DISCLOSURE: Sourced from Russian government funded media
Russian combat drones continue to target Ukrainian forces in support of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
On March 18, the Russian Ministry of Defense released two videos showing recent pinpoint strikes which were carried out with Forpost-R combat drones. The strikes targeted positions, ammunition depots, and a communication center of Ukrainian forces.
Russian MoD video showing a Forpost-R UCAV reportedly dropping munitions on Ukrainian positions. https://t.co/fOdlSqyt2b pic.twitter.com/TJfWr9vn31
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) March 18, 2022
📍Rusya, Ukrayna'ya şiddeti artıracağı gerekçesiyle SİHA tedarik etmeyen İsrail'in, saldırı ve keşif SİHA'sı Forpost-R ile Ukrayna'ya ait iletişim merkezini vurdu. pic.twitter.com/ZMGuzFZVTV
— Hakan D (@Xxmanxx40D) March 18, 2022
The Forpost-R is a modernized variant of the original Forpost drone, which is a licensed copy of the Israeli IAI Searcher. This version is made from Russian components and has domestic software.
The drone has a takeoff weight of 500 kg, a range of 400 kilometers, and an endurance of 18 hours at an altitude of up to 6,000 meters.
In one of the videos released by the Russian MoD, the Forpost-R appears to be armed with two KAB-20 guided bombs. The light glide bomb is available in two versions, the Kab-20L, which is only guided by a satellite-aided INS [inertial navigation system], and the Kab-20S, which is also equipped with a semi-active laser seeker.
Russia has already lost two Forpost drones over Ukraine. The wreckage of one of the lost drones included Israeli-made components, which indicates that it was from the older versions.
The Forpost-R is not the only type of Russian combat drone taking part in the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian MoD released several videos showing pinpoint strikes on Ukrainian forces by Kronshtadt Orion combat drones in the last few weeks.
The experience gained from the special military operation in Ukraine will likely help Russia to further develop its drone capabilities.
Vaughn Klingenberg has a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Marquette University where he taught Logic. He lived in Europe; mostly Poland and England for two years and traveled widely throughout Europe and the Middle East (sojourning for a month in Israel). His areas of interest center on conspiracies; especially Jewish conspiracies. He considers himself a “conspiracy factualist”–not a conspiracy theorist–as well as a Holocaust Truther–not a Holocaust denier. He has self-published two books on Shake-speare under the pseudonym “Odysseus Er”: Hamlet-Christ (a Judeo-Christian interpretation of Hamlet), and Paradigm Shift: Shake-speare (an analysis of Jonson’s Introductory Poem to the 1623 Folio which reveals the 17th Ear of Oxford as the true author of the Shake-speare corpus). He has also written a booklet in his own name on the Holocaust entitled, The Big Lie: The Holocaust (An Introduction to the Greatest Fraud of the 20th Century). All his work and books can be found on his website at BooksByVk.org. – Vaughns’ VT Archives (2016-2022)
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