A precision munition carried by a Ukrainian #balloon?
Ukraine has been using balloons for several months to bomb russia.
One problem has been how to guide the bomb to a useful target.
This may be Ukraine’s solution.
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This weapon is easily recognised as balloon-borne from the strings attaching the payload to the balloon.
Also, the water bottle used for altitude control has been seen on previous balloons.
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A water bottle is used to control the balloon’s altitude.
The altitude controller can release water as required.
There is a USB port, likely for programming and charging but interestingly there is no connection to the flight controller.
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The flight controller hangs above the munition.
There is a release servo but the mechanism is hard to see.
The controller’s case & bracket are standard off-the-shelf.
Internal electronics are unknown at this point.
The controller would need a list of possible targets.
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The munition is nicely 3D-printed.
There are 4 steering fins mounted directly to servos.
Since the final target is one of many possible, the wires are likely to charge the munition & program it with the target’s location.
Guidance could be GPS or inertial or both.
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It will be interesting to see how effective this weapon is.
At a minimum it would consume a lot of russian air defense resources.
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