Recently, Russia's "little motorcycle", that is, "Geranium"-2 drone, launched a series of air strikes on Ukraine, achieving great results. Although there has never been any evidence to prove that it is the "witness" 136, its outstanding performance still pushes the Iranian drone to the forefront. However, it doesn't matter, what matters is why the drone that looks so cheap and low-end performs so well? In contrast, why is the "switchblade" drone, which is known as the tall and powerful of the US military, so unsatisfactory?
"Small Motorcycle" performed well
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First of all, the editor wants to propose a concept, that is, "Small Motorcycle" is actually an atypical "stealth" drone. Many people may not understand it. If a drone made of plywood is sold for $30,000 to $50,000 each, it is already a huge profit. It is far from the fifth-generation machine, which costs hundreds of millions of dollars. Why is it invisible? In fact, the key to the stealth of "small motorcycles" is plywood . To put it bluntly, the whole body is made of non-metallic materials, with a 360-degree wave transmission, and only the metal of the engine is a bit reflective. As long as you pay attention to the wave absorption processing near the engine, the reflection area of radar is very small. It is difficult for the radar to detect it, which is "stealth"
At the same time, the "small motorcycle" has a slow flight speed and low flight altitude, which is a typical "low, small and slow" target. The Doppler radar of the air defense radar and the early warning aircraft 's Doppler radar are insensitive to it, and it may even be ignored directly during screening, becoming "turning a blind eye". In fact, the so-called stealth is to deceive radar waves. You can use high-end methods to absorb radar waves and make the radar waves reflect in other directions. You can also use the local method to leak through the middle of the radar waves, and the results are the same.
small motorcycle is very similar to the habi drone in Israel back then
. So, it is also a suicide drone. Why did the actual performance of "switchblades" and "Phoenix Ghost" that Western media hyped a lot some time ago is not satisfactory? The answer is that their range and range are too limited. The range of 15 minutes and more than 20 kilometers is destined to be "small fights".
Switchblade is still a bit weaker
, and the "small motorcycle" can reach 600 kilometers. Some even say that it can fly 1800 to 2500 kilometers, the take-off weight is more than 200 kilograms, and the warhead weighs 50 kilograms. This physique determines that it can do a lot, not just dealing with tank and individual soldiers on the front line. At the same time, the larger size has led to its anti-strike ability being improved. For example, a video shows that even if the missile penetrates the "small motorcycle", the "small motorcycle" can continue to land and explode.
small motorcycle motorcycle engine
So since the "little motorcycle" is so excellent, why can't the United States upgrade the "switchblade" to this, or simply provide Ukraine with similar suicide drones? In fact, from a technical perspective, the United States has no problem at all, but things in the world never only consider technology. The most fundamental contradiction is: if the United States builds a "small motorcycle" and only sells it to $30,000 to $50,000, then what will the arms dealers make?
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 In fact. Its cost may be less than an air defense missile, which is cheaper than Israel's "Iron Dome" interceptor. If we were to use the world's most complete drone industry chain, one may even cost a few thousand yuan, and 100,000 aircraft will fly over there, and no magic weapon can be intercepted, and all targets will be bombed.
Intercept becomes meaningless
