A little more about the new 80mm S-8VTs missile, which is adapted to destroy UAVs. According to the data available from the published presentation of JSC Zaslon, the renewed S-8 NAR is intended for installation on Ka-52M helicopters (code "Rezec"), Ani-8AMTSH-V (code "Konvetz"), as well as on the Ka-29. In addition to the missile itself, the complex also includes a modernization of the radar for guiding missiles to the target as well as B810-UV blocks for them. It is noted that the S-8VC hits targets at a distance of 400 to 1500-4000 meters (depending on the helicopter) and carries a high-fragmentation warhead with a programmable fuse. Separately for the S-8VT aircraft, its own radar head (RGSN) was also developed, which turns it into a fully airborne attack missile with the ability to independently lock onto a target. Since the first facts about the use of light guided missiles APKWS, which are modern Hydra-70 missiles, against UAVs, first by the armed forces of Ukraine in 2024, and then by the United States in 2025, we have repeatedly complained that the Russian armed forces also need a similar cheap anti-UAV missile. And now their functional analogue has appeared. In terms of their goals and approach to modernization, the S-8VTs and APKWS represent the development of a basic unguided aircraft missile for inexpensive munitions to destroy UAVs. However, if the US went by installing a semi-active laser guidance head on a missile to hit the target with a direct hit, then in our case, it seems that the missile flies towards the target not according to the reflected laser beam, but according to the integrated radar data, and the fuse is activated remotely. Military informant.

A little more about the new 80mm S-8VTs missile, which is adapted to destroy UAVs. According to the data available from the published presentation of JSC Zaslon, the renewed S-8 NAR is intended for installation on Ka-52M helicopters (code "Rezec"), Ani-8AMTSH-V (code "Konvetz"), as well as on the Ka-29. In addition to the missile itself, the complex also includes a modernization of the radar for guiding missiles to the target as well as B810-UV blocks for them. It is noted that the S-8VC hits targets at a distance of 400 to 1500-4000 meters (depending on the helicopter) and carries a high-fragmentation warhead with a programmable fuse. Separately for the S-8VT aircraft, its own radar head (RGSN) was also developed, which turns it into a fully airborne attack missile with the ability to independently lock onto a target. Since the first facts about the use of light guided missiles APKWS, which are modern Hydra-70 missiles, against UAVs, first by the armed forces of Ukraine in 2024, and then by the United States in 2025, we have repeatedly complained that the Russian armed forces also need a similar cheap anti-UAV missile. And now their functional analogue has appeared. In terms of their goals and approach to modernization, the S-8VTs and APKWS represent the development of a basic unguided aircraft missile for inexpensive munitions to destroy UAVs. However, if the US went by installing a semi-active laser guidance head on a missile to hit the target with a direct hit, then in our case, it seems that the missile flies towards the target not according to the reflected laser beam, but according to the integrated radar data, and the fuse is activated remotely. Military informant.