Cheap drones are beating Russia’s billion-dollar air defenses

Cheap, mass-produced Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drones are breaking through one of the most expensive air defense networks ever assembled, with a 20 to 30 percent penetration rate that is proving sufficient to systematically dismantle Russia’s oil refining industry and degrade its mil

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Cheap, mass-produced Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drones are breaking through one of the most expensive air defense networks ever assembled, with a 20 to 30 percent penetration rate that is proving sufficient to systematically dismantle Russia’s oil refining industry and degrade its military logistics, a Ukrainian officer with direct command experience in the deep-strike drone […]

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