Ukrainian marine drone versus Russian Su-30. What happened to the Black Sea?
Ukraine reported the aircraft from the sea.
Kiev, BRATISLAVA. Probably this is the first one of the first stepped fighter aircraft from the maritime drone.
American server The War Zone Referring to information from Ukrainian secret services, he wrote that Ukraine Over the Black Sea managed to shoot two Russian fighter aircraft Suchoj Su-30 shots fired from naval drones.
« It’s a historical moment, » said Budanov, director of the Ukrainian military secret service Hur, for TWZ.
TWZ writes that the event occurred on Friday over the Black Sea about 50 kilometers west of Novorossijska, a port city north of Sochi, which had to Mask Download their vessels from Crimean ports in which they were no longer safe.
According to Budanov, the Ukrainian armed forces were able to shoot down two Su-30 aircraft, using the Magura-7 Marine Drones, from which they fired American Sidewinder.
The War Zone added that he has not yet been able to verify Budanov’s claims independently, No CNN, which informs about the incident alsoshe wrote that the shooting was also confirmed by the Russian telegram channel Fighterbomber.
The station also noted that Ukraine was already boasted in December by shooting down two Russian helicopters with the Magura V5 sea rocket drone.
In the article you can read:
- What do we know about the alleged pair of diminishing over the Black Sea,
- What is known about the Ukrainian naval drones,
- What it tells about the situation in the Black Sea.
Two breakthrough moments
If the event happened as TWZ informs, shooting down a fighter aircraft from a naval drone is not the first breakthrough moment. The second would be the use of the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile from the vessel. This shot is commonly used in air-air mode and firms from the aircraft.
According to the server, Budanov also said that Hur assembles these rockets on drones since January.
The site also writes that although the original reports said that a Russian rocket Vympel R-73 was used in one shot, it considers it confirmed that Ukraine used US shots in a more accurate AIM-9M variant.
It also adds that its sight does not have a very wide field of view and the drone driver had to direct the entire vessel to the flying plane, as there have been no messages that Ukraine would assemble moving launchers on drones.
The crew of one of the planes allegedly ejected and survived, not from the other.
« The pilots ejected and saved them by civilian sailors. Both of them live, and the plane – devil take it. Especially that people are alive, » quotes the TWZ telegram channel of the military expert Vladislav Šurygin.
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Fighterbomber telegram channel CNN He wrote that the Ukrainians got more than three dozen surface drones near the Russian port. The crew, which ejected, even fell close to them.
This information is broken with Budan’s statement, which according to the Ukrainian server Defense Express He talked about three drones.
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Šurygin noted that the incident became only 50 kilometers from Novorossijska, and the Ukrainian drones managed to lure Russian fighters close to their vicinity.
According to TWZ, Russian telegram channels confirmed only one shot, but complained about what the event is talking about the situation in the Black Sea. « The enemy took the initiative. The Black Sea fleet after the loss of the flagship and many other ships still did not restore its fighting capacity. It remains crawled in ports and bays. The enemy has a significant advantage in using non -unmanned ships and is able to attack in any area and keep under control of the Russian coast and its air space. » Kitten.
What is Magura-7?
Meanwhile, the media, including the Ukrainian ones, only refer to Budanov’s information and confirmations from Russian telegram channels.
The Magura-7 drones (namely the name Magura V7), which allegedly shot down aircraft, is not yet much known except that they are derived from drones Magura V5that we are already pThey also made in the SME daily.
The important thing is that these are purely Ukrainian projects that are not dependent on foreign subcontractors. Magura V5 looks like a motorboat, is remotely controlled and reportedly has a range of up to eight hundred kilometers.
Ukraine used these drones to sink the Russian ship Ivanovec, serving as a suicide weapon. .
Pages Naval Newswho also informs about the Ukrainian success, published a photo of a machine claiming to be Maguru 7. He writes that it is larger than Magura 5 and her torso is about 8 meters long.
The author of the Hi Sutton article notes that the vessel has two AIM-9 Sidewinder on its corner, and according to him, their launchers can at least rising in a vertical plane. According to him, the armed drone can shoot down the plane for a maximum of 10 kilometers.
The successes of the Ukrainian drones rewrite the history of the navy, Sutton added at the end of his text.
Thanks to the naval drones, Ukraine was able to not only attack Russian ships or the Kerch Bridge connecting the occupied Crimea with the Russian mainland.
Thanks to the drones, she was able to print the Russian navy from the Black Sea so much that it secured a relatively safe corridor for the export of grain and other products.
