Ukraine's security service attacked Russian airbase with cardboard drones
Military counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) used cardboard drones to attack an airbase in the Russian city of Kursk on the night of 26 August.
Source: a video on the Telegram channel Operatyvnyi ZSU (Operative of the Armed Forces of Ukraine); Ukrainska Pravda source within the Ukrainian security services
Details: The video, posted on 31 August, shows cardboard drones being tested. Its authenticity has been confirmed by Ukrainska Pravda sources.
Drones like these are reportedly invisible to Russian radars. After exploding, the submunitions affect quite a large area, enough to damage even a large aircraft.
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According to one of the sources, these cardboard drones were used by counterintelligence members to attack the airbase in Kursk on the night of 26 August.
During the attack, kamikaze drones struck four Su-30 aircraft and one MiG-29. The radars of an S-300 system and two Pantsir missile systems were also hit.
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