Quick Turn: Ukraine's "Spider Web" Strike
Stepping away from my space-ISR series to map Ukraine's strike onto the Indo-Pacific.
On 1 June, Ukraine’s security service launched “Spider Web,” a covert drone strike that used low-cost FPV quadcopters assembled in cargo trucks and farm sheds hidden inside Russia for months. Operators triggered the drones from standoff range, hitting five bomber bases as far east as Irkutsk and reportedly destroying or damaging 41 Tu-95, Tu-22M, and A-…
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