It’s much harder to hit something going 160 km/h than to hit something static with a munition going 160 km/h.
And a thermobaric munition is like the miniaturised version of the MOAB that the US was busting bunkers with in Afghanistan.
Point is, even if it hits the drone 100 m away, I don’t think that would be safe for the target. The primary defense is still jamming, but that is ineffective against wire-guided stuff.
It’s not useless, but I don’t think Putin is safe either. It could also be a cope cage like thing, where the point is just the appearance of safety to calm Putin’s nerves and to discourage attackers.
It’s much harder to hit something going 160 km/h than to hit something static with a munition going 160 km/h.
And a thermobaric munition is like the miniaturised version of the MOAB that the US was busting bunkers with in Afghanistan.
Point is, even if it hits the drone 100 m away, I don’t think that would be safe for the target. The primary defense is still jamming, but that is ineffective against wire-guided stuff.
It’s not useless, but I don’t think Putin is safe either. It could also be a cope cage like thing, where the point is just the appearance of safety to calm Putin’s nerves and to discourage attackers.
A 2kg thermobaric warhead for RShG-1/RPG-27 has a 10m lethal radius. For 100m you would need something far bigger.