Puas Muaj Elusive 'Phoenix Dab' Loitering Munition Broken Thaum Kawg?

Tebchaws Asmeskas Phoenix Ghost loitering munition lossis kamikaze drone tsis paub meej txog thaum Biden cov thawj coj tshaj tawm lub Plaub Hlis lawv tau xa 121 ntawm lawv rau Ukraine. Tsis muaj cov ntsiab lus tau tshaj tawm sib nrug los ntawm cov lus tsis meej uas nws zoo li qhov paub zoo dua AeroVironment Switchblade, thiab tsis muaj cov duab ntawm cov riam phom uas tsis yooj yim tau tshwm sim.

Txawm li cas los xij, tsis ntev los no tshaj tawm tias 580 ntau Phoenix Dab tab tom mus rau Ukraine, nrog kev xa khoom tsis tu ncua tau cog lus los ntawm California cov neeg tsim khoom Aevex UAS, yog tacit lees paub tias lawv tau ua tiav li cas. Tsis muaj kev hais txog ntau Switchblades, uas tshwm sim tsawg dua. Qhov kev vam meej yuav tau qhib qee cov kab nrib pleb hauv cov phab ntsa ntawm kev ntsiag to, suav nrog dab tsi yuav yog thawj video ntawm Phoenix Dab tawm tsam.

Lub vis dis aus, qhia tawm rau hauv Twitter los ntawm tub rog kws tshuaj ntsuam Rob Lee, qhia txog kev tawm tsam ntawm Lavxias teb sab 82mm mortar txoj haujlwm. Lee sau tseg tias daim vis dis aus tau tagged tias yog Phoenix Dab tawm tsam. Daim vis dis aus, pom tau tias raug tua los ntawm ib lub drone nrog, thawj zaug qhia cov neeg ua haujlwm khawb hauv mortar, tom qab ntawd cov foob pob hluav taws ya hla thiab dhia dej ua ntej tawg hauv pob hluav taws tiag tiag. Tom qab ntawd, pom ib tus neeg muaj txoj sia nyob tau khiav tawm ntawm thaj chaw. Kev tawm tsam tau geolocation nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam Kherson.

Qhov kev daws teeb meem tsis txaus los txheeb xyuas cov foob pob tawg, lossis txawm txiav txim siab nws cov teeb tsa. Ob yam tseem ceeb heev. Ib qho yog qeeb qeeb npaum li cas: thaum lub sijhawm caij nkoj nws mus ncig ntawm kwv yees li 10 npaug ntawm nws qhov ntev txhua ob, nyob rau theem dhia dej nws poob ntawm kwv yees li 15 ntawm nws qhov ntev ib ob.

Los ntawm kev sib piv, lub me me Switchblade 300 caij nkoj ntawm ib ncig ntawm 60 mph, uas yog 50 munition-ntev ib ob, thiab dhia dej txog 50% sai dua. Qhov loj Switchblade 600 caij nkoj ntawm txog 30 qhov ntev ib ob. Cov polish Warmate loitering riam phom, kuj siv los ntawm Ukraine, yog me ntsis qeeb thiab cruises ntawm 50 mph uas yog 20 lengths ib ob, thiab dhia dej ntawm 30 lengths ib ob. Lub foob pob hluav taws hauv daim vis dis aus zoo nkaus li qeeb dua ib qho ntawm cov no.

Lwm qhov tshwj xeeb ntawm kev ceeb toom yog qhov tawg, uas yog qhov loj dua qhov pom hauv yav dhau los Switchblade 300 ntaus. Phoenix Ghost tau hais tias muaj lub taub hau muaj peev xwm tshem tawm cov cuab yeej nruab nrab nkaus xwb, yog li nws loj dua li Switchblade 300 tab sis me dua 600s uas tuaj yeem rhuav tshem cov tso tsheb hlau luam hnyav; Warmate kuj muaj nruab nrab-qhov loj me warhead. Kev tshuaj xyuas ib puag ncig qhia pom tias riam phom detonates ua ntej muaj kev cuam tshuam, tsim kom muaj huab cua tawg uas zoo dua rau cov neeg ua haujlwm. Qhov no yuav qhia tau tias muaj riam phom Asmeskas tsim nrog ib qho advanced high-of-burst sensor,

Txawm li cas los xij, muaj lwm tus neeg sib tw. Tam sim no UK tseem tab tom muab "ntau pua ntawm loitering aerial munitions" - hom tsis paub - raws li UK Defense Minister . Thaum Lub Xya Hli ib daim vis dis aus tau nthuav tawm ib tshiab catapult-launched nruab nrab-loj Ukrainian-ua loitering munition nrog rau 2.5 kilo warhead uas tam sim no yuav ua hauj lwm.

Hauv kev xaus, thaum cov vis dis aus yuav qhia tau tias Phoenix Dab tawm tsam tiag tiag, nws tsis tuaj yeem lees paub lub sijhawm no.

Cov ntsiab lus ntxiv pf Phoenix Dab tshwm sim hauv kev xam phaj nrog Oleksii Arestovysch, Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim rau Ukrainian Thawj Tswj Hwm Lub Chaw Haujlwm, hauv Ukrainian chaw lag luam Defense Express. Aretovysch lees paub cov ntsiab lus yav dhau los qhia los ntawm Politico, hais tias nws muaj ib qho impressive rau-teev loiter lub sij hawm thiab infra-red kev taw qhia rau hmo ntuj tawm tsam. Tab sis nws kuj tau hais qhov xav tsis thoob tias Phoenix Ntsuj Plig yog 'lub hnab ntim tau.' Lub Switchblade 600, uas tsuas muaj plaub caug feeb loiter lub sij hawm, yog thauj nyob rau hauv ob lub hleb loj loj (txhua 71 ″ x 18 ″ x 17 ″) qhia tias Phoenix Dab yog qhov me me, ntau dua li Switchblade 300 uas fits nyob rau hauv ib tug rucksack. Yog tias muaj tseeb, qhov no yog qhov zoo kawg nkaus rau qhov kev ua haujlwm ntev ntev nrog lub taub hau muaj zog.

Qhov thib ob, Aretovysch tau tawm tswv yim tias "580 ntawm cov chav no sib npaug li 350 lub hom phiaj raug rhuav tshem nyob rau tom qab."

580 riam phom tau qhab nia 350 tua yog qhov noj ntawm yuav luag 60%, yog li qhov no yuav yog daim duab uas Arestovysch tau muab. Nws qhia tias 121 Phoenix ghosts muab los txog tam sim no tau rhuav tshem 70 lossis ntau lub hom phiaj - tsis muaj leej twg tau pom - uas, yog tias muaj tseeb, yog qhov zoo siab. Ukraine muaj Kov tawm ib ncig ntawm 2000 Russian armored tsheb nyob rau hauv tag nrho raws li Oryx (thiab ntes tau ntau ntxiv) yog li Phoenix Ntsuj Plig yuav tau qhab nia ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev tua tam sim no.

Thaum siab, qhov kev thov yog raws li Pentagon tus kheej qhov chaw uas quotes ib tug unnamed senior nom tswv Raws li hais tias: "Cov neeg Ukrainians tau siv zoo heev ntawm Phoenix Ghost system."

"Nyob rau tom qab kaw" qhia tias Phoenix Dab tsis yog qhov ntev-ntev txawm tias nws lub sijhawm ya mus ntev, tab sis tseem tuaj yeem tsoo cov tsheb Lavxias tom qab kab hauv ntej. Switchblade 600 muaj thaj tsam ntawm 40km, lub 300 tsuas yog 10 km.

Qhov 'kev siv zoo heev' ntawm Phoenix Ghost txog tam sim no tau sib tw nrog kev zais zais zoo, uas yog qhov zoo li Asmeskas muab riam phom. Hauv lub asthiv tom ntej no peb yuav pom ntau qhov kev tawm tsam los ntawm Switchblades, Warmates, British loitering munitions thiab cov riam phom tsim hauv zos ntawm txhua qhov ntau thiab tsawg rau cov improvised los ntawm kev sib tw drones. Thiab thaum peb yuav tsis pom Phoenix Ghosts, lawv yuav nyob ntawd hauv keeb kwm yav dhau los tshem tawm cov neeg tawm tsam Lavxias nrog kev ua tsis zoo.