The lo-fi Australian drones are almost invisible to Russian detection systems.
Two Pantsir-S1 close-range air defence systems and a radar linked to a long-range S-300 surface-to-air missile system were also believed to have been damaged in the strike.
The drones are also rumoured to have been involved in Tuesday night’s attack on six military locations inside Russia, including a strike on the Pskov airbase located close to the Estonian border.Fresh drone strikes were also reported in annexed Crimea and three Moscow airports, causing huge and lengthy delays to flight traffic amid apparent fears of a strike at the capital.
With a wingspan of a little over 6ft, the aircraft is small and the foam or waxed cardboard construction will be far less responsive than metal to any radio waves transmitted from below.However, the Ukrainians appear to have innovated with the cardboard drones to enable their use in attacks inside Russia.’The fact that they are used for strike purposes is already our modernisation.’
Russia is becoming increasingly paranoid about Ukrainian operatives working undercover on its territory.
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