The Russian suicide UAV may have destroyed the Ukrainian fighter in the base

(Dan Tri) – A video appeared on the internet that allegedly recorded the scene of a Russian Lancet suicide UAV attacking a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter inside a base.

The moment the Lancet rushed towards the Ukrainian fighter (Screenshot: Forbes).

Forbes reported that on September 19, a video posted to social networks appeared to show the Russian Lancet UAV attacking the Dolgintsevo base in Kryvyi Rih.

Forbes commented that there is no indication that the video is a product of staging and if this is true, it poses a major challenge for the Ukrainian Air Force in the next phase of hostilities.

In fact, the loss of the MiG-29 fighter can be repaired because the Russian UAV has not completely destroyed this aircraft.

During the nearly 19-month war, Russian and Ukrainian forces both used small UAVs to attack each other’s air defense systems, artillery, supply convoys and armored vehicles.

The Russian Lancet is one of Russia’s most effective UAVs.

However, if the attack on the Dolgintsevo base is true, it shows that Russia has upgraded the Lancet to a new version and begun deploying them to the battlefield.

Russian media in August mentioned the Lancet variant with an attack range of 72km and expected the new UAV version to be `unstoppable`.

During the attack on the Dolgintsevo base, Forbes noticed another detail: Ukrainian air defense seemed inactive during the raid.

A Lancet with a range of 72km could threaten not only the planes at Dolgintsevo but also any Ukrainian fighters using the reserve base at Voznesensk in Mykolaiv Oblast.

To mitigate the threat, Ukrainian air force planners could move planes to bases farther from the front lines, increase protection for vulnerable installations, or bring fighters home.

A few months ago, Alexander Zakharov, a senior official of ZALA Aero Corporation, said Russia was developing a new variant of the Lancet `air combat killer` UAV named `Product-53`.

The new version can be launched remotely and has the ability to communicate with other UAVs, to attack enemy targets in a swarming manner.

The swarm attack mechanism is when a large number of UAVs rush into a specific target.

According to Mr. Zakharov, Russia continues to produce Lancet in large quantities.

After this step, the UAV will operate completely automatically, self-selecting heavy weapons targets, such as tanks and artillery, for raids.