TSAMTO, February 4. The drone that violated the border of Belarus is a prototype of the Ukrainian Spectator UAV, RIA Novosti reports, citing a military-diplomatic source.
As the agency reminds, earlier the Belarusian Foreign Ministry protested to the Ambassador of Ukraine in connection with the launch of a drone from the Ukrainian side to the Belarusian territory for reconnaissance. According to the ministry, the Ukrainian UAV illegally crossed the state border of Belarus on January 24 and was forced to land by specialists of the Armed Forces.
"The drone that violated the Belarusian airspace belongs to the pre-production batch of Spectator UAVs. This is one of the first Spectator variants developed by the Ukrainian company Politeco Aero. It really has characteristic external differences from the serial Spectator-M1, currently produced by the Ukrainian enterprise Meridian," the agency interlocutor noted.
Spectator belongs to the class of reconnaissance UAVs. According to open sources, the maximum speed of the device is 120 km / h, the flight altitude is up to 3600 m, the range is up to 150 km. The drone can stay in the air for up to two hours, RIA Novosti reports.