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Russia Tests Stealth Drone "Okhotnik" for 1st Time in Military Operation


Fri 30 Jun 2023 | 02:58 AM
Taarek Refaat

Russia recently launched air strikes on the Ukrainian army's facilities with new stealth drone "Okhotnik", according to RT.

The Russian Armed Forces used for the first time in the special military operation the "S-70 Okhotnik drone, which can be flown by the fifth-generation "Su-57" fighter.

This was reported by Turkish media, citing photographs transmitted by Ukrainian networks. 

According to the journalists, the structure and dimensions of the drone indicate that it is the striking of an Okhotnik drone. The drone was used to strike the installations of the Ukrainian army in the province of Sumy.

According to Western military analyst Pyotr Botovsky, the weight of the drone at take-off reaches 25 tons, of which 2.8 tons return to the arena. The wingspan is 19 meters, and the length is 14 meters. It can fly at a speed of 1,400 km/h at a low altitude to a distance of 5,000 km.

In order to destroy the radars, the drone can get the Kha-58 air-to-surface missile, which is fired to a distance of 260 kilometers. In order to combat marine targets, the drone can be equipped with a "Kha-35" subsonic missile that flies at a very low altitude. The drone may receive 4 upgraded Kha-74M2 hypersonic missiles and 8 KAB-250 guided floating bombs.