First footage showing swarms of Russian S8000 cruise missiles launched from Orion UAVs striking Ukrainian Armed Forces temporary deployment points from perspective of an operator.This weapon along with Geran-4 jet drone is currently responsible for affordable destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure.S8000 Banderol is a game changer primarily due to its extremely low cost, flexibility, and ability to overwhelm defenses. Developed by Russias Kronshtadt Group, this jet-powered cruise missile (hybrid of drone/missile/bomb) has a 500 km range, 115-150 kg warhead, and speeds of 520-650 km/h. It uses inertial/satellite guidance and is notably more agile than larger Russian cruise missiles, aiding evasion of air defenses. Cost $25k-100k makes it far cheaper (40x vs Storm Shadow, 60x Tomahawk) than traditional missiles, enabling mass production and saturation attacks that force costly interceptors. It can be air-launched from Orion UAVs or Mi-28 helicopters; recently adapted for compact mobile ground launchers (pickup-mountable), increasing flexibility and reducing reliance on aircraft. Emphasizes simplicity and commercial/imported components (Chinese turbojet). This combination allows affordable, standoff precision strikes on infrastructure while stressing air defenses shifting the cost-exchange ratio in favor of the attacker in conflicts like Ukraine. This kind of mass and smart weapon allows Russia to spam Ukraine with missiles 24/7 while always being sure that effect-to-cost ratio is very positive. Thats the future of the modern battlefield.
Thats how this missile looks installed on Mi-28
Thats a 3rd person perspective footage of these missiles hitting a police station in Ukraine and killing few officers.https://files.catbox.moe/d59xk9.mp4
A swarm of S8000 missiles turning electricity off in Odessa.https://files.catbox.moe/vuytdx.mp4
>>542114686Ukraine shouldn't have started this war kek nice to see them getting bombed
>>542115861Ukroniggers only live in the present. The future is someone else's problem.
S8000 diving to hit the targethttps://files.catbox.moe/v8u1te.mp4
>>542114686How is it like a drone? Does it have an operator controlling it?
>>542114686>recently adapted for compact mobile ground launchers (pickup-mountable)This made me remember that the government doesn't let us own cruise missiles and now I'm mad.
>>542115427Scary
>>542115861this
>>542116426Nope, it works like a standard cruise missile, it follows pre-set coordinates as a fire-and-forget weapon.It blends traits of cruise missile, drone and bomb. Like a missile, it is jet-powered with a guided cruise profile (inertial + satellite navigation). Like a drone, it uses low-cost commercial components, is highly agile for tight turns, and is often air-launched from UAVs. Like a bomb, it delivers a substantial 150 kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead.
But I thought the Kalibr was already the bestest cruise missile and didn't cost anything to make. They had to make another design that is actually low cost for once? Zisters wouldn't lie
>>542116800Kalibr is huge and very expensive.
>>542116853It's still cheaper than the Tomahawk or Storm Shadow IIRC.
>>542116919But not much cheaper. Like 2x.
>>542114686Why does it look like there's always two?
>>542117112S8000 are usually launched in self-swarms, also frequently in combined attacks with Geran drones. Their low cost enables high volume (missile spam) to saturate Ukrainian air defenses. Faster and more agile than propeller drones, they force expensive interceptors (Patriots, NASAMS, Iris-T) while cheaper FPV drones struggle against them. Mixed arrivals create layered threats that overwhelm radars and deplete stocks, maximizing the cost-exchange advantage.
>>542114686baZed >>542116800different tool for a different purpose
Seen from the groundhttps://files.catbox.moe/vg23u0.mp4
>>542116796Oh, so it knows where it is because it knows where it isnt?
Impact power seen from small distance. 115-150kg HE
>>542114686I don't like it.When warfare becomes too affordable, it's not going to end well.Cruise missiles shouldn't cost that little and be assembled with such an ease. This war created issues for the years to come. Weapon progress and cost optimizing in such a pace is never good.
>>542118356Future warfare will be based on dual use components. FPV drones already are full dual use tech. Now missiles go the same path.
>>542118546That's the issue. We will make thousands of them, China will be able to make millions. Such an amount and eas of deployment of conventional high precision weaponry is going to make wars too convenient. Why would you try to negotiate if 1 billion of $ can buy you sever thousands of these and you just send them at anybody you disagree with. You don't need trillion budged for that like US had. That's not good.
>>542118783Better swarms of precise weapons with small warheads than nukes.
>>542118883The thing is, nukes are not going to be used ever.These things will. The effect of them is the same. If you can send a missile at every house of your enemy without MAD scenarios, you will not fear wars anymore.
Great, can't wait to see them fly over my house thanks to retarded niggercattle eating up all the slopaganda about how we must fight Russia and Russia is weak. The US couldn't defend its own bases in the Middle East from Iran but we'll definitely be able to defend ourselves from Russian drones and missiles right?
>>542119135Russia wont attack NATO before it brings Ukraine to heel. So if any drone or sabotage destroys smth in Europe, it would be rather an Ukrainian false flag job. Russia has no interest in attacking Baltic tigers because it is fully focused on Ukraine. But Ukrainians have critical manpower shortages and they will do everything possible to drag other countries to the war to relieve themselves
>>542117293Meanwhile Bo Lan is buying shitload of tanks and helis for the future war.I feel cavalry vs tanks vibes again.Polish military budget is almost on the Turkey level and almost two times bigger than Iran .Turks are beginning to construct their own 5th gen aircraft, and Iran is capable to keep in check an entire region with US task force by using cheap missiles.Meanwhile we are investing in expensive targets.
>>542119342Bolanda was doing cavalry rides in era of blitzkrieg, and now it will do blitzkrieg in era of smart mass and drone saturated battlefield. Always a century behind xD
>>542114686doesnt matter pharaoh zelensky and friends can also afford infinity slaves.
>>542119315>Russia decides they've had enough and targets European production facilities (surprised this didn't happen 3 years ago already)>as Ukraine collapses NATO, being hysterical and delusional, enters directly>Ukraine collapses, Russia takes Novorossyia, Baltic belters take their butthurt out on Russian minorities (more than they already are), Russia intervenesPick one of the three. One of those is going to happen within 10 years. The only scenario where it doesn't happen is if somehow Europeans wake the fuck up, vote out the retards in power, and elect sane people. However Democracy™ has been Fortified™ to make sure people vote The Right Way™.
>>542119892butthurt belters have already been in ukraine and thousands of latin american spics. The frontline some parts have to go cat and mouse 3 days on foot. Russia just needs to extend that to like 8 with satellite drone army. If the west can't reasonably deploy troops the wars effectively over.
