ALBAWABA - The CEO of the Russian Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CUS), which develops unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Dmitry Kuzyakin, revealed that a new first-person view (FPV) "Doomsday drone" is being developed, as reported by Russian media Tass.
Its purpose is to observe levels of radiation and guarantee safety in the unlikely event of a nuclear attack, emphasizing the drone's importance in preparing for catastrophic circumstances.
“We believe that it would [be] a crime not to prepare for even the worst scenarios,” Kuzyakin noted to Tass, despite his confidence that “common sense will prevail and the world will refrain from using nuclear weapons and our Doomsday drone will never be needed.”
The Doomsday drone is a compact UAV that can be easily stored with ground-based equipment, with a flight time reaching up to 20 minutes in active maneuvering mode and an operational range varying with the terrain, signal conditions and levels of possible contamination, extending from 500 meters to 2 kilometers.
“We have yet to explore more of the FPV industry,” Kuzyakin said to Tass, noting that The Khrust program and the doomsday drone are “not the only areas of work for the center in the combat use of FPV drones that is new to everyone.” Adding “we are only starting off in this field.”
“To date, the CUS has developed and brought to fruition more than 20 scenarios. These include, for example, conducting assault operations in urban environments and buildings for counter-terrorist activities, or operating from armored vehicles,” the CEO further highlighted.
The development follows months of rising tensions around the world and Russian recurrent threats of deploying nuclear weapons against NATO members and the United States throughout the nearly 2.5-year-long Russia-Ukraine war that came after Moscow's invasion in February 2022.
