Missile-launching quadcopter could be headed to Ukraine
, which weigh in at 50kg a piece, and reach the upper limit of their range when fired from the air instead of a ground-based launcher.
The missiles are particularly deadly due to their dual-homing capabilities: They can find their own targets by detecting mmwave radar signals and also be laser-guided to targets. While the payload on a Brimstone II is much smaller than the similarly-designed US Hellfire missile, the lighter weight allows the Brimstone to reach far higher speeds and be fired from faster aircraft.
of its missile system at DVD, showing off launchers able to fire up to eight missiles. For its demonstrations, the Brimstone launchers were attached to a Boxer armored military vehicle and a light-weight Supacat high-mobility vehicle. MBDA said it is developing the Brimstone into a"one missile, multi-platform" system, but in some instances front-line fighters haven't been waiting for defense industry innovations to make it to Ukrainian battle lines.
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