Belarusian strike drone Kvadro-1400 nearly ready

MINSK, 28 October (BelTA) – The creation of the Belarusian strike drone Kvadro-1400 is in the final phase. Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Nazarov made the statement during a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus in the Oval Hall of the House of Government on 28 October, BelTA has learned.

Yuri Nazarov said: “Ensuring the national security of the country is a strategic task today and in the future.”

According to the source, the multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) Grad was modernized in 2021. The creation of the Belarusian strike drone Kvadro-1400 is in the final phase. The drone can find, recognize, and destroy lightly armored and unarmored targets as well as enemy personnel in day and night conditions. The development of the three-dimensional Belarusian mobile radar station Vostok has been finished. The development of close combat solutions proceeds successfully, including the development of a multipurpose grenade launcher, small arms and ammunition for small arms.

Belarusian enterprises design and make a broad range of communications solutions operating in various radio bands and intended for various purposes. The products range from portable VHF radios to stationary satellite communication nodes. An armored personnel carrier has been developed as well.

The R&D and manufacturing potential of Belarusian defense companies allows providing the army with new weapons and military hardware, thus saving foreign currency, which would have been spent on importing this hardware otherwise. The potential also allows exporting