{"id":1343289,"date":"2026-01-12T10:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-is-testing-a-new-attack-drone-geran-5-what-kind-of-weapon-is-this\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:31:41","slug":"russia-is-testing-a-new-attack-drone-geran-5-what-kind-of-weapon-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-is-testing-a-new-attack-drone-geran-5-what-kind-of-weapon-is-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia is testing a new attack drone \u201cGeran-5\u201d: what kind of weapon is this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russian troops have begun using a new unmanned aerial vehicle, the Geran-5, at the front, which has structural similarities to Iranian developments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Co-chair of the public initiative &#8220;Right Cause&#8221; Dmytro Snegirev <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_E_RHOWw8vw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a> on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that this drone is currently undergoing testing and is not yet being mass-produced, despite statements about increasing the pace of production.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The main constructive surprise is that it can be equipped with the R-73 missile. This is an air-to-air missile just at the moment of possible counteraction to Ukrainian aviation. This is a rather serious challenge for Ukrainian aviation,&#8221; the military-political analyst said.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/youtu.be\/_E_RHOWw8vw?t=44<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/new-threat-to-ukrainian-aviation-russians-begin-installing-manpads-on-shahed-drones\/\">New threat to Ukrainian aviation: Russians begin installing MANPADS on Shahed drones<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> According to intelligence, the drone is six meters long and has a wingspan of over five meters. The weight of the warhead reaches 90 kilograms, and the flight range allows it to hit targets at a distance of up to 1,000 kilometers. The occupiers have adapted the device for launch from aircraft, which should make its use cheaper and increase its range.<\/p>\n<p> Snegirev emphasizes that in December, the use of more than 5,000 drones was recorded, which refutes rumors about scaling production to a thousand units per day. The technological features of the &#8220;Gerani-5&#8221; indicate the borrowing of Iranian solutions, in particular the Karrar model.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that in early 2026, during combined air attacks against Ukraine, the Russian troops <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rf-upershe-zastosuvala-proty-ukrainy-novyy-udarnyy-dron-gieran-5-detali\/\">first used the new Geran-5 strike drone<\/a> . Unlike previous modifications of the Geran series, the device is built according to a normal aerodynamic scheme. At the same time, a significant part of the key components and components is unified with other drones of this line.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian troops have begun using a new unmanned aerial vehicle, the Geran-5, at the front, which has structural similarities to Iranian developments. Co-chair of the public initiative &#8220;Right Cause&#8221; Dmytro Snegirev noted on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that this drone is currently undergoing testing and is not yet being mass-produced, despite statements about increasing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1343280,"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-1343289","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\/1343289","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1343280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}