Air defense missiles are supposed to have a proximity fuse, such that the missile destroys the target even if it is not a direct hit. Either the fuse here failed, or the drone was too small of an object to trigger it.
And one would expect the missile to detonate before arriving at the drone. My understanding is that they normally detonate towards the front, to create a sort of shotgun effect.
Still, what a crazy video, you can see the drone wobble from the pressure.
Alternate source/higher quality: https://nafo.army/@chrisschmitz/110710989515194500
dji should make this into an ad “Even a russian SAM can’t stop your drone!”
At first I thought it almost touched but it’s 2.5x(?) zoom and when it goes to 1x(?) the smoke trail is not so close. If it’s aiming for the drone it’s quite far off.
If you watch at slow speed at 0:06 you can see the missile.
Still close enough to cause gimbal to stutter for a split of a second, but it’s quite delicate piece of technology and pressure wave from the missile can cause that quite far away. I suppose mavic is a too small target for that system.
Still close enough to cause gimbal to stutter for a split of a second, but it’s quite delicate piece of technology and pressure wave from the missile can cause that quite far away. True. If the proximity fuse had exploded it might have taken out the drone.
That’s what happens when you promise bountys for destroyed enemy equipment.
Who could have guessed that trying to fix a corrupt system with even more corruption would lead to this?
