Ukraine's FP-2 Drones Are Building-Busters
Watch a Russian headquarters pop like a balloon
Ukraine’s slow-burn campaign to suppress Russian air defenses in occupied Ukraine has cleared the air over wide swathes of the battlefield, allowing Ukrainian air force manned fighters to penetrate deeper inside what was once Russian-controlled air space to deliver precision glide bombs.
The same campaign—at least 492 strikes on air defenses between June and early March—is also clearing the way for Ukraine’s escalating drone raids targeting headquarters, drone teams, supply convoys and, yes, any surviving air defenses in the logistical zone stretching around 150 miles behind the no-man’s-land
Drones suppress Russian air defenses, enabling manned and unmanned aircraft to strike harder and more frequently, further degrading those air defenses in the process. It’s a virtuous cycle for Ukrainian deep strike forces—and a death spiral for Russian forces in occupied territory.
