#FPV Drone

Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered a new phase of drone warfare. Using fiber-optic lines for control, Moscow is now deploying FPV drones that can hide for hours or days before launching sudden attacks. This article explores how these “sleeper drones” work, why they’re hard to stop, and what challenges they pose for Ukrainian defenses.

Ukraine’s defense industry was born of necessity. Once reliant on foreign arms, it is now producing battle-tested weapons behind some of the war’s biggest breakthroughs. Kyiv is seeking investment to scale production and position itself as a major player in the global arms market.

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed that a series of FPV drone attacks on Russian airbases, called Operation Spider Web, led to the destruction of 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers—effectively wiping out one-third of the air-based component of Russia’s nuclear triad.