Bober
Country: UkraineManufacturer: SPE UkrJet
Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drone: UkrJet's UJ-26 Beaver is Kyiv's main deep-strike one-way attack drone, used against targets in Moscow and the Russian rear areas.
Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drone: UkrJet's UJ-26 Beaver is Kyiv's main deep-strike one-way attack drone, used against targets in Moscow and the Russian rear areas.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Bober
- Alias
- UJ-26 Beaver (Бобер)
- Manufacturer
- SPE UkrJet
- Country
- Ukraine
- Year
- 2022
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 1000 km
- Endurance
- 7 h
- Top speed
- 150 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 4,500 m
- Propulsion
- Pistone benzina, elica traente
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 200 kg
- Payload
- 20 kg
- Weapons
- Testata esplosiva (~20 kg)
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- Navigazione GPS/inerziale, autopilota
- Datalink / control
- Autonomo con way-point pre-programmati, link SATCOM opzionale
- Launch
- Pista o catapulta
- Recovery
- Impatto sul bersaglio
Combat use
- ▸May 2023 — first documented strike on Moscow
- ▸August 2023 — attack on Pskov airport, four Il-76 transports destroyed
- ▸2024 — systematic campaign against Russian refineries (Ryazan, Tuapse, Volgograd)
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History
Unveiled in 2022, the Beaver hit Moscow for the first time in May 2023 and is regarded as Ukraine's answer to Iran's Shahed drones.
The UJ-26 Beaver is Ukraine's flagship long-range one-way attack drone: developed by SPE UkrJet under the 'Army of Drones' programme, it embodies Kyiv's answer to Iran-supplied Shahed-136 kamikaze drones.
From the 'long-range drone war' SEO angle, the Beaver became famous in 2023 for strikes on Moscow, Pskov airport (destruction of Il-76 transports) and Russian refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border.
