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The new “military aircraft” of the Russian Federation turned out to be a Chinese domestic quadcopter

  • December 1, 2022
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Unmanned aerial vehicle “Dobrynya” presented a day ago, allegedly created by the state company Almaz-Antey for the Russian army, apparently is a copy of a domestic Chinese quadcopter.

Unmanned aerial vehicle “Dobrynya” presented a day ago, allegedly created by the state company Almaz-Antey for the Russian army, apparently is a copy of a domestic Chinese quadcopter.

As reported by Ukrinform, The Insider reports this.

NTV channel talked in detail about the new Almaz-Anteya product the previous day. In the story, the device’s St. It was stated that it was made from Russian components at the Obukhov plant in St. Petersburg. It allegedly took four months to develop. In the broadcast of Russian Channel 5, the wording was softer – it was noted that it “consists almost entirely of domestic components.”

In reality, the Russian drone resembles the Chinese quadrocopter iFlight Nazgul5 Evoque, where it differs only in the aerodynamic hatch with the “Dobrynya” logo screwed to the top. At the same time, the barcode on the battery is partially visible in the photo “Dobrina”; It starts with 69, which means China. And in the framework of the broadcast of the 5th channel, it can be seen that the operator controls the “Dobrina” with the help of the Chinese remote, RadioMaster TX12.

It is stated that the cost of the “Russian unmanned aerial vehicle” is 130 thousand rubles. In the Chinese online store iFlight Nazgul5 Evoque costs 605.72 € – 38,179 rubles, according to the official Russian exchange rate on November 29. But there it is sold without remote control and battery. The remote control shown in the story costs 104.16 euros, and the battery of this quadcopter model costs 54.95 euros. Everything with them will cost 48,207 rubles. “The rest is clearly Almaz-Anteya’s wife,” says The Insider.

As you know, since the beginning of the all-out invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has experienced a serious shortage of reconnaissance and targeting equipment. Volunteers provide troops with home-made drones, most of them Chinese-made.

In addition, the Russian army uses Kalashnikov unmanned aerial vehicles and Iranian-made UAVs in Ukraine.

Photo from theins.ru website

Source: Ukrinform

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