Ukraine’s Defense Forces wipe out Russian Merlin-VR reconnaissance drone
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Ukrinform
Operators of the Phoenix Border Guard Unit destroyed a Russian Merlin-VR reconnaissance drone on the eastern front.
According to Ukrinform, the Unmanned Systems Forces shared the information and released related footage on Facebook.
The Russian Research Institute of Modern Telecommunications Technologies unveiled the Merlin-VR unmanned aerial vehicle in 2021. It is considered a relatively rare target, and according to open-source data, the cost of the system may exceed $300,000.
The Merlin-VR was designed for aerial reconnaissance in automatic and semi-automatic modes, including detecting positions, adjusting artillery fire, and monitoring the movement of personnel and equipment.
As previously reported by Ukrinform, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Yaroslavsky Oil Refinery in Yaroslavl and the Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant in Russia’s Astrakhan region.
