Russian air defense systems shot him down over the Kakhovsky reservoirMOSCOW, September 24.
/tass/. Russian air defense systems over the Kakhovsky reservoir shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Bayraktar, traveling in the direction of the Zaporozhye NPP. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.
"The Kiev regime continues provocations in the area of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Russian air defense systems shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle Bayraktar TB-2 over the Kakhovsky reservoir, which was traveling from the Nikopol area in the direction of the Zaporozhye NPP," he said at a briefing on the progress of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine.
Bayraktar TB-2 is a medium-altitude attack and reconnaissance UAV of long flight duration of the Turkish company Baykar Makina. Its maximum speed can reach 222 km / h, the device can stay in the air for up to 24 hours, and the practical ceiling of the UAV is 8.2 thousand m. The UAV armament consists of two guided anti-tank UMTAS missiles with laser guidance and a flight range of 0.5 to 8 km, or four adjustable precision-guided bombs Bozok, MAM-C or MAM-L of the Turkish company Roketsan, capable of hitting stationary and moving objects at a distance of up to 8 km.
At the moment, Bayraktar TB-2 UAVs are in service with the armies of Azerbaijan, Qatar, Libya, Morocco, Poland and Ukraine, as well as the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan. Drones of this type have been used in combat operations in Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria and Libya.
