In order to minimize radar detection, Australia has supplied reconnaissance drones and cardboard cargo drones to Ukraine (Corvo PPDS). While Russia also doesn't miss tricks to minimize detection of the launched drones, it's understandable that the capabilities of anti-drone technology continue to develop rapidly in each camp. As recently announced is the use of drones (kamikaze) made of wood.
The use of drones made of wood (wooden drone) is no doubt intended to reduce, or even divert the opponent's radar detection. As quoted from defense-blog.com (21/5/2023), Russia is reportedly using wooden drones to distract Ukrainian air defense radars, defense analysts have revealed.
According to experts from BLITZ Aircraft Unmanned, the decoy version of the drone is partly made of wood, extruded polystyrene foam and held together with tape. The drone is equipped with a modern engine (DLE-60 50cc twin gas engine) and electronics made in China – being a mix of low and high technology.
This wooden drone can carry a payload of up to 10 kg, and it has a range of over 600 miles (965 km). A recent wave of Russian attacks on targets in Ukraine has revealed that Moscow is using low-cost drones to help pave the way for Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze cruise missile and drone strikes.
The wooden drones are designed to distract enemy air defenses, so they can hit their intended targets. The Ukrainian Defense Forces have seized Russian wooden drones, one of which was shot down in early May in the Sumy region, which borders three regions of the Russian Federation. Iranian-made drones usually fly through the Sumy region towards Kiev or Poltava.
Russia itself encountered a similar wooden drone in 2018, during a mass attack on the Khmeimim air and naval base in Tartus, Syria.
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