{"id":30995,"date":"2023-08-31T02:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T21:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30995"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T02:45:43","slug":"what-is-warmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-warmate\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Warmate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Warmate<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>micro loitering munition<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>developed by Polish company WB Electronics.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>combat mini UAV<\/strong> that provides a\u00a0<strong>highly targeted strike capability.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>multi-role system performing multiple tasks<\/strong> depending on the type of head installed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It has a\u00a0<strong>take-off weight of 4kg.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed and Range:<\/strong> It can fly at a maximum v<strong>elocity of 150km\/h<\/strong> and can\u00a0<strong>operate over a line of sight (LOS) range of 10km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Endurance<\/strong>: It has the ability to stay in the air for\u00a0<strong>up to 30 minutes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Altitude<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>Its\u00a0<strong>maximum flying altitudes are 500m above ground level (AGL)<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>3,000m above mean sea level (AMSL).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>operating altitudes<\/strong> of the UAV v<strong>ary from 30m to 200m above the ground level (AGL).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>I<\/strong>t can be\u00a0<strong>operated from military vehicle platforms<\/strong> such as infantry or armoured personnel carriers.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>can<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>carry a variety of warheads,\u00a0<\/strong>including high-explosive, anti-tank, and thermobaric.<\/li>\n<li>It is<strong> equipped with a variety of sensors<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>including a day\/night camera and a laser target designator.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is a Loitering Munition?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an\u00a0<strong>unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to self-destruct after serving its purpose.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>name \u201cloitering\u201d derives from a defining characteristic: 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) What is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)?<\/h3>\n<p>An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft that operates without a human pilot on board. UAVs are remotely controlled or autonomously programmed to perform various tasks, including surveillance, data collection, aerial photography, reconnaissance, and even delivery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/india-news\/general-news\/first-visuals-of-indian-armys-polish-warmate-suicide-drones-during-trials-in-ladakh-articleshow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>First Visuals Of Indian Army\u2019s Polish Warmate Suicide Drones During Trials In Ladakh<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warmate is a micro loitering munition developed by Polish company WB Electronics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30995","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\/30995","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=30995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}