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Ukraine struck Russia's largest oil refinery, located in the city of Omsk, on Monday, marking what its forces say was its furthest-ever drone attack in the war.

The Omsk facility, which processes about 21 million tons of oil a year, is in Western Siberia and about 1,700 miles from Ukrainian territory — roughly the distance between Los Angeles and Houston.

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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they were on jets

Is that confirmed? Their FP-5 drone has a 1900 mile range, so it wouldn't exactly need the assistance of being fired from a jet for extended range capability. I don't really know what the benefit would be considering the north and eastern border is being controlled by Russia atm. I guess it may just be safer to fire it from a jet than doing a shoot and scoot.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From the article:

Denys Shtilierman, the chief designer of Ukrainian munitions firm Fire Point, wrote on X on Monday that a new variant of his company's FP-1 drone was involved in the strike.

The FP-1 is one of Ukraine's most prominent long-range one-way attack drones. The fixed-wing platform typically carries a payload of up to 60 kg, with an initial range of 1,000 miles, later extended to 1,600 miles.

Shtilierman, however, said on Monday that the jet-launched drone's latest version can fly 2,110 miles, easily eclipsing the distance between Ukraine and Omsk.

The last paragraph was what I was getting at, given that the FP-1 range is just a tad short.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

Ahh, that makes more sense. I figured they were using the fp-5 just for the range. Makes sense firing the fp-1 from the air would add a bit of range though, guess you wouldn't have to fight to gain altitude.