Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence has posted a 3D model of an unidentified Russian UAV on its WarSanctions platform, complete with detailed descriptions and an interactive view. Key details on the drone, in 🧵thread:
2/ It can serve as a reconnaissance drone, loitering munition, or a decoy meant to overload Ukraine’s air defenses. Structurally, the drone features a delta-wing fuselage, similar to the Geran-1 (Shahed-131) but slightly smaller.
3/ The unidentified drone is powered by a two-stroke gasoline DLE engine produced by China’s Mile Haoxiang Technology Co.
The DLE engine is mounted in the nose of the fuselage, making the drone most similar to the “Italmas” loitering munition produced by Russia’s Zala Group
4/ For communication, the drone uses two LTE modems fitted on board (LTE Cat-4, WiFi ESP32/ GSM SIM800). Most components on the board are sourced from China. The only identified non-Chinese part is the voltage regulator, a standard component widely used in consumer electronics
5/ In the loitering variant, the mounted camera, when its viewing angle is adjusted allows operator remotely to guide the drone to a target using an FPV system.
6/ Navigation relies on a jamming-resistant satellite positioning system, with four patch antennas and Chinese Allystar modules.
7/ In total, the new UAV contains 19 Chinese components, 15 U.S.-made microchips, three microcontrollers from Switzerland’s STMicroelectronics, a gyroscope-accelerometer from Japan’s TDK, and a Taiwanese Ethernet controller and capacitor.
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