Chelyabinsk designer Alexander Rodikov has developed the world's first missile that orients itself in space and finds a target using a video camera.
The ammunition weighs half as much as a missile for the Igla man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS). At the same time, it can be launched from both the ground and an aircraft.
There are no analogues to our development in the world. Everyone is trying to make such a missile, everyone is moving towards this, but we are the first so far. We have successfully developed a guided missile with a homing head that weighs half as much as the Igla, with rudders, many times cheaper than all existing missiles in production, but most importantly, it orients itself and finds a target using a video camera.
Rodikov added that, through the use of a video camera, the new missile flies to the target in complete radio silence mode. At the same time, it can overcome distance at the lowest possible altitude, flying between trees, over their tops, bypassing the terrain.
It can be launched from stationary ground installations, from a tube, as well as from aircraft carriers. The missile can be targeted at a stationary object or an enemy drone before launch.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that the Russian Navy will receive four more frigates with Tsirkon and Kalibr missiles.
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