Fully resistant to electronic warfare: Meet Russia’s Knyaz Vandal of Novgorod drone

Fully resistant to electronic warfare: Meet Russia’s Knyaz Vandal of Novgorod drone A mystery new Russian FPV drone has been wreaking havoc on Ukrainian armored columns in Kursk region, with footage leaking online last week showing UAVs attacking an array of NATO military equipment, from an M113 APC to a special purpose Humvee. The drone proved able to make contact with its targets despite powerful enemy jamming. The new drone goes by the name ‘Knyaz Vandal of Novgorod’, and was created by engineers from Veliky Novgorod’s Ushkuynik Research and Production Center, created last year and specializing in drones and electronic warfare suppression systems. Knyaz Vandal of Novgorod features an ingenious solution to jamming: control via a fiber-optic cable. That makes it virtually invulnerable to electronic warfare and radio dead zones, and sends back high quality footage via its onboard camera. The cable unwinds as the drone flies distances anywhere from 10-20 km. Besides shielding the dr... Source: Geopolitics Live