1.0InformNapalm.org (English)https://informnapalm.org/enninjahttps://informnapalm.org/en/author/ninja/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8MomgXih80"><a href="https://informnapalm.org/en/mangas/">Russian Ministry of Defense unveils Mangas heavy hexacopter. OSINT: who is behind Russia’s “new drone”?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://informnapalm.org/en/mangas/embed/#?secret=8MomgXih80" width="600" height="338" title="“Russian Ministry of Defense unveils Mangas heavy hexacopter. OSINT: who is behind Russia’s “new drone”?” — InformNapalm.org (English)" data-secret="8MomgXih80" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://informnapalm.org/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://informnapalm.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2026/09/IN-3.jpg642336On September 18, 2026, the Russian Defense Ministry showed the combat use of a "new drone" — the Mangas heavy hexacopter — by servicemen of the 11th Army Corps of the Sever Group of Forces. InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community noted that this was the first public mention of Mangas by the Russian MoD. However, an in-depth OSINT analysis found that by the time the "new drone" appeared on the Russian Defense Ministry’s official channel, its public history in Russian Z-channels already stretched back about a year — and led us to a number of notable findings. Read more in this InformNapalm OSINT investigation.