November 23, 2014

Ukrainian army launching Soviet-era Tu-143 reconnaissance drones over Donbass


Ukrainian army extracted the Tu-143 from the launching truck to launch the spacecraft-like drone over Donbass in eastern Ukraine. It has an operative range of about 60 – 70 kilometers and a low-level flight capability.



Tu-143 is powered by a TR3-117 turbojet with 5.8 kN (590 kgf, 267 lbf) thrust it can reach an altitude of 5,000 mt (16,400 ft) and a top speed of 950 km/h (580 mph). It can carry both photographic and TV sensors with datalink capability to transmit live data to the ground control statio


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