Soldiers from the Darknode Battalion, part of the 412th Nemesis Brigade of the SBS, shot down a Russian Shahed attack drone that was equipped with a man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS).
The information was released by the Command of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine through its official social media channels.
According to the statement, the drone was fitted with a radio modem and a camera that enabled remote control directly from the territory of the Russian Federation. In addition, the UAV was capable of employing weapons, in this case a man-portable air defense missile mounted on the platform.
This represents the second known variation of the use of armed Shahed drones in attempts to engage Ukrainian aircraft. The first case involved a Shahed modified to carry an R-60 air-to-air missile. In both scenarios, the employment of the weapon requires the target aircraft—fixed-wing or rotary-wing—to be positioned ahead of the drone, allowing the Russian operator to detect the target and launch the missile.
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