00:04Hola y bienvenidos a The Cube, aquí en esta fact-checking show.
00:07Este video se muestra a handheld device intercepting a drone.
00:12Online, algunos usuarios han pensado que es una tecnología de ukrainia, otros dicen que es russián.
00:18La device es, en realidad, a Yolka Interceptor Drone,
00:20un vehículo de russián desarrollado a un vehículo desarrollado para targetar pequeños aéreos.
00:24Es lanzado por un operador, puede alcanzar speeds de alrededor de 200 km por hora y ha un range de
00:31menos de 5 km.
00:32Unlike a missile, Yolka drones carry no explosión de warheads.
00:36They destroy their target through direct impact, a so-called KINETIC KILL.
00:41So, if the Yolka has no explosión de warheads, how does the target appear to explode in this video?
00:46In reality, the blast is more likely caused by the drone itself.
00:49That is also a potential weakness.
00:52David Batchi, a senior researcher in aerodynamics at the University of Oxford,
00:57says that systems relying on direct impact can be less effective against larger or more robust targets.
01:03Ukraine has comparable systems, including the Sting, designed to intercept Shahed-type attack drones.
01:10And according to research engineer Hyt de Kubeur,
01:12these interceptors may be cheap, but they are not always reliable.
01:15Both sides also rely on many of the same components, making crucial drone parts harder to source.
01:22The video was filmed by the Vaha battalion, a subunit of Spetsnaz-Achmat,
01:26which is under the command of the Russian Defense Ministry and made up of volunteers
01:29from Chichinia and personal train at the Russian University of Spetsnaz.
01:34An expert told us that Achmat subunits are typically named after their commanders,
01:39with Vaha likely serving as a call sign.
01:41He added that the unit had been deployed to the Karikiv front in northeastern Ukraine,
01:45near the Russian border.
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