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Israeli loitering munition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The IAI Rotem L or IAI Rotem - Light is a loitering munition developed by the Israel Aerospace Industries.
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The Rotem-L is a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) quadcopter primarily designed for operations in urban warfare that a single soldier can assemble and deploy in under a minute, then control using a tablet computer. It weighs around 6.5 kg and has a range of 10 km. The warhead capsule weighs 1.2 kg and holds two M26 or M67 grenades with an arming system that requires airflow for activation, and it can be called back and retrieved if no target is engaged. The electrically-powered munition is virtually silent at ranges of 200 meters, has a cruising speed of 36 km/h (10 m/s), and can dive at target at 90 km/h (25 m/s) and achieve accuracy of less than one meter. The Rotem-L uses a pair of cameras for surveillance and target acquisition and tracking, one in the nose and one under the belly, as well as obstacle avoidance sensors to prevent the air vehicle from colliding with obstacles in urban areas. With the lethal payload, it has an endurance of 30 minutes, but when fitted with a lighter ISR capsule endurance is extended to 45 minutes. If it lands in a perch to observe, it can wait for up to nine hours.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
IAI unveiled the Rotem Alpha in September 2023. It employs a 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) anti-tank warhead derived from the LAHAT, with a combined anti-tank/blast-fragmentation charge that penetrates 450 mm of armor or a pure anti-tank charge that penetrates 800 mm of armor. The Rotem Alpha is larger weighing 25 kg (55 lb) but is still man-portable, with an endurance of 60 minutes and an operating range of 40 km (25 mi).[7][8]
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