Explained: Russia’s New Okhotnik Stealth Drone

19FortyFive ^ | 12/3/2020 | Caleb Larson

[Onthebrink]

Russia’s Okhotnik heavy unmanned aerial vehicle recently completed flight tests, RIA Novosti, a Russian state-owned news agency recently reported.

Quoting a defense sector source with knowledge of the flight trials, RIA reported that, “from the strip of the military airfield of the Center for Combat Training and Combat Use of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the Ashuluk training ground, several flights of the Okhotnik were performed with functional simulators of guided air-to-air missiles. Such missiles in the combat version are designed to destroy other aircraft.”

The source also explained that the simulated missiles “have a casing and all electronic components of the corresponding missile, but are deprived of a motor and a warhead,” though they did feature radar and infrared homing devices. Although the exact timeline of the tests is unclear, the RIA source also affirmed that the tests were recent.

[blueunicorn6]

The Russians can fool around with whatever they want, but they better keep a lot of troops in Siberia.

[Uncle Miltie]

In H.S. Mock U.N., I played China. Invaded Vietnam and Siberia.

[I-ambush]

For a “stealth “ drone, it has a lot of protuberances.

[Windcatcher]

The rear doesn’t look remotely stealthy.

[Uncle Miltie]

Natural resources.

China has lots of people, but is poor in stuff. Chinese culture is about acquiring and dominating stuff, not human capital. IMHO.

[Thunder90]

China knows that is the end of them if they make such a move, and they both know NATO and ASEAN will move in if they do that. More like Russia smashing into Europe and China into Taiwan and the S. China Sea. And Merkel betraying the Poles just like Germans are known for.