{"id":12615,"date":"2023-06-29T09:19:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T03:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12615"},"modified":"2025-04-01T20:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:51:47","slug":"lancet-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lancet-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancet Drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Lancet Drone:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>high-precision kamikaze drone operated by the Russian Army<\/strong> to strike remote ground and sea targets.<\/li>\n<li>It is developed and <strong>manufactured by Russian defence company Zala Aero<\/strong>, a subsidiary of Kalashnikov Group.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>They are <strong>recognizable by their distinct X-shaped wings<\/strong>, which are attached to an elongated fuselage and detachable camera-guidance head\/nose.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Powered by an electric motor<\/strong> unit, the drone can <strong>travel at a speed between 80km\/h and 130km\/h.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>maximum range of 40 kilometers<\/strong> and can carry out a precision strike autonomously.<\/li>\n<li>It can carry a maximum <strong>payload of up to 3kg of sensors and explosive warheads<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It can <strong>stay in the air for 30 minutes<\/strong> and <strong>hit targets at a<\/strong> <strong>range of up to approximately 40km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has been designed to <strong>provide real-time video and imagery<\/strong> to the control station.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>incorporates artificial intelligence visual identification (AIVI) technology<\/strong> for real-time recognition and classification of targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>What is a kamikaze drone?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A kamikaze drone, <strong>also called a suicide drone o<\/strong>r, more formally, <strong>a loitering munition<\/strong>, is an <strong>unmanned aerial vehicle<\/strong> that is <strong>designed to self-destruct<\/strong> after serving its purpose.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>name \u201cloitering\u201d derives<\/strong> <strong>from<\/strong> a defining characteristic: <strong>the ability to \u201cloiter\u201d in the air for an extended period of time before striking<\/strong>, giving the targeter, time to decide when and what to strike.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is a kamikaze drone?<\/h3>\n<p>A kamikaze drone, also called a suicide drone or, more formally, a loitering munition, is an unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to self-destruct after serving its purpose. The name \u201cloitering\u201d derives from a defining characteristic: the ability to \u201cloiter\u201d in the air for an extended period of time before striking, giving the targeter, time to decide when and what to strike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/world\/cheap-russian-drone-a-menace-to-ukrainian-troops-and-equipment\/1645796\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Cheap Russian drone a menace to Ukrainian troops and equipment<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lancet Drone is a high-precision kamikaze drone operated by the Russian Army to strike remote ground and sea targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}