The Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B, can reach speeds of up to 640 miles per hour and can travel up to 3,100 miles.
Russia's military has taken a step closer to fielding armed drones for front-line missions after the maiden flight of the heavy combat drone dubbed"The Hunter.", circling an unnamed airfield several times at an altitude of around 1800 feet and landing after 20 minutes.said the Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B, weighed 20 tons had a 50-foot wingspan and possessed the"most advanced reconnaissance equipment.
Commercial satellite imagery suggested is likely to be based in the Astrakhan region in the south of the country. Russian military aviation expert Tom Cooper told the publication:"The Russian military is running multiple UAV-related projects. Thus the emergence of this project is perfectly normal." "The Okhotnik's arsenal includes air-to-surface missiles and an array of bombs that will not be suspended from the wings," Vadim Kozyulin from the Russian Academy of Military Sciences said, according toUnder development since at least 2011, its design has been compared to the U.S.'s Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel drone, which was used to monitor the military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011.
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