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Gerbera
A compact selection from this profile, with sources and limits. Other configurations and additional measurements remain in the full profile.
A Russian Gerbera expendable aircraft used in decoy and other configurations. Ukraine’s examined-component portal supplies declared specifications; LRT independently reports Lithuanian officials identifying a recovered aircraft. Neither source makes every Gerbera an explosive attack drone.[1][2]
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
Form, sound & identification limits
- LRT records an initial Shahed suspicion later corrected to Gerbera by Lithuania’s defence minister. The correction illustrates why visual resemblance and early reports must not become exact Shahed model tags.[2]
- LRT is separate event reporting, not an independent measurement of GUR’s technical values. Only wingspan is sourced here; the current research does not supply a matching length or a universal payload, so no measured whole-aircraft outline is drawn.[1][2]
Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.
Source notebook
- Defence Intelligence of Ukraine · Gerbera: declared characteristics and documented components
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test
- LRT / BNS · Lithuanian ministry and minister identify July 2025 airspace intruder as Gerbera
2025-07-17 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Firsthand reporting
Cite this profile
DroneLedger. Gerbera. 2026-11-01. https://droneincidents.com/drones/gerbera/editions/2026-11-01/
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