Russia has upgraded its Geran-4 drones, adding new navigation systems and a warhead designed to destroy infrastructure, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.
Russia has upgraded its Geran-4 drones, adding new navigation systems and a warhead designed to destroy infrastructure, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.
According to the GUR, the drones received an optical navigation system that is guided by images of the terrain. A magnetometer unit was also added to the drone’s design. According to the developers, these systems should help the device navigate in conditions of electronic warfare.
In addition to the new navigation, the Russians have installed a KRSN cumulative-cutting warhead on the Geran-4. The GUR claims that it was created specifically to destroy high-voltage power line poles and bridge crossings.
Modernization concerns not only the drone’s ability to navigate in conditions of electronic warfare, but also the nature of its potential targets — in particular, energy and transportation infrastructure.
