Drones and Other Stories

Over the last two years, Ukraine has grown its drone capacity. They can attack deep in Russia with domestically produced weapons. Overnight was one of those nights where even Moscow suffered from such hits.

Now, it’s raised essential questions. After all, Moscow, you would think, would be impervious to hitting hit. It seems air defense is not there. This is via Important Stories:

Air defense fails. The second mass drone attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a month has caused fires and the death of a resident of the Moscow region. The target could have been the Gromov Flight Research Institute, the largest aircraft development center

At least 144 drones, according to the Defense Ministry, were launched in ten Russian regions, including the capital. This is the second massive attack of Ukrainian UAVs on Russia in 10 days — the first was on the night of September 1 and became the largest since the beginning of the war. The raid led to the death of a resident of the Moscow region for the first time — in a multi-story building in Ramenskoye. Three more people were injured. A fire broke out at Zhukovsky Airport.

MO, together with a military expert, looked into the goals of these attacks and what is wrong with the air defense

🔺 What are the purposes of drones in the Moscow region?
The drones’ intended…