New Privet-82 loitering munition is being tested in Russia

8 June, 2023 Russian Privet-82 loitering munition. April 2023. Russia.

Photo credits: Oko design bureau The Russian Ministry of Defense is testing a new Privet-82 barrage munition to be deployed against the air defense of Ukraine. Russian Oko design bureau from St.

Petersburg is developing the drone. Vadim Zhernov, the enterprise's CEO, reported that the company received a protocol of Privet-82 being successfully tested by the Ministry of Defense. According to the document, the drone was checked for the range and flight time declared by the developers with a standard payload at a distance of 10 km.

During the tests, the drone launched normally, steadily controlled throughout the flight, maneuvered, turned the engines off and on again when practicing diving on the target, and practiced a repeated attack in silent mode.