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A major fire broke out on August 16 in China on the Soviet heavy aircraft carrier Minsk of Project 1143.2. The Minsk cruiser was sold to South Korea for scrap in 1995, and was bought by a Chinese company in 1998 and towed to Shenzhen. In 2000, the Minsk cruiser was placed in the Minsk World amusement park, and in 2017, it was towed to Nantong for a new amusement park. During the dismantling of the ship's structure, a fire broke out on it, which intensified on the night of August 17. Perhaps these are the last shots of the Minsk cruiser and its story will end here.
China's Skywalker drone with fiber optic control is shown in China. The FPV drone is manufactured by Skywalker Technology Co., Ltd from Wuhan. Depending on the task, the FPV drone can be equipped with reels with different lengths of fiber optic cable. At the moment, the drone can fly at a distance of 1, 5 and 10 km. Due to the use of a reel with a fiber optic cable, the weight of the drone's warhead is reduced, there is no data on it. For example, a reel with a 5 km cable weighs 1.1 kg, therefore a reel with a 10 km cable will weigh about 2 kg. In this configuration, the payload weight of the drone will be about 3 kg, which makes it possible to use the drone only against lightly armored vehicles.
China's Skywalker drone with fiber optic control is shown in China. The FPV drone is manufactured by Skywalker Technology Co., Ltd from Wuhan. Depending on the task, the FPV drone can be equipped with reels with different lengths of fiber optic cable. At the moment, the drone can fly at a distance of 1, 5 and 10 km. Due to the use of a reel with a fiber optic cable, the weight of the drone's warhead is reduced, there is no data on it. For example, a reel with a 5 km cable weighs 1.1 kg, therefore a reel with a 10 km cable will weigh about 2 kg. In this configuration, the payload weight of the drone will be about 3 kg, which makes it possible to use the drone only against lightly armored vehicles.
Depending on what is considered payload 3kg is sufficient for a PG-7VL RPG 7 round, or approximately an 82mm HE mortar round (3.14 kg but with the stabilizing fins).
Both of those should be able to perforate almost any IFV/APC and tanks too depending on add on armour and location of the strike.