It happened in the afternoon on Sunday, October 20. This was reported in the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Footage of the downing of a russian unmanned aerial vehicle was also made public.
It is known that the russian Orion reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by the 80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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As the fighters said, the enemy drone was shot down by the Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system.
"An unmanned aerial vehicle of this type is dangerous because it can not only carry out aerial reconnaissance, but also it is armed with four air-to-ground missiles, so it can inflict fire damage on ground targets," the press office of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine emphasized.
The Orion is 8 meters long and a wingspan of 16 meters. The maximum take-off weight is 1000 kg, the maximum declared combat load is up to 180 kg.
The radius of action is up to 250 km, the declared duration of the flight is up to 24 hours, provided that the payload does not exceed 60 kg (that is, either two bombs of 20 kg each or one bomb weighing 50 kg). The cruising speed is declared in the range of 120-200 km/h.
This is the second case when Ukrainian Air Force Downs russian Orion Drone in Kursk Sector.
As Defense Express reported, the first case of downing the russian Orion reconnaissance and strike UAV during the entire russia-Ukraine war was at the beginning of April, 2022.
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