Russia's new cruise missiles use a TEMU engine.

Russia's new S8000 Banderol missile. It’s like a hobbyist package turned into a military role. That new, cheap cruise missile is being developed. To be used against soft targets like radars. Those missiles can cause problems. Because if they are used with other, more advanced missiles. They can be dangerous. Ukraine dropped one of them with a very old AA gun. That doesn’t mean that those missiles are harmless. They are cheap and probably easy to manufacture. Those hobby-kit missiles can also be transported to positions. There, they can make surprise attacks. Missiles that can be manufactured or assembled in the operational area are a big risk.  Those systems can be smuggled into the country—the origin of the parts. of that missile. It's also a depressing thing to read. That shows the real effect of the sanctions against Russia.

Their operators can. Put those parts into their position. And use those missiles even from their balcony. This is a new threat. Things. Like artificial intelligence and cheap image recognition tools make those systems deadlier than ever before. The hobby-kit missiles are tools. That took their position in the war. Low-cost missiles and drones are tools. That can cause problems for every system. They can attack large carriers’ radars and communication systems. In the same way, small cruise missiles can be deadly against aircraft. 

S8000 has another drone as its primary launch platform. And that missile. It can also be integrated with the Mi-28 Havoc. The standard kit uses inertial and satellite guidance systems. But there are dreams of using AI and optical target recognition systems to boost its accuracy. The suspected system uses the WEB camera. And an AI-based target recognition sensor. This makes. The system can find its targets with high accuracy. The system works like this. Inertial and satellite navigation guide the missile to the line of the target. When its camera sees the target. 

And recognizes it. That missile dives toward it. Those missiles can use things like an anti-radar kit. That system turns them into anti-radiation missiles. Those missiles can be used against radars, jammers, and communication tools. There is a possibility that, if those systems have the right codes. They can search for and locate individual GSM telephones on the streets. AI makes those systems dangerous. They can make evasion maneuvers. And they are easy to buy. So, in the wrong hands, those hobby-kit missiles can cause terrible damage. 

https://aeronaut.media/articles-en/en-russian-s8000-banderol-all-about/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S8000_Banderol

Faster than a bullet, cooler than stealth.

“Artist's illustration of a satellite operating in very low Earth orbit. Kreios Space is partnering with Kongsberg NanoAvionics to develop such a satellite mission. (Image credit: Kreios Space/Kongsberg NanoAvionics)(Space.com, Exploring 'very low Earth orbit': The world's 1st air-breathing satellite thruster could soon get a test run)

The satellite’s stealth version could look like Lockheed Martin's Tier III (RQ-3)“DarkStar”. So. Could there be a stealth version of this kind of VLEO satellite? 

New low-orbiting satellite uses air-breathing engines. Spanish company Kreios Space plans to make very low-orbiting satellites. And for the first time, this kind of satellite uses air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) to provide propulsion. The satellite itself orbits the Earth in a very low Earth orbit (VLEO). That trajectory is far lower than low Earth orbit. It’s actually in the highest atmosphere level. And that allows engineers to use the air-breathing engines. 

The ABEP engine. Pulls gas inside it. And then ionizes and heats it. And then that plasma will be driven back from the satellite. That is one way to make the electric engine. The ABEP engine can also act as a thruster. For aircraft that travel at very high altitudes. This engine can allow craft to operate in very thin air.

This engine will not need any oxygen. And that allows it to operate in Mars’s and Venus's atmosphere. This kind of thruster is the tool. That can make it possible to create aircraft. That can travel higher than ever before. This kind of system. It can be connected to hypersonic aircraft. That aircraft can accelerate in the atmosphere to very high speeds. And then that system can jump. Up to. 50-60 kilometers. There, the ABEP engine starts. The solar panel provides energy to that system. It can be installed in the aircraft’s wings and body. 

The new system could be a miniature space shuttle with a stealth body. That system can support reconnaissance, attack, and anti-hypersonic systems operations. 

The nuclear-powered version. It could revolutionize aviation technology. High-power electric thrusters can transport aircraft to the edge of space. The biggest problem with those systems is the electric source. 

Solar panels, nuclear reactors. Windmill turbogenerators and remote wireless electricity transfer could help to solve those problems. But the VLEO vehicles. Those tools can destroy hypersonic missiles. VLEO vehicles. They can shoot anti-hypersonic missiles or laser beams against hypersonic missiles. Those systems can also be effective tools for ASAT and anti-FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment Systems) 

“RQ-3A DarkStar” (Wikipedia, Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar)

“Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion concept” (Wikipedia, Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion) 

“Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion, or air-breathing electric propulsion, shortly ABEP, is a propulsion technology for spacecraft, which could allow thrust generation in low orbits without the need for on-board propellant, by using residual gases in the atmosphere as propellant. Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion could make a new class of long-lived, low-orbiting missions feasible.”(Wikipedia, Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion) 

The defender must cause only a small amount of damage to the front nose of the hypersonic systems. That damage rips the vehicle into pieces. The hypersonic missile flies in the atmosphere. If. The weapon system shoots it into pieces. Those pieces fall to the ground. This means that if the system maximizes impact energy. Traveling in the opposite direction to the hypersonic missiles. 

The regular machine gun bullet. Can destroy the hypersonic missiles. The anti-missile system can travel in the opposite direction against the missile. And when it opens fire, the impact speed of those bullets is over Mach 10. That can destroy missiles. Or a satellite's shell. The gun system. It can look similar. To the WWII-era Schräge Musik. Upward-firing cannons. Used in night fighters. 

The laws of physics determine the speed of the bullet. It is. Speed of the vehicle + muzzle velocity. The impact speed is the speed of the incoming hypersonic missile. And the speed of the bullet. This system can be a small space shuttle. With. An aerodynamic stealth body. As I wrote before. 

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/exploring-very-low-earth-orbit-the-worlds-1st-air-breathing-satellite-thruster-could-soon-get-a-test-run

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere-breathing_electric_propulsion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment_System

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_RQ-3_DarkStar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%A4ge_Musik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_low_Earth_orbit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Boooks1234/s/etSzIBUWBw