{"id":1291535,"date":"2025-09-11T11:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/shaheeds-with-video-communication-russia-is-switching-to-drones-with-online-control\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:40:11","slug":"shaheeds-with-video-communication-russia-is-switching-to-drones-with-online-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/shaheeds-with-video-communication-russia-is-switching-to-drones-with-online-control\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cShaheeds\u201d with video communication: Russia is switching to drones with online control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Analysis of the remains of downed Geran-2 (“Shahed”) attack UAVs indicates that Russia is using new technological solutions on a mass scale. These include Chinese-made mesh modems and built-in course cameras, which are likely used to guide the drones to the target in real time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defense Express received this information<\/a> from its own sources, who provided photos and confirmation of the use of these components.<\/p>\n

In early summer, mesh modems began to appear on experimental Gerber-type UAVs, which are made of foam plastic. But since July, these modules have also been spotted on Geran-2s, strike UAVs of Iranian origin that are widely used by the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n

Since August, such cases have been recorded more and more often, and in early September it became clear that this was a serial solution, not individual tests.<\/p>\n

On one of the downed Shaheds, analysts finally managed to find a complete set of equipment, including:<\/p>\n

Mesh Network modem XK-F358 (probably in the HX-50 modification), manufactured by Xingkai Tech (China);<\/p>\n

A course camera, rigidly mounted on the nose of the drone, with a fixed viewing direction – forward.<\/p>\n

These cameras are of low quality, probably from security surveillance systems. However, they may be sufficient for:<\/p>\n

real-time flight control;<\/p>\n

visual route adjustment;<\/p>\n

additional targeting in the final phase of the attack.<\/p>\n

Installing mesh modems opens up the possibility of creating a network of drones, where each one acts as a signal repeater, ensuring communication with the control point even over long distances.<\/p>\n

The key question remains how exactly the Russian Federation ensures the transmission of video signals from drones.<\/p>\n

Among the possible options:<\/p>\n

use of repeaters installed on the territory of Ukraine – through an agent network;<\/p>\n

building an aerial mesh chain of several drones that transmit signals to each other in real time.<\/p>\n

The second option is technically possible, but difficult to implement, especially given the countermeasures of Ukrainian electronic warfare and air defense forces.<\/p>\n

Recall that enemy Shahed-type strike drones have undergone another modernization – some of the recently shot down drones were found to have installed video cameras.<\/a><\/p>\n

As reported, a new modification of the Russian V2U drone, which works with artificial intelligence, was spotted on the front.<\/a> This type of UAV has been used en masse in all directions over the past week.<\/p>\n

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Analysis of the remains of downed Geran-2 (“Shahed”) attack UAVs indicates that Russia is using new technological solutions on a mass scale. These include Chinese-made mesh modems and built-in course cameras, which are likely used to guide the drones to the target in real time. Defense Express received this information from its own sources, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1291001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1291535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1291001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}