At first I thought it almost touched but it’s 2.5x(?) zoom and when it goes to 1x(?) the smoke trail is not so close. If it’s aiming for the drone it’s quite far off.
If you watch at slow speed at 0:06 you can see the missile.
Still close enough to cause gimbal to stutter for a split of a second, but it’s quite delicate piece of technology and pressure wave from the missile can cause that quite far away. I suppose mavic is a too small target for that system.
I’m not an expert by any stretch, but I’d assume that radar signature for a cellphone with propellers is a bit different than a 4 meter long steel sewer pipe packed with explosives.
Still close enough to cause gimbal to stutter for a split of a second, but it’s quite delicate piece of technology and pressure wave from the missile can cause that quite far away.
True. If the proximity fuse had exploded it might have taken out the drone.
At first I thought it almost touched but it’s 2.5x(?) zoom and when it goes to 1x(?) the smoke trail is not so close. If it’s aiming for the drone it’s quite far off.
If you watch at slow speed at 0:06 you can see the missile.
Still close enough to cause gimbal to stutter for a split of a second, but it’s quite delicate piece of technology and pressure wave from the missile can cause that quite far away. I suppose mavic is a too small target for that system.
Supposedly these things are able to target and hit HIMARs missiles, so a Mavic sized drone shouldn’t be a problem for it.
What Russia say and what Russia do are very different, however.
I’m not an expert by any stretch, but I’d assume that radar signature for a cellphone with propellers is a bit different than a 4 meter long steel sewer pipe packed with explosives.