Main points
- The Russian army has installed a Mesh modem on the Molniya drone, which allows drones to be combined into a single control system.
- This modernization demonstrates Russia's desire to create an integrated control network for various types of drones and, possibly, ground robotic complexes.
Russia installed a Mesh modem on the “Lightning” / Collage of Channel 24 (“Flash”)
The Russian army is unifying its drones into a single control system. A Mesh modem has been discovered in the new Molniya drone, a device that has already been used on other enemy drones.
Serhiy Beskrestnov, Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine on Technological Areas of Defense, told “Flash” about how this will affect the front.
How does installing a Mesh modem on a “Lightning” change the control system of enemy UAVs?
According to “Flash”, the Russians have updated the equipment of the “Molniya” drone by installing a Mesh modem on the device. It is known that the enemy already uses the same type of equipment on its other drones, in particular on the “Shaheda”, “Gerbera” and “Kuba”, but in a more compact form.
Beskrestnov notes that the transmitter power on the Molniya is two channels of 5 watts each, the operating range is 1,300-1,500 megahertz. Such modernization shows that the Russian troops are striving to build a single control network for UAVs of different types, effectively combining them into an integrated system with a single receiving and transmitting equipment.
This approach indicates the enemy's consistent and systematic work on scaling the drone segment, the expert says. He suggests that the next step could be the integration of ground robotic complexes into this network.
Well, that's okay, we have something to say to the Russians about this. The main thing is to see their plans in time and in advance,
– summed up “Flash”.
The enemy replaced Starlink with the Barrage-1 platform: what is known?
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On February 15, it became known about the successful launch of the unmanned stratospheric 5G platform “Barrage-1”.
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Experts suggest that Barrage-1 could replace the Starlink satellite communications that Russia recently lost.
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The platform is capable of rising to a height of 20 to 40 kilometers with a load weighing up to a hundred kilograms.
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According to “Flash,” Barrage-1 can be used for peaceful purposes, for example, as a cheap replacement for communication relay satellites, or the platform can become a flying base station for mobile communications.