World’s 1st Space Drone?

The new S-70B with the flat exhaust nozzle  

EurAsian Times: World’s 1st Space Drone? Russian Historian Says S-70 ‘Hunter’ Can Reach Outer Space; US Experts Skeptical 

Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV), which can also operate as a ‘wingman’ to the Su-57 fighter, is Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled and can reach outer space when fitted with suitable engines. 

The United States tried to develop UCAV with similar performance characteristics but gave up the project after its engineers could not overcome the technical obstacles. 

This was according to military historian and director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov, Izvestia reported. The S-70 Okhotnik is powered by an AL-31 turbojet engine and is expected to fly at 1,000 kilometers an hour and a range of 6,000 kilometers.  

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WNU Editor: A space drone is just another sign that the research and development of weapons for space will continue.