Stealing ideas again? Russians use new cruise missile similar to Ukraine's
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Russian forces have deployed a new type of small-sized cruise missile, which in appearance and concept closely resembles the Ukrainian Peklo missile, the Ukrainian analytical website Defense Express reports.
According to the source, Russian forces have recently acquired a new model of a small cruise missile. The enemy has already used this missile several times to strike Ukrainian territory.
For instance, on the morning of August 7, one monitoring channel released information about a cruise missile of the Banderol type flying towards Mykolaiv from the southern direction.
Later, another Telegram channel published an image of a downed missile, specifying that it was actually a different, still unknown cruise missile, which in appearance can be compared to the British-French Storm Shadow cruise missile, and conceptually resembles the Ukrainian Peklo missile.
Russian missile Banderol
Banderol missile is a new type of enemy weapon, which became publicly known for the first time this spring and was initially mistaken for a drone.
Under this name actually hides a cruise missile of the S8000 type, which the Russians themselves displayed at the Kapustin Yar military training ground and which visually resembles the American AGM-158C LRASM, though the similarity ends there.
In the case of the Russian Banderol, it is a relatively cheap cruise missile with a range of up to 500 km.
The Banderol or S8000 is equipped with a Chinese SW800Pro-A95 turbofan engine and contains several components of Western manufacture. Its warhead weighs 114.3 kg.
Earlier this spring, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence revealed all known characteristics of this missile.
Ukrainian missile Peklo
Given that the new Russian cruise missile is conceptually similar to Peklo, it is worth mentioning this weapon, first unveiled late last year. It is a small cruise missile, although it is sometimes called a missile-drone.
Open-source data indicates it has a range of up to 700 km and can reach speeds of up to 700 km/h. Its likely length is up to 2 meters, with a warhead weighing over 50 kg, powered by a small turbofan engine.
The first video confirmation and footage of the Peklo missile used against the Russian troops appeared in June of this year.
