"Elka" with artificial intelligence destroys the Drones of the Armed Forces: how works and whether you can protect (video)

In particular, according to the reports of the occupiers, the victims of the interceptor were several large and expensive reconnaissance UAVs of the Armed Forces of the Stork. Outwardly, the UAV resembles a lancet lanceolate barrel because of the X-shaped shape, but has not one screw in the tail, but four small, located on the hind wings. Two pairs of wings of different sizes really make the tool look like a Christmas tree, especially if it is painted in green. There are two cameras in the front.

The elements of the body are printed on a 3D printer, which greatly simplifies and reduces the cost of production. According to the Russians, "Elka" works effectively through artificial intelligence on the basis of artificial intelligence. It allows you to capture the air target and fly to intercepts despite the weather and maneuvering.

Moreover, the algorithms allegedly target the remedy for the most vulnerable parts of the drone to disable it, such as affecting the engine or tail of the airplane drone. The real efficiency of the weapon in the comment of the focus was evaluated by a serviceman from the Sunstrike unit 82 of a separate landing brigade of the Armed Forces, which is engaged in intercepting air targets with drones. He confirmed that "Elka" is very harmful to Ukrainian drones, and there is no means of counteraction.

Russian interceptors fly very quickly (more than 300 km/h), and reconnaissance UAVs cannot be evaded, whatever maneuvers are not used. The most important thing is that Elko is very easy to use, it can be done by any fighter without special training or special skills. The tool is managed only by two buttons: system starting and catapult.

The operator only needs to bring the drone towards the enemy target and press these buttons - then the algorithms will capture it and fully automatically lead the interceptor to the lesion. "Elka" is launched with the help of manual catapult, which remotely reminds of small arms, or directly from the hand, which is not so reliable.

There is also a stationary starting installation with a bisctual-electronic module, which houses two drones, it is obvious that it is difficult to use in combat conditions. According to the military, he drew attention to the "Elk" about 8 months ago, when she tried to hit the Ukrainian reconnaissance drone "Valkyria", but failed. Since then, the Russians have been able to significantly improve artificial intelligence and its accuracy.

According to the fighter, the developers of "Elka" took as a basis the system of "Lancet" and improved it. It is worth noting that at the beginning of 2024 Western experts analyzed the videos from the cameras of these UAVs and came to the conclusion that at that time the system of autonomous capture of goals failed, for example, was not caused by combat equipment, but on some object nearby. Because of this, it even had to be switched off, specifying the goals by hand.

However, as Sunstrike's representative says, the Lacets themselves have become much more accurate and have higher efficiency because they rarely miss. Nvidia Jetson Tx2 has found Ukrainian engineers within the captured lancet samples. It is a microprocessor module in size with a credit card optimized for neural networks and machine training programs, and if easier - to start artificial intelligence systems.

It is equipped with a set of parallel graphic processors that perform 30 trillions of operations per second. Russians are forbidden to buy NVIDIA Jetson Tx2 because of sanctions imposed through invasion of Ukraine, but the invaders find how to bypass them. It is probably these modules are responsible for the autonomous guidance in "Elka". The 82th Brigade of the DShV says that Russian troops also use the latest FPV-pts with artificial intelligence.

They are autonomously looking for goals in a certain area, having certain priorities, and then attacked independently without the operator's team. The fighters captured the UAV, which was shot down, the engineers have not yet had time to explore it, but noticed the NVIDIA fee. According to the military, Ukraine does not yet have autonomous interceptors. There are similar anti -air drones, such as Fowler, but they are guided by hand, not artificial intelligence.