For the second time this month, Ukraine has launched a drone attack on the Engels military air base near Saratov, hundreds of miles inside Russia. While there are no reports of damage, three servicemen were killed. The Russian military reported on Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an airbase deep inside Russia, the second time the facility has been targeted this month — raising questions about the effectiveness of Russia’s air defenses if drones can fly that far into the country.
Low and slow have always been difficult to defend against. Remember Mathias Rust?