Russia has often used suicide drones to strike Ukrainian targets, with uncrewed vehicles a cheaper alternative to more costly missile strikes.
New combat footage circulating online appears to show a Russian Lancet loitering munition strike on a decoy Ukrainian Buk-M1 air defense system.what looks to be a Russian Lancet drone zeroes in on its target. But the Ukrainian Buk-M1 system appears to reveal itself as a decoy as the loitering munition detonates, according to the clip apparently recorded by a drone.could not independently verify this footage, nor when and where it was filmed.
Videos of Russian drones targeting decoy Ukrainian military equipment have spread online throughout the 18-month-long conflict, with reports suggesting Lancet drones have targeted Ukrainian decoy tanks, IRIS-T missile systems and Buk systems. A BUK-M1 medium-range surface-to-air missile system, also known by its NATO reporting name, SA-11 Gadfly. New combat footage circulating online appears to show a Russian Lancet loitering munition strike on a decoy Ukrainian Buk-M1 air defense system.moniker, the SA-11 Gadfly, is a Soviet-era self-propelled medium-range surface-to-air missile system in use with both the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces.
There are tracked and wheeled versions of the Buk system, which is designed to take down enemy aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and other targets, according to the . Since it went into service, the Buk missile system has been repeatedly upgraded, and Russia's armed forces started using the later Buk-M2 in 2008.
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