🚨🇷🇺UKRAINIAN NIGHTMARE: Russia's Molniya Drone Interceptor Hits Mass Production
Tomsk research center just declared its 2.5 kg Molniya hybrid interceptor ready for mass production — 330 km/h speed, vertical takeoff, and a warhead built to swat cheap enemy UAVs at scale.
🔸 The Tomsk UAS center boasts production capacity of up to 10,000 units per month, leveraging in-house electric motors, 3D-printed casings, and on-site assembly — even while relying on imported microchips.
🔸 The Molniya reaches a claimed 330 km/h top speed, outpacing most rival interceptors and easily catching Western loitering munitions and FPV drones that typically cruise far slower on head-on, crossing, or pursuit courses.
🔸 Its 300-gram warhead delivers a 5-meter lethal radius, paired with operator-guided optical/thermal homing to destroy small recon and kamikaze drones within a 1.5–5 km interception envelope.
🔸 The system mounts easily on vehicles for mobile short-range air defense, offering a cheap, flexible, and highly attritable solution that dense networks can deploy far faster than expensive Western platforms.
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