The developers of the "Archangel" interceptor drone managed to significantly increase the speed of the device. This was reported by military analyst Evgeny Damantsev.

Developers of the "Archangel" interceptor drone broke their own record, accelerating it to 345 km/h
Developers of the "Archangel" interceptor drone broke their own record, accelerating it to 345 km/h

The previous figure was "only" 280 km/h, which is also a very serious indicator for this type of copters.

The interceptor is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 50 km, the weight of the warhead ranges from 700 gr to 7 kg. "Archangel" can be used both from the ground and from an aircraft carrier.

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The high speed allows the drone to enter the target several times and "wind circles" around the enemy's drone before destruction.

Earlierwww1.ru reported thatthe Russian BEC "Katran" will begin launching "Skvorets-VMF" kamikaze drones.

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