A video shared on X by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggests the new rocket drone could hit targets about 400 miles inside Russia.
  • Ukraine said it had used a new long-range rocket-drone hybrid for the first time.
  • The “Palianytsia” is designed to target Russian aircraft stationed at air bases inside Russia.
  • A video shared by Zelenskyy suggested it may be able to hit targets 400 miles inside Russia.
  • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Footage of an early prototype showed a jet engine in an overall pretty compact design. It’s basically miniature cruise missile and called a drone possibly because of a smaller payload.

    It may also be called a “rocket drone” to downplay the escalation in the eyes of Russia. “This is just another drone, just as the drones we’ve already used to hit into Moscow, so no escalation.”