During the night of December 3, the Russian military continued to launch airstrikes on Ukrainian military infrastructure. Air strike warnings were sounded in most regions of Ukraine starting at midnight.
Photos of the wreckage of the Russian UAV after the attack spread online, starting to make the Ukrainian Army wary of the appearance of a modernized version of the Geran-2 aircraft, which is being dubbed 'Heavenly Sun' or 'God of Fire in the Sky'.
What was obtained from a modernized version of the Geran-2 UAV that was believed to have just been shot down shows that Russia is likely to start equipping this type of aircraft with thermobaric warheads .
This weapon is similar to the warheads equipped on Russia's TOS-1A 'Solntsepek' (Sunfire) multiple rocket launcher system.
Ukrainian social media sites began to spread information and initial images of this new warhead: “The thermobaric warhead weighs about 40 kg, with 3 detonators, has enough power to completely destroy large targets such as warehouses or transformer stations.”
Thermobaric munitions are a type of weapon with tremendous destructive power. After the primary warhead detonates, a gas cloud is formed, which then ignites in a secondary explosion.
Pressure at the core of the explosion can reach 430 lbf/in² (3 MPa, 30 bar); temperatures can reach 4500 - 5400 °F (2500 - 3000 °C); shock waves outside the explosion can travel at 3 km/s.
Thanks to these physical effects, thermobaric weapons have high damage potential, as well as the ability to destroy fortifications and light armored vehicles that normally require specialized weapons.
By burning all the oxygen reserves and creating a partial vacuum in a short time, sucking all the oxygen from the vents, this weapon is capable of damaging enemies hiding in underground shelters, bunkers, caves... causing terrible destruction and damage. Thermobaric weapons have long been considered non-radioactive nuclear weapons.
Military analyst Boris Rozhin of the Russian Center for Military-Political Journalism believes that it is completely normal for Russian UAVs to be equipped with new warheads. These changes will certainly be a nightmare for potential opponents.
According to Boris Rozhin, the conventional warhead has been replaced by a thermobaric warhead specially created for the Geran-2 UAVs.
This UAV line also has a lot of potential for modernization to perform different missions, making it unique.
This latest modernization highlights not only Russia's technical progress, but also the versatility of the Geran-2 system, with its ability to adapt to various military situations.
Previously, Ukrainian and Western experts also noted Russia's superiority in modernizing UAVs on the battlefield.
The Ukrainian military discovered that Russia was using SIM cards from Ukrainian network operator 'Kievstar' on UAVs to help with more precise navigation when carrying out missions over Ukrainian territory.
The Russian army is rapidly changing, improving its combat power on the battlefield. These changes are not only related to combat forces with combat experience, but also to the appearance of new types of weapons that are being used and upgraded in a very short period of time.
If the Russian defense industry was able to mass produce such weapons, the Ukrainian rear would certainly face a new, extremely difficult period.
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