Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has published an interactive 3D model and information about the Russian Geran-5 K5-K unmanned aircraft on the War&Sanctions portal. The inspected sample contained 93 foreign-made electronic components.
According to the agency, Russia began using the variant to strike Ukrainian cities in early autumn. Its aerodynamic design and performance characteristics allow it to be classified as a small cruise missile.
The K5-K is 4 metres long, with a wingspan of 3 metres. The standard Geran-5 measures 6.5 metres in length and has a 3.2-metre wingspan. Its maximum flight altitude has increased from 5 to 6 kilometres, while its cruising speed exceeds 450 km/h. Its top speed may reach 1,000 km/h during some manoeuvres. Its range of 1,000 kilometres and 90-kilogram warhead have not changed.
The inspected aircraft carried a TBBC-90 thermobaric warhead. Its avionics are identical to those in the latest versions of another jet-powered drone, the Geran-4 Seeker, including the SADRA seeker inertial navigation system with a MOX module, the agency said.
The sample was also equipped with a new Susanin optoelectronic correlation system. It compares camera images with a reference image stored in a microcomputer to check the aircraft’s route. In the inspected K5, the system used a dual-band camera instead of optical sensors.
Of the 93 electronic components, 52 were made by US manufacturers, while 10 each came from China and Switzerland. Ukraine’s intelligence service said Russia was trying to conceal component markings, including those on Texas Instruments digital signal processors and Murata inertial modules.
The agency said sanctions were complicating Russian supply chains, increasing costs, delivery times and the risk of disruption.
