IDEX 2019: Russia's Kalashnikov unveils kamikaze drone 'KYB'

[Kailash Kumar]

Kalashnikov's kamikaze drone: Russia unveils unmanned weapon capable of carrying a 6.6lb bomb at up to 80mph and 'bypassing air defence systems'

WILL STEWART

18 February 2019

Russia has unveiled its new and deadly kamikaze drone after it 'successfully completed' trials.

The latest precision weapon from arms giant Kalashnikov 'delivers explosives to any terrain, bypassing systems of air defence', officials claim.

The KYB (Cube) drone - with a maximum flying time of just 30 minutes - was showcased for the first time at the international IBEX arms exhibition in Dubai.

A video shows the unmanned military flying machine exploding as it reaches its target.

The Russian drone flies at speeds of between 50 and 80 mph and can carry a payload of explosives up to 6.6lbs, say its manufacturers.

'This is an extremely precise and very effective weapon, incredibly hard to fight by traditional air defence systems,' said Sergey Chemezov, head of Rostec, a Russian state giant in charge of development strategic arms companies.

'The explosive can be delivered to target regardless of how well hidden it is.'

It operates 'regardless of hidden terrains, at both high and low altitude', he said.

The drone was developed by ZALA Aero, a daughter company of Kalashnikov Concern, the main arms company.

Russia also boasted that it has begun supplying Kalashnikov AK103 third generation assault rifles to Saudi Arabia under a contract signed between the two countries in 2017.

The two countries are also poised to agree the joint production of the AK103 in Saudi Arabia.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6716325/Russia-unveils-Kalashnikovs-new-kamikaze-DRONE.html

 

[Beny Karachun]

0:22 Lol he clearly missed, if it was an Israeli drone, and the target was a Pantsir, it wouldn't miss

Oh I haven't watched the full video, it missed two times in a row lmao!

 

[The SC]

It hits what is hiding behind those structures..

 

[Philip the Arab]

0:22 Lol he clearly missed, if it was an Israeli drone, and the target was a Pantsir, it wouldn't miss

Oh I haven't watched the full video, it missed two times in a row lmao!

It's close enough so that the target would be destroyed from the shockwave. Be it a Pantsir or many other military vehicles. Besides the actual target would be much bigger than the target in the video so much easier to destroy for the operator.

 

[Oublious]

It doesn't have optics.

 

[Beny Karachun]

It's close enough so that the target would be destroyed from the shockwave. Be it a Pantsir or many other military vehicles. Besides the actual target would be much bigger than the target in the video so much easier to destroy for the operator.

That explosion is tiny, it wouldn't disable a military vehicle even with light armor unless it hits.
Our drones can hit man sized targets and fly through windows precisely, also that Russian drone can only fly for 30 minutes it's pathetic

Look at the precision at 1:43 at the second video

 

[zzzz]

That explosion is tiny, it wouldn't disable a military vehicle even with light armor unless it hits.
Our drones can hit man sized targets and fly through windows precisely, also that Russian drone can only fly for 30 minutes it's pathetic

Look at the precision at 1:43 at the second video

Precision of what? Primitive and slow drone from aliexpress? You have completly lost your mind, troll? Who the hell cares about your crap? Stop spamming here.

 

[Beny Karachun]

Precision of what? Primitive and slow drone from aliexpress? You have completly lost your mind, troll? Who the hell cares about your crap? Stop spamming here.

Such primitive aliexpress drones are more precise, fly faster, longer and for more time, have optics, and pantsired some of your most advanced air defenses. Three times.

 

[zzzz]

Such primitive aliexpress drones are more precise, fly faster, longer and for more time, have optics, and pantsired some of your most advanced air defenses. Three times.

Your crappy and slow aliexpress drone that you posted above did not hit anything. Another one cost 100 times more, has 100 times bigger RCS and same precision. And btw hitting out of ammo Pantsir is not a big achievment but getting your most modern F-16 pantsired by 1960s S-200 is a big one

 

[Beny Karachun]

Your crappy and slow aliexpress drone that you posted above did not hit anything. Another one cost 100 times more, has 100 times bigger RCS and same precision. And btw hitting out of ammo Pantsir is not a big achievment but getting your most modern F-16 pantsired by 1960s S-200 is a big one

You can clearly see in the video that it did.
Elbit SkyStriker, a 35kg drone similar to the ones you've seen, much more accurate and effective than anything you've manufactured.
S-200VE is 1970s, and it got upgraded.You're forgetting it also pantsired your IL20M with your beloved 15 Russian crewmates, and then you started to cry that we did it, and that your air defenses can't tell the difference between an airliner sized aircraft to an F-16.
We all saw the video of the Pantsir trying to defend itself with missiles, but it failed to even launch missiles in their general direction.
The F-16 incident was a fluke, he had more than 20 missiles fired at him, Israel bombed Syria over a thousand times in the last few years and this was the only incident

 

[zzzz]

You can clearly see in the video that it did.
Elbit SkyStriker, a 35kg drone similar to the ones you've seen, much more accurate and effective than anything you've manufactured.
S-200VE is 1970s, and it got upgraded.You're forgetting it also pantsired your IL20M with your beloved 15 Russian crewmates, and then you started to cry that we did it, and that your air defenses can't tell the difference between an airliner sized aircraft to an F-16.
We all saw the video of the Pantsir trying to defend itself with missiles, but it failed to even launch missiles in their general direction.
The F-16 incident was a fluke, he had more than 20 missiles fired at him, Israel bombed Syria over a thousand times in the last few years and this was the only incident

This aliexpress slow crap is useless. Russian drone is 10 times faster, can climb from sky to target at 300+ km/h speed with 100km range, its flying wing invisible to radar with radio-transparent plastic propeller, can be guided by satellite or manually by operator, very simple and reliable probably even cheaper than your aliexpress crap.
You attacked Syria thousands times and managed to hit only 2 out of ammo Pantsirs, because 90% of your missiles were succefully intercepted by those Pantsirs. And in addition you got F-16 pantsired by 1960s Syrian S-200. Enjoy your humilation

 

[Beny Karachun]

This aliexpress slow crap is useless. Russian drone is 10 times faster, can climb from sky to target at 300+ km/h speed with 100km range, its flying wing invisible to radar with radio-transparent plastic propeller, can be guided by satellite or manually by operator, very simple and reliable probably even cheaper than your aliexpress crap.
You attacked Syria thousands times and managed to hit only 2 out of ammo Pantsirs, because 90% of your missiles were succefully intercepted by those Pantsirs. And in addition you got F-16 pantsired by 1960s Syrian S-200. Enjoy your humilation

"The Russian drone flies at speeds of between 50 and 80 mph " 300kmph+? It didn't even reach that speed in a dive.
They say it can only fly for half an hour, and it can fly at a top speed of 80mph, with some basic motion laws it can *at best* fly for 40 miles, which is like 60 kilometers. Pathetic liar.

Three Pantsirs were destroyed, one clearly resisted:

Yes the Pantsirs intercepted those missiles quite well with its own frame.

You're forgetting it also pantsired your IL20M with your beloved 15 Russian crewmates, and then you started to cry that we did it, and that your air defenses can't tell the difference between an airliner sized aircraft to an F-16.
The F-16 incident was a fluke, he had more than 20 missiles fired at him, Israel bombed Syria over a thousand times in the last few years and this was the only incident

You're pathetic

 

[zzzz]

"The Russian drone flies at speeds of between 50 and 80 mph " 300kmph+? It didn't even reach that speed in a dive.
They say it can only fly for half an hour, and it can fly at a top speed of 80mph, with some basic motion laws it can *at best* fly for 40 miles, which is like 60 kilometers. Pathetic liar.
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Three Pantsirs were destroyed, one clearly resisted:

Yes the Pantsirs intercepted those missiles quite well with its own frame.

You're forgetting it also pantsired your IL20M with your beloved 15 Russian crewmates, and then you started to cry that we did it, and that your air defenses can't tell the difference between an airliner sized aircraft to an F-16.
The F-16 incident was a fluke, he had more than 20 missiles fired at him, Israel bombed Syria over a thousand times in the last few years and this was the only incident

You're pathetic

It can accelerate many times while falling from 1-2 km altitude, dumby.
What is so special about S-200 shooting down Il20? It cannt evade its missile and Russian military never tryed to suppress Syrian air defence.
But mighty IDF with their so-called super-duper technology and electronic warfare capabilities did try to do all its best to suppress it. And failed miserably Getting your most modern F-16 pantsired by Syrian 1960s S-200 is the biggest achievment of the IDF!
Congratulations! You got pantsired!

 

[XTQ1999]

It can accelerate many times while falling from 1-2 km altitude, dumby.
What is so special about S-200 shooting down Il20? It cannt evade its missile and Russian military never tryed to suppress Syrian air defence.
But mighty IDF with their so-called super-duper technology and electronic warfare capabilities did try to do all its best to suppress it. And failed miserably Getting your most modern F-16 pantsired by Syrian 1960s S-200 is the biggest achievment of the IDF!
Congratulations! You got pantsired!

Whats so special is that Israelis used your aircraft as a shield and got 14 of your crew killed, yet you are here making fun of Israeli technology, what is even more funny, is that Russia currently uses Israeli UAV technology because they weren't able to make their own. Here is the prime example

 

[Philip the Arab]

"The Russian drone flies at speeds of between 50 and 80 mph " 300kmph+? It didn't even reach that speed in a dive.
They say it can only fly for half an hour, and it can fly at a top speed of 80mph, with some basic motion laws it can *at best* fly for 40 miles, which is like 60 kilometers. Pathetic liar.
View attachment 540790
Three Pantsirs were destroyed, one clearly resisted:

Yes the Pantsirs intercepted those missiles quite well with its own frame.

You're forgetting it also pantsired your IL20M with your beloved 15 Russian crewmates, and then you started to cry that we did it, and that your air defenses can't tell the difference between an airliner sized aircraft to an F-16.
The F-16 incident was a fluke, he had more than 20 missiles fired at him, Israel bombed Syria over a thousand times in the last few years and this was the only incident

You're pathetic

I'm not a moderator but can we keep this less hostile? Both countries have a robust defense industry with Russia having some strengths than Israel and vice versa so making fun of each other is unwarranted.