Military analyst Yuri Knutov says the Russian guided artillery shell «Krasnopol» has been rated very highly by American specialists. According to him, there was even a proposal from the United States to purchase these rounds.

He recalls that the first version of the Krasnopol shell appeared around 15–20 years ago. As Knutov explains, this system attracted American interest, and they wanted to obtain two shells for their own assessment, but the request was rejected. He notes that the United States already had a similar type of weapon at the time, but the Russian shell was cheaper, easier to operate and still delivered high accuracy, as cited by aif.ru.

Knutov stresses that Krasnopol’s flight path can be adjusted while the shell is already heading toward its target, which, in his view, makes it particularly effective. He points out that after the shot is fired in the direction of the target, the trajectory is refined and corrected, allowing the munition to hit the designated object with very high precision. The warhead, he notes, is powerful enough to destroy, for example, a drone command post. When the target is more heavily fortified, two such shells are used.

It is also noted that Russian forces are now actively employing Krasnopol high-precision munitions in the zone of the special military operation. If previously they were used only in exceptional cases, today the Russian Armed Forces rely on them on a daily basis. The shells operate in tandem with unmanned aerial vehicles: drones illuminate the target with a laser beam, ensuring accurate guidance of the munition onto the objective.