‘Get down!’ the Ukrainian commander bellows, as a high-speed drone armed with a 105kg warhead hurtles across the field.
We hit the deck. A rocket booster that should have propelled this unmanned kamikaze monoplane to 60mph in under a second has detached prematurely.
Now it is spiralling wildly, lighting up the night sky like a Catherine wheel on bonfire night. Without the extra thrust offered by the booster, the drone – and its huge payload – are struggling to gain height. We brace for impact.
This Ukrainian-made weapon is intended for the enemy but appears about to crash into home soil and explode
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