A new heavy drone, «Gorgon», has been developed for the Russian military, which is twice as fast as its main competitor, the «Baba Yaga» type drone.
The new product is capable of lifting a payload of up to 10 kg into the air, which allows it to carry powerful engineering charges and TM-62 mines.
With the help of the drone, you can destroy pillboxes and even «disassemble» buildings: 10 kg is a lot. Of course, the device is also suitable for remote mining. That's largely why it was created.
Also, «Gorgon» is useful in supplying advanced units, to which carriers can only approach at the risk of their lives.
The drone's flight range with the possibility of return is 10 km. Moreover, the radius of application will seriously increase if the payload of the apparatus is reduced. In a dive, the maximum speed reaches 90 km/h. Therefore, it is much more difficult to hit «Gorgon» from the same small arms.
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