A Ukrainian T-64BV main battle tank has reported been targeted with an X-UAV (Kh-BPLA) missile, fired from an Orion uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Kursk region
The X-UAV is a UAV-fired, laser beam-riding, high-explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) missile
It is based on the 9M133FM-3 (Kornet family), with the seeker from a Krasnopol-type guided artillery projectile
The video shows laser illumination of the target prior to, and during firing
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