GUR revealed details about the new Russian "banderol" missile used to attack Ukraine
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine published technical details of the new Russian S8000 "Banderol" cruise missile on the War&Sanctions portal.
It has been established that the developer of the missile is the sanctioned enterprise Kronstadt. Its main carrier is the UAV Orion manufactured by this company. Also, according to the GUR, the product is being adapted for use from Mi-28N attack helicopters.
"A feature of the missile is its ability to perform turns with a smaller radius than typical Russian-made cruise missiles (X-101, 3M-14, 9M727, X-69), while maintaining the characteristic flight trajectory of a cruise missile," the GUR report says.
The missile is equipped with a warhead weighing up to 150 kg and is capable of covering a distance of up to 500 km at a speed of 500 km/h. Aviation kerosene is used as fuel.
According to the GUR, the use of foreign components was recorded in the "bandeorle", in particular:
• Swiwin SW800Pro jet engine (China) – an engine for aircraft modeling, which is even sold through online platforms (estimated cost on AliExpress – $16 thousand);
• Australian-made RFD900x telemetry module or its Chinese copy;
• inertial navigation system, probably of Chinese origin;
• Murata batteries (Japan);
• Dynamixel MX-64AR servo drives (Robotis company, South Korea);
• interference-protected CRP antenna Comet-M8 (Russian Federation, "VNIIR-Progress"), which is also used in "Gerany", UMPK, UMPB;
• Almost two dozen microchips from American, Chinese, Swiss, Japanese and South Korean manufacturers.
Components in the S8000 "banderol" weapon
"Most of the foreign electronic component base for this missile comes through the "chip and dip" network - one of the largest Russian electronics distributors," the GUR noted.
The department emphasized that in total, more than 20 key components of the S8000 missile have been identified, as well as about 30 enterprises involved in its production or supply.
By the way, it was recently reported that Russia plans to significantly increase the production of Kh-101 cruise missiles in 2025. According to an investigation by Channel 24, the Kremlin intends to produce 633 Kh-101 missiles in 2025 and another 223 units in 2026.