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Russian analysts publish Hornet DE-2 spec sheet; MOG crews claim six kills

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A detailed Russian technical breakdown of the Hornet DE-2 loitering munition — called ‘Marsianin-2’ (‘Martian-2’) in Russian military circles — attributes the weapon to US firm Swift Beat LLC, said to have close ties to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Published specifications: 1.4 m fuselage, 2.2 m wingspan, roughly 15 kg all-up weight, fragmentation warhead, composite low-radar-cross-section airframe. Separately, a Russian mobile fire group (MOG) crew reported destroying at least six Hornet drones in a single intercept action, suggesting the system is in regular front-line employment. The accompanying countermeasures analysis rates signal interception as theoretically possible but difficult due to frequency hopping and encryption, and recommends thermal masking and deceptive decoys to defeat the drone’s AI-driven signature-based targeting.

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