Magyar Birds Destroy Russian Strela-10 Missile System

Drone pilots of the Worms Busters unit from the 414th Brigade of Unmanned Systems, known as Birds of Magyar, destroyed a Russian Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system.

They published the video of the incident on their Telegram channel.

To strike the enemy air defense system, the Ukrainian defenders used attack FPV drones.

Based on the released footage, the Russian Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system was detected while traveling along a road in broad daylight in one of the active sectors.

A direct hit by a Ukrainian FPV drone triggered an immediate ignition of the solid-fuel engines inside the missile’s transport-launch containers, which are mounted on the rotating launcher atop the tracked vehicle.

The Russian crew was forced to stop the vehicle and likely fled the scene.

Additional Ukrainian kamikaze drones were sent in to finish off the abandoned enemy system. As a result of the strike, the vehicle caught fire from within, likely leading to its complete destruction.

Strela-10

The Strela-10 is a Soviet short-range surface-to-air missile system mounted on the chassis of the MT-LB multipurpose tracked vehicle.

It is designed to provide direct air defense for ground forces units and small military or civilian facilities against aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles, provided they are within visual range.

The missile system is capable of engaging aerial targets at a range of up to 5 km and at altitudes of up to 3.5 km. The missile is equipped with a dual-channel seeker—an infrared channel and a backup photo-contrast channel.

The last Soviet version, the Strela-10M3, was equipped with an optical sight that featured two fields of view: one with a 35° field of view and 1.8x magnification, and another with a 15° field of view and 3.75x magnification.

Ukrainian defenders have repeatedly destroyed such Russian air defense systems using various types of precision weaponry.