Leer-3
Russia's flying cell-tower attacker — a command truck plus Orlan-10 drones carrying a payload that mimics a GSM base station to locate phones, jam cellular networks and blast fake SMS at enemy troops and civilians. Electronic warfare and psychological warfare in one airborne package.
The RB-341V Leer-3 combines three Orlan-10 UAVs with a KamAZ-5350 command-and-control vehicle, with one aircraft serving as a communications relay, according to the US Army’s ODIN reference. ODIN describes cellular jamming and base-station replacement that, under suitable conditions, enables the system to collect telephone numbers and deliver SMS, calls, audio messages and small video clips.
Overview
Leer-3 is an electronic-warfare and radio-technical reconnaissance complex developed and manufactured by Special Technological Centre LLC in St. Petersburg, according to Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence. The US Army’s ODIN reference describes UAV-carried jammers, disposable jammers dropped onto the ground, and cellular base-station replacement that supports subscriber messaging under suitable conditions. Russian forces continued to employ Leer-3 against cellular communications and UAV control channels in Ukraine, Viktor Kevliuk reported in LB.ua on August 17, 2026, without identifying a specific Leer-3 engagement or quantifying its effects.
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