#Military Technology

Russia’s drone war is undergoing a major shift as Moscow begins moving away from disposable UAVs and toward a new generation of reusable strike and interceptor drones. But in reality, Russia is playing catch-up. Ukraine was the first to pivot toward heavy, reusable attack drones earlier in the war—a shift that forced Moscow to adapt.

Ukraine may have just scored one of its most spectacular deep-strike hits of the war, with new footage suggesting a rare Russian A-60 airborne laser aircraft—a relic of Moscow’s experimental weapons programs—was engulfed in flames after a drone attack on the Taganrog aviation complex overnight.