"Ukrainian shaheeds": a video of a successful rocket launch of a Ukrainian UAV appeared

Senior Researcher, Faculty of Chemistry, KNU. Shevchenko and the head of the student

experimental design bureaurocket science of the National Aviation University NAURocket Sergei Pipko published today on his Facebook page a video of the first successful rocket launch of a drone. “The first UAV rocket launch in Ukraine was successful! Ukraine needs missiles!” - he wrote.

According to him, missile launching drones hasseveral advantages. Firstly, there is no need to assemble and disassemble the catapult; the launch can be done with a very short guide or without a guide at all, from a place. For example, from the back of a pickup truck or truck, stopping for just a minute. Secondly, drones can be launched in one gulp, several per minute. Therefore, the drone has already been nicknamed the “Ukrainian suicide bomber,” because this is how Iranian drones are launched. Thirdly, UAVs can be launched at a large angle to the horizontal or even vertically. This means you can start from a trench, from a forest, from an urban area. Finally, the rocket engine can accelerate to any speed, and not to the very minimum, as on a catapult.

However, after some time, Sergei Pipko deleted the video and post on Facebook, so it is better to wait for official confirmation.