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An unmanned aerial vehicle AWACS has been developed in Russia

Russia has created a unique long-range radar detection and control drone.

Russian designers have successfully developed a unique unmanned aerial vehicle for long-range radar detection and control (AWACS), which is capable of flying over long distances, performing the functions of a full-fledged AWACS aircraft. The data on this subject were announced by Nikolay Dolzhenkov, the general designer of the Kronstadt company.

“This is not only a reconnaissance apparatus and not so much a reconnaissance apparatus, this is a fundamentally new direction for our country in the development of large-size unmanned systems, this is a radar surveillance and guidance aircraft, an analogue of the A-50 and promising aircraft in this direction. This is the ability to provide radar coverage in a given area and detect everything that is in the airspace, including low-flying targets in order to notify the air defense system in time about the violation of our borders, for example. ", - said Nikolay Dolzhenkov, General Designer of the Kronshtadt company, on the Zvezda TV channel.

In fact, this is a unique development. Moreover, it is very important that the enemy's air defense means will not be able to track this drone due to the small size of the drone, and also, probably, due to the use of "stealth" technologies.

Any technical characteristics of the new drone have not yet been given. Considering Dolzhenkov's statement, this will be a complete analogue of the A-50U aircraft.

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