Dan-T
Cheap small cruise missile / 'missile-drone' for mass use
Small turbojet-powered cruise missile that Rostec presents as a munition 'between a missile and a drone'. First shown as a mock-up in September 2026 (El Alamein Airshow, Egypt). According to Ukrainian analysts it is a direct conversion of the Dan-M target drone from the early 1990s (Sokol design bureau), originally built to mimic Tomahawks for air-defence training; Russia has not confirmed this. Ukraine's Air Force reports it together with Kronshtadt's S8000 Banderol ('Banderol/Dan-T'): one Russian analyst calls Dan-T the export version of Banderol, whereas HUR expects Dan-T to replace Banderol. The threat lies not in technology but in price and numbers: cheap enough to fire by the thousand and drain expensive surface-to-air missiles — the same cost asymmetry as with Shahed/Geran.
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- Missile (L × Ø, span)
- 3.4 m, span 2.0 m; 268 kg
- Dimension source
- US Army TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)
General
- Type
- Small subsonic turbojet cruise missile / loitering munition; strikes only pre-set coordinates
- Carriers (export)
- Yak-130, MiG-29, Mi-28N, Mi-8 (Rostec); also foreign aircraft and helicopters; possibly ground-launched
- Origin
- Developer not disclosed; according to Ukrainian analysts derived from the Dan-M target drone (Sokol)
- Use
- Rostec claims 'hundreds' of launches in Ukraine; Ukraine's Air Force reports 'Banderol/Dan-T' in combined strikes (e.g. 23-24 and 29-30 Sep 2026)
Performance (Russian figures, not independently confirmed)
- Max range
- ≈ 243 NM (450 km), unofficially up to ≈ 270 NM (500 km); ground-launched ≈ 135 NM (250 km)
- Speed
- ≈ 750 km/h (subsonic)
- Ceiling
- ≈ 29,500 ft (9 km)
- Weight / payload
- Launch weight ≤ 270 kg; payload estimated ≈ 135 kg (unconfirmed, doubted even by a Russian author)
- Guidance
- Autopilot with satellite + inertial navigation
Related: S8000 Banderol
- Manufacturer
- JSC Kronshtadt (also the Orion drones)
- Performance (HUR)
- Cruise 520–560 km/h, max 620–650 km/h; range up to ≈ 270 NM (500 km) air-launched; OFBCh-150 warhead, 114 kg
- Carriers
- Orion drone, Mi-28 attack helicopter and a ground launcher
- First mass use
- 2 Sep 2026 (according to Ukraine all three shot down)
- Destroyed in September 2026
- 86 Banderols according to the Ukrainian Air Force's monthly figures — on the order of the estimated production of ≈80 per month (see Threat); the number launched was not reported — source: ArmyInform, RU Mil Tracker e-20261011-s01; Ukrainian claim
Related: S-71K / S-71M
- Type
- Jet-powered strike drones that Rostec presents together with Dan-T as a new class 'between drone and cruise missile'; per Rostec already used against Ukraine
- Carrier
- Fifth-generation fighters such as the Su-57 — per Defence Blog they fit the internal weapons bay; shown next to a Su-57E at the El Alamein Airshow (Sep 2026)
- Features (Ukrainian intelligence, via Militarnyi)
- S-71K ('Kovyor'): OFAB-250-270 high-explosive bomb as warhead, no terminal guidance. S-71M ('Monokhrom'): NVIDIA Jetson Orin compute module for AI. Some reports swap the two designations
- Source
- Rostec via Krasnaya Zvezda/TASS and Defence Blog (30 Sep–1 Oct 2026), RU Mil Tracker e-20261001-07 — Rostec gave no prices, numbers or performance; not independently confirmed
Threat
- Production (estimate)
- According to RBC-Ukraine ≈ 2,000 Dan-T by end-2026 and a target of 14,000 in 2027; Banderol ≈ 80/month — estimates, not a confirmed stockpile
- Countermeasure
- Interceptable by fighters (even a MiG-29 with an R-60), SHORAD/MANPADS and cheap Ukrainian systems (Brave1); the problem is cost per intercept, not feasibility
- Threat level
- Medium per round, high as a mass weapon against air defence and critical infrastructure
News archive 39
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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«Крылатая ракета «Филин». Недорогое средство большой дальности» (Topwar: 'The Filin cruise missile: an inexpensive long-range weapon')
Topwar author Kirill Ryabov discusses the 'Filin' (Eagle-Owl), a new long-range ground-launched cruise missile. He relies almost entirely on material that Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) published on its War&Sanctions portal on 22 October: debris photos, a 3D model, a component list and estimated specifications. HUR says Russia has used the missile si…
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«Сили оборони перехопили за ніч 119 ворожих БПЛА, 64 з яких — реактивні» (ArmyInform: 'Defence Forces intercepted 119 enemy UAVs overnight, 64 of them jet-powered')
On the night of 24–25 October Russia attacked Ukraine with 153 Shahed-type strike drones, 92 of them jet-powered, together with S8000 "Banderol/Dan-T", Gerbera and "Parodiya" decoy drones, ArmyInform reports, citing the Ukrainian Air Force. As of 08:00, air defence had shot down or suppressed 119 Shahed-type, Gerbera and other drones, 64 of them jet-powered…
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Ukraine strikes Tolyattikauchuk synthetic-rubber plant and an aircraft at Yeysk; Russian MoD claims 616 drones downed
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine's defence forces struck the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Tolyatti (Samara Oblast) and an aircraft at the Yeysk airfield in Krasnodar Krai on 23 October and the night of 23–24 October. At Tolyatti an explosion and fire were recorded near the facility; photos and videos shared by m…
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«Уночі підрозділи ППО знешкодили 50 реактивних дронів» (ArmyInform: 'Air defence units neutralised 50 jet-powered drones overnight')
On the night of 23–24 October Russia launched 126 strike drones at Ukraine – Shahed-type, S8000 "Banderol/Dan-T", Gerbera and "Parodiya" decoy drones – ArmyInform reports, citing the Ukrainian Air Force. As of 08:00, air defence had shot down or suppressed 101 drones, including 50 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, plus S8000, Gerbera and other types. Hits wer…
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«Демонтаж логистики: кратно возросло число ударов ФАБами по целям в Запорожье» (Topwar: 'Dismantling logistics: the number of FAB strikes on targets in Zaporizhzhia has multiplied')
Topwar author Alexey Volodin claims that Russian aviation has sharply increased ('many times over') its strikes on Kyiv-held Zaporizhzhia city with FAB high-explosive bombs fitted with UMPK glide-and-correction kits. He gives no figures. According to the article, the glide-bomb strikes alternate with drone attacks, including jet-powered Gerans and 'Dan-T' d…
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«Логистика и энергетика: новые удары по целям в Харькове и на Западной Украине» (Topwar: 'Logistics and energy: new strikes on targets in Kharkiv and Western Ukraine')
Topwar (Voennoye Obozreniye) author Maxim Svetlyshev claims that Russian forces carried out an evening wave of strikes on 24 October across almost all Kyiv-controlled territory. The weapons named are Geran attack drones, 'Dan-T' drones and FAB bombs fitted with UMPK glide-and-correction kits. He says logistics and energy facilities were destroyed 'from Khar…
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Russia's 24–25 October strike pattern: 153 drones, 92 jet-powered Shaheds, Banderol cruise missiles and drone strikes on cities and a Kherson bus
On the night of 24–25 October Russia launched 153 long-range strike assets at Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Air Force as reported by Ukrainska Pravda and the Kyiv Independent. The mix included Shahed-type attack drones, Gerbera and decoy drones, and S8000 Banderol low-cost cruise missiles, which Ukrainska Pravda describes as both drone- and air-launch…
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«New russian Filin Missile Consists Half of American, Chinese Components: Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Reveals Details» (Defense Express)
Defense Express reviews the component analysis of Russia's new Filin cruise missile that Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (HUR) published on its War&Sanctions portal, including a 3D model, an assembly breakdown and a list of electronic parts. The outlet stresses HUR's finding that the missile's electronics resemble those of other Russian missiles and UAVs, wi…
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Proton plant in Oryol, supplier of Iskander-M, Pantsir-S1 and S-71 Kover components, reportedly struck by missiles
On 23 October 2026 a missile strike likely hit the Proton joint-stock company in the Sovetsky District of Oryol (Orel), about 160 km from the Ukrainian border, according to the monitoring channel Exilenova+ and the OSINT projects Supernova and Astra, citing local reports. Proton makes optoelectronic equipment, semiconductor devices and electronic components…
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Ukraine's HUR unveils Filin, a new low-cost Russian ground-launched cruise missile with up to 1,200 km range, built with 35 US and 22 Chinese components and a Russian R500 turbojet
On 22 October 2026 Ukraine's military intelligence agency HUR published an interactive 3D model, an assembly breakdown and an electronic-component database of a new Russian cruise missile, the Filin ("eagle owl"), on its War&Sanctions portal. According to HUR, Russia began firing the missile at Ukraine in late summer 2026. It is developed by AO NPO Molniya,…
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Russia hits Kyiv with Iskander-M, S-400, Zircon and Oniks missiles and 210 drones, including cluster-armed Iskanders in the historic centre, hours after the Putin–Witkoff meeting; at least 9 killed across Ukraine
Russia launched a combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine from 18:00 on 21 October 2026 into the morning of 22 October, with Kyiv as the main target. According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russia fired Iskander-M ballistic missiles, S-400 missiles, Zircon and Oniks missiles from Kursk, Bryansk and Rostov oblasts, together with 210 drones: Shahed (110 of the…
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Russian drone and missile attack on the night of 20-21 October and daytime strikes on 21 October kill at least five: Kyiv high-rise, Korotych (Kharkiv Oblast), a double-tap strike in Chernihiv, universities in Kremenchuk and Uman, children injured in Chortkiv
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight on 20-21 October, starting at 18:00 on 20 October, with Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from airspace over Rostov Oblast and 186 attack drones, 88 of them jet-powered Shaheds, plus S8000 Banderol/Dan-T, Gerbera and Parodiya-type decoys, according to Ukraine's Air Force as reported by Mezha. The drones were launched from…
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«Сили оборони перехопили вночі 115 ворожих БПЛА, 73 з яких — реактивні» (ArmyInform: 'Defence Forces intercepted 115 enemy UAVs overnight, 73 of them jet-powered')
Citing Ukraine's Air Force, ArmyInform reports that Russia launched 165 attack drones on the night of 19–20 October, 105 of them jet-powered Shahed-type drones. The rest of the package was made up of S8000 Banderol/Dan-T, Gerbera and Parodiya decoy drones. By 08:00 (preliminary figures), Ukraine had downed or suppressed 115 drones, including 73 jet-powered…
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Ukrainians get near-real-time maps of Russian drones: volunteer 'monitor' map and Defence Ministry's Air Alert app now show approximate positions and headings
Two new tools let Ukrainians see roughly where Russian attack drones are flying, Euromaidan Press reports. A Ukrainian air-threat project called monitor announced a free, ad-free beta map on X on 13 October. It does not use radar: it aggregates posts from regional Telegram channels that report drones and missiles over their oblasts, cross-checks them algori…
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«Змінилися обставини, в основному — погодні умови»: відсоток збиття ворожих реактивних дронів і далі зростає (ArmyInform: 'Circumstances have changed, mainly the weather': the share of enemy jet drones shot down keeps rising)
Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said on the national telethon that the weather shaped Russia's tactics in the overnight missile and drone attack on 19 October, ArmyInform reports. Kyiv was hit in two waves of missile strikes with Iskander-M and S-400 missiles. On warnings from partners, Ihnat said the earlier pattern roughly repeated: informati…
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Russia launches 165 drones overnight, 105 of them jet-powered; strikes hit Izium and a Lviv Oblast energy facility
According to Ukraine's Air Force, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda, Russia attacked Ukraine with 165 drones on the night of 19–20 October, starting at 18:00 on 19 October. No fewer than 105 of them were jet-powered. The package consisted of Shahed and Gerbera attack drones, S-8000 Banderol/Dan-T drone- and air-launched cruise missiles, and Parodiya decoys, l…
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US restores ballistic-missile launch warnings to Ukraine after a week of gaps that included Russia's 16-missile strike on Kyiv on 18–19 October, Zelensky says; Rubio calls 'no-warning' claims outrageous and blames a technical issue
On 20 October President Zelensky said at a press conference broadcast by Suspilne that the United States had restored intelligence sharing with Ukraine, including advance warnings of Russian ballistic missile launches, after a call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Euromaidan Press reports. In a Telegram post Zelensky called the call 'constructive' an…
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Russia strikes Ukraine overnight 16–17 October with Iskander-M/KN-23, Kh-22/32, Kalibr and 332 drones; no ballistic or Kh-22/32 missiles reported intercepted
On the night of 16–17 October Russia carried out a combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine, according to Ukraine's Air Force as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. It used Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, Kh-22/32 cruise missiles, four sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles and 332 Shahed (31 jet-powered) and Gerbera attack drones, plus S-8000 Banderol dron…
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Russian drone and Banderol waves of 15–16 October push west to Rivne and Volyn on NATO border; jet-powered Gerans dominate night strike
According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russia launched 149 strike drones on the night of 15–16 October, 108 of them jet-powered Shahed types, alongside Gerbera drones and Parodiya decoys, from Oryol, occupied Donetsk Oblast and Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea. Air defence shot down or jammed 114 (77 of the jet-powered ones). Twenty-seven aerial assets struck 24 lo…
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Undercover investigation: Chinese firm Xingkai invoiced 500 drone mesh modems for Russia's Alabuga drone plant
An investigation by The Insider and the Nordsint project, reported by Euromaidan Press, traced an unmarked mesh modem recovered from an upgraded Russian Gerbera drone (the variant with a vertical tail fin that appeared in summer 2026) to Shenzhen Xingkai Technology (Xingkai Tech). The Insider identified it as the XK F-359 and says Ukrainian military intelli…
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Russia fires 39 ballistic-trajectory missiles and 128 drones, 77 of them jet-powered, at Ukraine overnight on 13-14 October: three killed in Kyiv, power cut in five districts
Russia carried out a massed combined strike on Ukraine between 18:00 on 13 October and the morning of 14 October, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. It says its radio-technical troops tracked 167 air-attack assets. These were 39 missiles flying ballistic trajectories, listed as Iskander-M, KN-23, S-400, Zircon and Oniks and launched from Kursk, Bryansk,…
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Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv before sirens on 12 and 13 October; Zelensky says partners gave no launch warning twice, while Trump says US intelligence sharing continues
Russia hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles on the evening of 12 October 2026, and the city's air-raid alert sounded only after the attack had begun. Preliminary Ukrainian Air Force data put the salvo at six ballistic missiles. Later reporting by Meduza and Euromaidan Press, citing POLITICO, gives five ballistic missiles along with more than 100 drones. Accordi…
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«Понад 52 тисячі цілей за місяць: Повітряні Сили оприлюднили результати роботи у вересні» (ArmyInform: More than 52,000 targets in a month: the Air Force publishes its September results)
ArmyInform, the news agency of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, reports the Ukrainian Air Force's results for September 2026, published on 10 October. According to the Air Force, Ukraine's Defence Forces destroyed more than 4,700 aerial targets during the month and also neutralised more than 48,000 tactical-level UAVs, giving the headline total of over 52…
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Ukraine says an intercepted Russian document plans up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs against 60 Ukrainian infrastructure targets this winter
Ukraine says it has obtained a Russian plan for a winter strike campaign against its critical infrastructure. Euromaidan Press, citing The New York Times (2 October) and RFE/RL's Schemes project (8 October), reports that the Russian-language document is dated August and lists 60 key targets to be hit with up to 1,000 weapons. These reportedly include up to…
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«Дань-Т» поразила склад стройматериалов в Павлограде – возник крупный пожар
Voennoe Obozrenie reports that a strike on 3 October set fire to a storage site for building materials in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, and attributes it to the jet-powered Dan-T munition. Published footage reportedly shows pallets of bagged building mixes, large sheet panels and other materials burning, with heavy smoke; the outlet suggests the materia…
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Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5F downs Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missile with its cannon for the first time
Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reported on 2 October that a Ukrainian Air Force Mirage 2000-5F has for the first time shot down a Russian S8000 Banderol small cruise missile with its cannon. The report does not give the date or location of the interception; the claim comes from the Ukrainian side and has not been independently verified. France transferred Mira…
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Russia's Dan-T munition blurs line between UAVs, cruise missiles — Rostec claims S-71M, S-71K and Dan-T jet drones form a new drone-missile class
Russian state corporation Rostec, in comments to the Defence Ministry newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (30 September) and to TASS, claims that three of its newest jet-powered strike drones — the S-71M, S-71K and Dan-T — form a new category between attack drones and cruise missiles. Rostec's reasoning: a classic cruise missile is already a fixed-wing UAV, but not e…
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Сили ППО знешкодили 146 реактивних дронів за день
ArmyInform (the Ukrainian armed forces' media outlet) reports that between 06:30 and 18:30 on 30 September Russia launched 285 attack drones, 174 of them jet-powered ("reactive") Geran-type drones, and that Ukrainian air defences neutralised 254 drones, of which 146 were jet-powered. For the preceding night (29-30 September) it reports 188 attack drones, in…
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Зенітники «Аквіли» знищують реактивні БПЛА ще в першому ешелоні ППО
ArmyInform, citing the Telegram channel of the Ukrainian 1030th Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Regiment 'Akvila' (Aquila), reported on 29 September 2026 that the regiment is shooting down Russian jet-powered strike drones that fly at considerable altitudes. Published footage reportedly shows the destruction of jet drones of the 'Shahed' and 'Banderol'…
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Russian jet-powered drone hits Kyiv's Academy of Sciences; Kremlin says Ukraine must "pay a price" as strikes also hit Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kyiv Oblast
On 28 September 2026 Russia struck central Kyiv in daylight. A jet-powered drone hit the main building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the Shevchenkivskyi district and set it on fire. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported one woman killed and four injured, three of them hospitalised; Euromaidan Press says people fled through windows. She was Nat…
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Russia reportedly fields Geran-5 'K5' variant with autonomous optical (scene-matching) navigation and redesigned fuselage
Russian forces have reportedly begun using a new modification of the jet-powered Geran-5 strike UAV with an autonomous optical navigation system and a modified fuselage. The report comes from the monitoring Telegram channel Colonel GSh ("Polkovnik GSh"), which calls the variant the Geran-5 K5 and published a photo comparing the old and new airframes. Accord…
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Russia strikes Kyiv with drones by day, then Zircon and Iskander-M missiles overnight; Zelensky claims 60% of ballistic missiles intercepted
Over roughly 24 hours on 23–24 September 2026, Russia struck Kyiv first with a daytime drone attack and then overnight with a combined missile and drone strike. On the morning of 23 September, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported drone hits on petrol stations in Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi districts, a transport infrastructure facility, a four-storey busine…
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Russia's real threat isn't a better missile — it's 14,000 cheap Dan-T cruise missiles built from a 1990s target drone
Russia has adapted a decades-old aircraft-launched target drone into a mass-producible cruise missile called the Dan-T. According to RBC-Ukraine (cited by Euromaidan Press), the Dan-T began life as the Dan-M, a jet-powered target drone built by Russia's Sokol design bureau in the early 1990s to mimic US Tomahawk cruise missiles for air-defense training. To…
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Ukraine's 208th Brigade Intercepts Russian S8000 Banderol Missile-Drone over Odesa Region (Video)
Ukraine's 208th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade shot down a Russian S8000 Banderol missile-drone over Odesa region during a nighttime engagement on 18 September 2026, according to Defense Express (defence-ua.com). The brigade released footage showing the target flying through the night sky before a bright flash marked its destruction; the specific interceptio…
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Российский ОПК в Египте: барражирующие боеприпасы, истребители 5 поколения и ПВО нового поколения
At the El Alamein International Airshow 2026 in Egypt, Russia's defense industry showcased a broad range of export-oriented weapon systems to potential buyers across North Africa and the Middle East, according to Topwar. Among the aircraft on display were the Su-57Ė — the export version of Russia's fifth-generation fighter — shown both statically and in fli…
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Ukraine develops RK-19 missile to sustain Soviet-era Osa-AKM (SA-8) air defence
Ukraine has developed the RK-19, a new surface-to-air missile intended to replace the dwindling stock of original 9M33-series missiles for the Soviet-era Osa-AKM system (NATO designation SA-8 Gecko). Per the sources, the missile was designed by the Luch Design Bureau, part of the state conglomerate Ukroboronprom. It was first referenced in an April 2026 vid…
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Russia hammers Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones, missiles and glide bombs, 8-10 September 2026
Russia continued its intensive bombardment of Ukrainian cities through a second consecutive night, extending the heavy combined salvo of 8-9 September into the night of 9-10 September. On 8-9 September, Russian forces struck with Iskander-M ballistic missiles, S8000 "Banderol" missiles and roughly 196 Shahed-type attack drones (including jet-powered variant…
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Russia unveils 'Dan-T' loitering munition as export counterpart to the 'Banderol' (S8000) missile-drone
At the El Alamein International Airshow in Egypt (8-10 September 2026), Russia's state corporation Rostec publicly displayed for the first time a full-scale mockup of the "Dan-T" (Дань-Т) loitering munition. Rostec says the weapon draws on design work in both cruise missiles and unmanned aviation, has completed all development stages, and has been tested on…
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Russia markets 'combat-proven' weapons for export at Egypt's El Alamein Airshow, claims new Su-57E deals
Ahead of the El Alamein International Airshow (EIA 2026, Egypt, 8–10 September), Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) mounted a sales push built around systems Moscow calls "combat-proven" in Ukraine. Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheyev said on 7 September that Russia has signed new export contracts for t…