Russia’s rumored jet-powered versions of the Iranian Shahed are appearing in Ukraine’s air defense reports

• Ukrainian reports are starting to document the use of Russia’s new jet guided shahed drones.

• A version called Gayan-3 is said to fly up to 500 miles per hour.

• If such speeds are launched collectively, Jet drones will cause significant problems for Ukraine’s air defenses.

A new explosion drone, which is said to fly much faster than Russia’s existing HAHEDs, is released.

Ukraine’s Air Force Command on Wednesday said in a statement, the night before defending the airspace, the jet -working attack drones said.

“A remarkable feature of the night attack was the use of UAVs that run with a maximum of eight jet in the north direction,” he wrote in a regular update.

The announcement points to one of the first official reports that Ukraine faced the new Loitering ammunition in the war.

Air Force Command in total was counted 78 HAHED attack drones Tuesday night was launched.

In the statement, 51 drones electronic war, prevention drones, anti -air missiles and Mobile Fire GroupsTypically uses truck -mounted machine guns.

Ukraine Air Force, jet guided drones did not specify whether or not.

Air Force Command, “27 drone effects recorded in 7 places and the remains falling from the drones falling in 2 places.”

On Thursday, a Ukrainian telegraph channel following the flight routes of Russian drones also wrote that he recorded jet -guided drones.

“On the map we draw for you, you can see the movement of cruise missiles, jet -powered Shaheds and regular strike/trap drinks.” Although it is not an official government channel, it is widely followed in Ukraine for warnings specific to the city on the drones.

A big problem for Ukraine’s air defenses

Russian jet guided drones are believed to be closely modeled. Iran’s HAHED-238A long -range Loitering ammunition tehran upgraded in November.

Moscow did not officially detail the new weapon’s own version, but Ukraine’s intelligence and Western analysts reported that Tolou – 10/13 jet engine to greatly increase the speed of the drone.

Open source intelligence resources said that in early January, Ukraine may have hit at least one HAHED-238 type drone and showed limited Russian use. In June, the images published by Ukraine Telegram channels seemed to show the destroyed parts of such drones in the country.

Both in the previous reports and the Air Force Command’s update on Wednesday, whether they are prototypes or certainly finalized drones.

However, if it is collectively deployed against Ukraine, the newly raised drone can cause a major problem for Kyiv’s air defenses.

The HALED-238 is said to be much faster than the HAHED-136, which is located locally in Russia, as Geran-2, the main attack drone against Ukraine.

While the HAHED-136 was known to fly at 115 miles / h, a Russian general said that in December, the shahed-238 could fly to the state media at a rate of 500 miles / h. Expanded independent analyzes on the drone are still not open to the public and ammo It can only fly quickly while diving.

However, at this speed, the jet -powered drone would be almost as fast as a cruise missile.

This will be an almost impossible target for Ukraine’s mobile fire groups or FAHED-136s.

This year, mobile fire groups were drowned by a large number of Russian HAHED-136 released every night. Ukraine started to prioritize to increase the gap Prevention DronesIf Shaheds works with jet becomes the mainstream, there is also a risk of being worn.

Interceptor drones secretly built by Ukrainian companies need to fly much faster than the HAHED-136, as they need to capture the Loitering ammunition after being identified.

A HALED-238 or Geran-3 moving at a speed of 500 miles / h will require that a stopper drone to fly about three times faster than before.

“In such a case, promising antiaircraft Interceptor UAVs will be weak.”

Ukraine has an advanced anti -air missile defenses for faster targets such as the US -made Patriot system. Hypersonic kinzhal missile.

Nevertheless, Ukraine usually keeps these expensive anti -air ammunition for ballistic missiles; It would be sustainable to spend them to neutralize the waves of the HAHED drones.

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