Russia is reportedly using the new “kamikaze” drone Garpiya-A1, which means “Harpie” in Russian, in Ukraine and is domestically produced and uses Chinese technology. Reuters wrote an exclusive report, reviewing three Russian documents and speaking to two officials, who even provided a photo of a downed drone. The project appears to have been awarded to IEMZ Kupol, a subsidiary of Russian state-owned arms manufacturer Almaz-Antey, which signed a contract worth more than 1 billion rubles (10 million euros) with the Russian Defense Ministry in the first quarter of 2023. Reports said that production takes place at a former cement plant located in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, western Russia, which already makes drones. From 2023 to July 2024, 2,500 Harpies were reportedly produced and all were used in strikes in Ukraine. According to the exclusive Reuters report, the new Russian drone is very similar to the Iranian Shahed, which […]
Source: News Beast
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