A unique Backfire drone has been developed in Ukraine
For more than six months now, the Angry Birds squad has been using a Ukrainian Backfire drone to destroy equipment at the front. During this time, the occupiers never managed to shoot it down.
According to the unit’s commander, Ilya Shpolyansky, the Backfire drone has a high level of resistance to enemy electronic warfare. Over the seven months of combat use, not a single aircraft was lost. Due to its full autonomy, Blackfire is invisible to enemy radars. The drone performs missions according to flight tasks. After hitting the target at the specified coordinates, it returns back.
The main advantage of the UAV is its almost silent flight. The Backfire system includes three attack drones, a launcher and a ground control station. All this is transported in a specially equipped vehicle.
Technical characteristics:
- Flight radius: 35 km.
- Flight speed: 84 km/h.
- Effective ceiling: 1 km.
- Load capacity: 3.6 kg.
- Weapons: cluster munitions.
- Cost: 90 000 USD.
Backfire drones are assembled mainly from Ukrainian components. The missing parts are purchased from suppliers in Europe.
