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Jet-powered Geran-5 speed makes Ukrainian helicopter intercept tactics effectively obsolete

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  4. Geran-5 jet drones strike Grand Import logistics centre in Khmelnitsky, sparking large fire
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  6. Jet-powered Geran-5 speed makes Ukrainian helicopter intercept tactics effectively obsolete (this page)
A Russian military channel reporting from the Lozova area of Kharkiv Oblast states that intercepting jet-powered Geran drones with helicopters — a technique that had yielded results against the earlier piston-engine variants — is now “practically useless.” The observation underlines the tactical significance of the transition from propeller to jet propulsion: the speed and flight profile of the Geran-5 have rendered a class of intercept methods that Ukrainian air defences had developed over the piston-engine campaign no longer viable.

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  • Telegram channel, Russian side:Военный осведомитель (Military Informant) adversary Open the post
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