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From 10km altitude the targets on the ground may have no idea the drone is even there and even if they did no way to reach it with MANPADS, and with onboard radar it might be precision dropping bombs through the clouds... what is not to like...
Launch a half million dollar Kh-50 cruise missile to fly 1,500km with a 400kg HE payload to hit a target, or a 2K dollar a flight hour drone to fly 2,000km out with a 500kg dumb bomb that can be released from 10km altitude with precision to hit the target and then fly all the way back with video and radar footage of the attack and the results... or indeed take two bombs and hit two targets and fly back for your next mission.
When targets don't have their own airforces or even if they do it is a useful tool for specific situations.
A target in Afghanistan for instance with a ZAB incendiary bomb for a poppy field perhaps... this thing could be carrying an R-77M and might be able to operate with other drones that can fight their way in and out, or they might rely on stealth...
Either way an interesting new capability... essentially an unmanned F-117 really... but with probably double the flight range and better payload options and no pilot.
Launch a half million dollar Kh-50 cruise missile to fly 1,500km with a 400kg HE payload to hit a target, or a 2K dollar a flight hour drone to fly 2,000km out with a 500kg dumb bomb that can be released from 10km altitude with precision to hit the target and then fly all the way back with video and radar footage of the attack and the results... or indeed take two bombs and hit two targets and fly back for your next mission.
When targets don't have their own airforces or even if they do it is a useful tool for specific situations.
A target in Afghanistan for instance with a ZAB incendiary bomb for a poppy field perhaps... this thing could be carrying an R-77M and might be able to operate with other drones that can fight their way in and out, or they might rely on stealth...
Either way an interesting new capability... essentially an unmanned F-117 really... but with probably double the flight range and better payload options and no pilot.
