🇷🇺🫸🇺🇦 A barrage balloon equipped with protective cables has intercepted a drone weighing 100 kg with a four-metre wingspan for the first time, according to Polina Albek, founder of the Pervy Dirizhabl ("Первый дирижабль") aviation design bureau. Yes, there have been successful examples of balloons being used to protect against drones. A fixed-wing UAV weighing around 100 kg, with a wingspan of roughly four metres. Albek said. Footage previously showed tests of barrage balloons with suspended cables and Kevlar cords intended to counter Ukrainian kamikaze drones. Judging by the description, the intercepted drone was neither an FP-1 nor a Lyutyi, both of which are significantly heavier and have larger wingspans, but something smaller, such as a UJ-22 or AQ-400. #info #UAV #SAM #EW #Air_to_Air
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