The famous loitering munitions have once again confirmed their reputation as a potent anti-tank weapon that strikes without warning and leaves burning wreckage in their wake.
Over the past two-and-a-half months, the Lancet loitering munition/kamikaze attack drone has wreaked havoc on Ukrainian forces attempting to mount a counteroffensive. Now, Russian drone designers have unveiled a next-gen variant. What are its characteristics? What new additional capabilities will it provide Russian troops? Sputnik explores.
The Lancet loitering munition/kamikaze drone has made the news in recent weeks as a game-changing piece of military hardware in the ongoing Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine. Who makes it? What are its characteristics? And have Ukrainian forces come to dread the unmanned aerial vehicle? Sputnik explores.