“Since the beginning of 2025, Ukrainian experts have recorded a number of significant changes in the Russian version of Iranian shock drones of Shahd -136 – “Geranium” and “Harpia”. Source: War & Sanctions portal under the auspices of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Details: According to experts, it is about: a new type of combat part weighing 90 kg; flight controller, power distribution unit and battery transferred from the nasal part to the tail; An additional ballast is installed in the UAV design.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: War & Sanctions portal under the auspices of the Main Directorate of Intelligence
Details: According to experts, it is about:
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- a new type of battle part of 90 kg;
- flight controller, power distribution unit and battery transferred from the nasal part to the tail;
- An additional ballast is installed in the UAV design.
A sticker labeled in Chinese and English “Agricultural Equipment Parts”, as well as a number indicating production in 2024, was discovered on a barred 8-channel CRP-anten satellite navigation with circular placement of peripheral patch-anten.
The method of manufacturing and color of the body of this antenna is similar to other nodes and Shakhaneda units of the series of production of Iran and the Russian Federation, so a sticker is probably used for misleading about real origin and purpose of CRP antenna.
Increasingly, the aggressor state uses China’s products as an alternative to components from the United States, the EU and other countries, the scouts say. For example, in the above 8-channel antenna, the latest versions of Shahd-136 have replaced the programmable logical integrated Xilinx Kintex-7 production scheme produced by the United States, which is a critical component of CRP antenna, on the integral production scheme of Beijing Microelectronics.
The drones produced on the capacity of the special economic zone “Elabuga”, in addition to “Y” received a new series – “” “.
UAVs produced at the electromechanical plant “Dome” (Izhevsk) received a new series “KC” in addition to the previous “K” and “KB”.
There is information that, in addition to 8-channel M8 “, the production of enemy percussion drones also uses new Russian 12-channel CRP-antenna” Comet “.
For shooting and transmission of the lesion, whole Russians use disposable Telegram-bot and mini electronic computing machine Raspberry Pi, webcam, 3G/LTE model.
Made at the plant in Elabuz Drones “Gerber”, which previously performed a simulation function, the enemy began to equip the Fighting units of the FBC-2,5 production of the enterprise “Basalt” and engineering ammunition KZ-6. To bring the fighting part, a blast connected to the flight controller through the solid state relay Ruichi SSR-10DD is used.
Russia also adjusts the production of the analogue of the jet Shahd-238-“Gyranian-3” with a small turbojet double-circuit engine Tolou-10/13, which provides flight speed up to 550-600 km/h and range 2 500 km.
Information on foreign technologies that contribute to the enemy to produce a means of conducting a criminal war against Ukraine, is updated on the War & Sanctions portal every week – database already contains a description of 4400 identified weapons of components identified in Russia, as well as more than 140 UAVs and 88 involved in their production.