First test flight of ‘Okhotnik’ Russian combat drone

Handout photos made available from a Russian Defense Ministry video showing the first test flight of the new Russian combat drone ‘Okhotnik’ (Hunter), 07 August 2019.

The first flight, which occurred at a military airfield over the weekend, lasted 20 minutes, TASS, a Russian state-run media outlet, reported, citing a defense ministry press statement.

Reports state that this is the first Russian combat drone. It belongs to the sixth combat aircraft generation and will work in pair with SU-57 the fifth-generation fighter and know officially as the Su-70 Okhotnik-B heavy combat drone

‘Okhotnik’ is the work Sukhoi design bureau.

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Photos:  EPA-EFE/RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY

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