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Sep 6 • 11 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
1/ A heavily publicised anti-UAV system adopted by the Russian National Guard turns out to have been smuggled in from China and apparently falsely represented as Russian by its supplier. At least one person has been charged in Russia for weapons smuggling.
2/ In January 2024, the press service of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) publicised its personnel using the Vyzhigatel ("Scorcher") anti-drone gun operationally for the first time in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine.
3/ The device is essentially a high-powered directional antenna which blocks transmissions to the targeted drone, suppressing its communications and navigation systems. This causes the drone to go off course or forces it to make an emergency landing.
4/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that the Russian Ministry of Defence has found that the devices are actually rebadged SkyfendHunter SHH100 anti-drone guns made in China by Henzhen Skyfend Technology Co., and were illegally smuggled into Russia.
5/ The SHH100 was unveiled in November 2023. According to its manufacturer, it has a detection range of up to 2,000 meters and a jamming range of 3,000 meters. It has been adopted by the militaries of Venezuela and Sudan. It is being sold in the EU at a unit cost of €99,999.
6/ 231 Vyzhigatels were provided in December 2023 by the supplier, the Moscow-based Oruzheynaya Palata LLC. It seems likely that the company has simply rebadged a Chinese product as one of its own, likely with a big mark-up of the price.
7/ The apparent fraud was reportedly exposed after a technical examination by the 46th Central Research Institute of the Russian MOD identified the device as Chinese. It is an item of military technology with no civilian use.
8/ VChK-OGPU says that "the investigation concluded that the 'Scorchers' were illegally moved across the customs border of the [Eurasian Economic Union] by a group of persons by prior conspiracy.
9/ "On August 26, a criminal case was opened on the smuggling of military equipment under paragraph "b" of Part 2 of Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and at least one person was charged under it.
10/ The channel adds that "there are also persons in the case who have not yet been identified," so it's likely that there will be further arrests as the apparent conspiracy is unravelled. /end
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