Russia adds new weapon to its jet-powered drones, even more dangerous: 40-kilogram charge made to sever high-voltage pylons and iron bridges
Russia opens a massed assault on the grid.
Russia has introduced a new weapon for its jet-powered drones, a 40-kilogram charge designed to cut through high-voltage pylons and iron bridges. This marks the first time a jet drone has carried such a shaped cumulative-cutting charge, according to Serhii Beskrestnov, a presidential adviser known as Flash. The device is intended to target the high-voltage lines that transmit electricity across Ukraine, aiming to disrupt the country's power grid.
Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced that Russia initiated its heaviest assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since last winter on September 30, hitting power sites across 11 regions overnight with missiles and drones. The new warhead is specifically designed to bring down the major transmission lines that form the backbone of the grid, rather than the substations that have been targeted previously.
The campaign leading up to November, as reported by two Ukrainian officials, aims to destabilize Ukraine's capital and peak in November. Russia is believed to have thousands of drones in its arsenal, expanding its stockpile of ballistic missiles, anticipating a two-month deployment of the entire arsenal as Ukraine lacks an effective countermeasure against these jet-powered drones.
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