the Russian media, the Armed Forces for the first time launched Columba drones in the Russian Federation on November 16 - then one apparatus was found near his house a resident of the village of Pasova near Smolensk, and another police found in the forest nearby. Both allegedly carried a cumulative charge KZ-6 and an explosive C-4 weighing about 1. 2 kg. "The Armed Forces modernize the Spanish drones of Columba at the enterprise of LLC" NPP Spitek "in Odessa.
They are processed into shock and increasing the range of flight," - says Shot. In Ukraine, Solumba drones are gathering a SPAITECH scientific and production enterprise, which has been operating in the market since 2012 and is based in Odessa. It is known that it supplies the Ukrainian military UAV sparrow. The company's official website contains detailed information about Columba UAV.
It is a "flying wing" unmanned apparatus with an electric motor that can detect objects and determine their coordinates. According to the creators, the drone is very strong and resistant to extreme temperatures, protected from moisture. It unfolds quickly, starts with a catapult, controlled in manual or mechanical modes, can automatically take off and land using parachute.
Focus appealed to the Ukrainian enterprise Spaitech to comment on the statements of the Russian media, but at the time of the publication he has not received the answer. In September 2022, the Chief Designer of Spaitech Andriy Lipovy said that the development of columba drones was stopped because they did not find the customer. A similar fate was befell and more than 80 km has a powerful UAV-it was developed in 2015-2016 for border guards, but the tender was canceled and the project was frozen.
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