Private company Terminal Autonomy started serial production of the AQ-400 kamikaze UAV. It has a range of 750km, can cruise at 140 km/h and is able to carry a 32kg payload, increasable to 72kg. They can produce 100 per month, aiming for 500.

The first batch has been delivered.

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[–] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She's built like a steak house, but she handles like a Bistro.

[–] Beefcyclone@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Top comment, ee should be friends.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is what Ukraine needs. Expensive high tech weapons are great, but against an enemy like Russia, inexpensive high volume of fire is really important to maintain.

[–] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Agreed, I think for now Ukraine should scale back to purely defensive operations only attacking behind enemy lines with long range weapons such as these. Much cheaper in terms of weapons/lives, and as long as Russia works the meat grinder, the war will lose popularity in Russia. No nation can keep up an offensive war forever. It will be a long haul, but one that I think Ukraine can win.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought this was NonCredibleDefense. They look like you sit in the middle and pedal.

[–] Player2@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

If it works it works I guess

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They're not much to look at but 32kg can kill a bunch of invaders

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

32kg is ballpark of Shahed warhead, or a bit less than 155mm shell (45kg)

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Two or three to the same target pretty sure can fuck up a lot of stuff.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Slava Ukraini

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

32kg payload?! According to Wikipedia RPG7 warheads are around 2-4.5kg. Hmm...

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

72kg version too

[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It's AQ-400 Scythe, not kamikaze. They're produced domestically by Ukraine.