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2026-10-01 · Ukrinform

Mysterious 'whiskers' on Russian drones turned out to be mechanical detonators – 'Flash'

Serhii Beskrestnov (call sign "Flash"), a freelance presidential advisor on technology and a technology expert, announced this on Facebook , Ukrinform reports. "The 'whiskers' on the Geran have been figured out. It's an ordinary mechanical detonator," he wrote. Beskrestnov explained that the device contains a metal tube and a metal rod that make contact when they touch something, triggering a command for the explosion. On September 30, Russian forces used for the first time a warhead on a jet-powered drone specifically designed to destroy high-voltage power lines and steel bridge structures.

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