Western media reports revealed that Ukraine used, for the first time, cardboard kites in its attacks that targeted six Russian military sites, including the military air base in “Oblast de Pskov” and the “Oblast de Koursk” military airport.
What are those planes?
The British newspaper “The Telegraph” and the Australian “Sydney Morning Herald”, citing the Ukrainian security service, said that these planes destroyed at least four Russian planes, the least of which cost millions of dollars, as it was a MiG-29, and four fighter planes. Su-30 during the attack on Kursk Airport in western Russia.
The “cardboard marches” are made of cardboard in the shape of a traditional airplane, and each costs $3,500.
They are a grant from the Australian government that was initiated by the company SYPAQ Systems in Ukraine.
The use of such drones is the first of its kind in war, as they are a very cheap and effective alternative, even if their combat payload is small.
Which means that the attack requires a large number of drones in the form of an organized swarm to cause the greatest possible damage.
The design and manufacturing materials of these paper marches make their detection a real challenge for Russian radars due to the lack of reflection of radar rays from the surfaces of cardboard and rubber, and their thermal signature is very low.
It is expected that Ukraine will attack again with such aircraft.
What are the features and capabilities of these rotors?
- lighter and much easier to build.
- It is of the “Corvo” type and produced by the Australian company “SYBAQ”.
- designed from cardboard and rubber.
- Wing length: 2 meters; weight: 2.4 kg; maximum payload: 3 kg.
- Duration of flying the drone: from one to three hours, depending on the ammunition load.
- Range: from 40 to 120 kilometers, and maximum speed: 60 km/hour.
- It is launched by throwing it by hand or through a slingshot.
- Fixed wings provide them with longer ranges than rotor-based drones.
- more energy efficient and can fly at higher altitudes.
