But Engels is where a significant part of Russia's nuclear arsenal is based. If their nuclear weapons and the bombers to deliver them are vulnerable to Soviet-era castoff UAVs, that carries a rather significant ramification for their strategy for nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence.
If ANY base in western Russia should be defended against drone attack, it should be Engels.
Low and slow have always been difficult to defend against. Remember Mathias Rust?
I do.
But Engels is where a significant part of Russia's nuclear arsenal is based. If their nuclear weapons and the bombers to deliver them are vulnerable to Soviet-era castoff UAVs, that carries a rather significant ramification for their strategy for nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence.
If ANY base in western Russia should be defended against drone attack, it should be Engels.