r/UkraineWarVideoReport • u/LowTechDroid • 4d ago

Miscellaneous Russian invaders are growing concerned about Ukraine’s new RAM-2X drone, which has recently been destroying their rear positions

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u/Sozebj 4d ago

Ukraine needs to be able to hit 30-100kms behind the line at scale. That will slow offensive activity.

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u/MillionEyesOfSumuru 4d ago

They have 120 km range, and are generally pretty interesting: https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/the_ram_2x_features_a_ukrainian_efp_warhead_that_leaves_russian_troops_with_little_chance_of_survival_and_operates_in_tandem_with_the_shark_uav-14030.html

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u/EstablishmentCute703 4d ago

Interesting? I'd rather say nasty 😀

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u/Sozebj 3d ago

Yes, Ukraine needs many more.

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u/Omg_Itz_Winke 4d ago

If they have that why don't they send them to Moscow, start obliterating that place

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u/MillionEyesOfSumuru 4d ago

Kharkiv to Moscow is 650 km.

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u/Gnaeus-Naevius 4d ago

Yeah, the ubiquitous cheap FPV hammer everything that moves up to 15, maybe 20km. With relay etc that goes up. The longer fiberoptics can reach 25+km. And then the Vampire and other heavy bombers. Some of the expensive western winged drones with AI and/or EW resistant can hit back to the 100km (depending on model), but due to lack of numbers and expense, they are selective on targets.

There is zero doubt in my mind that these numbers will get pushed deeper and deeper as cheaper AI navigation and targeting will allow hitting farther at very low cost, making it more and more dangerous to supply the lines or stage assaults.

Ukraine has so many weapons in the pipeline that can hit to 100 km. GMLRS. The American and French glide bombs, ... and soon their knock-off UMPK kits that will bring far larger of glide bombs into the rear. And it appears SAAB may have resolved the accuracy issue with the GLSDB, which would be useful with its 150 km range.

And now we can add the RAM-2X, and whatever else I have forgotten to mention.

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u/PopnCrunch 4d ago

I for one can't wait for season two of "Blow Up all Russia's Refineries!" I was on the edge of my seat all of last season!

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u/Gnaeus-Naevius 4d ago

There is even a real-time scoreboard for that one ... the ruble price of AI-95 gasoline.

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u/redneckrockuhtree 4d ago

Winter is coming. Ukraine is just offering the Russians some heat from those burning refineries....

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u/CopBaiter 4d ago

for refineries ukraine just use FP-1s its their knock off shaheed drone. pretty usefull and works well against refineries. the payload is small but its enouth to start a big fire when it ignites the liquids inside the cracking unit

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u/Creepy_Jeweler_1351 4d ago

Our rockstar, Fire Point company (flamingo, fp1 producer) announced production of fp2 drone. Range of several hundred km, warhead over 100kg

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u/TheBurtReynold 4d ago

I’d love to see them loft and float drones over Russia using hydrogen balloons — getting them 100k feet up and riding wind currents before releasing could unlock huge range

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u/Chaz_wazzers 4d ago edited 4d ago

I had that same weapon idea,  using the height for kinetic energy similar to the tallboys of ww2

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u/TheBurtReynold 4d ago edited 3d ago

I’m less concerned about kinetic gain — more using the height to increase the range due to being able to glide a lot

Additionally, Russia could only shoot it down with an expensive SAM (vs. small arm fire)

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u/BlackPantera299 4d ago

Yea good luck. The drone would be a popsicle.

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u/TheBurtReynold 4d ago edited 3d ago

This is flat-out wrong

Check out the Red Bull jump with Felix — that balloon carried a dude and a capsule, easily a few hundred pounds

Another — look at all that gear

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u/BlackPantera299 2d ago

Are you retarded by any chance? You are comparing a human that had 100 people help him for 1 fucking jump. He had a litteral spacecraft that he was strapped in seconds before a jump. Over a small shitty drone that would be made as cheap as possible.

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u/TheBurtReynold 2d ago edited 1d ago

I dunno man, the Japanese figured it out 80 years ago and launched 9000 of them … so maybe you’re just the ignorant retard

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u/BlackPantera299 22h ago

You are comparing a unguided iron bomb to a drone with electronics and flight surfaces are you fucking stupid?

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u/TheBurtReynold 22h ago

God damn, dummy, give it a rest — it’s okay if you don’t understand what I’m saying

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u/AgreeableAd9119 4d ago

Just have to keep pushing the depots and staging areas further back to strain logistics. When they think its a safe distance and pile mountains of ammunition is when the additional range makes all the distance.