New Videos Offer Additional Examples Of Post-Intercept Plummeting Debris
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In a recent post, I laid out the variance in outcomes that result from the interception of the likes of Shahed-136/Geran-2/Garpiya propeller-driven strike drones through various air defence capabilities. The post was intended to highlight some of the oft-overlooked trade-offs and consequences associated with the use of inexpensive and widely available anti-aircraft artillery, particularly machine guns, as well as interceptor drones that are equipped with a very small and light warhead, if any high explosive material at all.
The above video shows the plummeting debris of a Russian propeller-driven fixed-wing drone, possibly a Shahed-136/Geran-2/Garpiya, in central Kyiv. It is worth noting that no detonation of any onboard warhead can be observed in the video, which, of course, only records the fixed-wing drone after it was already intercepted through unknown means.
Another recently uploaded video, which was reportedly recorded near the frontlines, shows a Ukrainian propeller-driven fixed-wing FP-1 drone crashing into the ground—seemingly nowhere near its intended target—and detonating upon impact. This video constitutes a textbook example of what happens when a munition equipped with a simple, unsophisticated warhead that is fused to detonate upon impact either crashes into the ground or is intercepted without detonating the warhead or, more generally, neutralizing the fusing of the warhead.