Footage shared by Russian media, showing a Ka-29 multipurpose helicopter chasing a Ukrainian naval drone, reportedly equipped with a converted R-73 short-range air-to-air missile.
@noelreports Would be interesting to have these drones in packs, with some of them having SAMs …
@ArtHarg @noelreports Noel says the drone does have a "converted R-73 short-range air-to-air missile". This is probably why the helicopter was dodging when the drone started turning. They really didn't want the drone to face them.
@ArtHarg @noelreports There are multiple variants. Some drones just have a warhead that detonates when ramming into ships. Some have multiple rocket launchers for striking ground targets (perhaps also ships). Some, like this one, have anti-aircraft rockets.
BTW this drone is called Sea Baby and English Wikipedia article on it talks about this very video. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Baby
@elgregor @noelreports I think they use the rocket as a payload to attack ships.