A high-tech, fireproof “invisibility cloak” has been designed in Ukraine for units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, said in a statement on the Telegram channel.
According to him, the innovative equipment will protect the Ukrainian army against the use of thermal imaging devices and unmanned aerial vehicles. The raincoat should make Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters virtually invisible to the Russian Armed Forces, as it effectively masks thermal radiation.
As the minister explained, the raincoat is lightweight (its weight does not exceed 2.5 kg) and waterproof. It was designed on the Brave1 platform.
Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring” in April WroteIt is stated that Russian soldiers use “invisibility cloaks” that allow them to get closer to the enemy at night.
Last year, employees of British startup Vollebak teamed up with scientists from the University of Manchester statedThey are working on a thermal camouflage jacket that makes the human body invisible to infrared cameras.
Previously in the USA said About the effectiveness of Russian drones.