Cheap drones destroyed a significant fraction of Russia’s nuclear-capable bomber force” a phrase that would have been the stuff of science fiction even a few years ago, but which now constitutes the reportage of the consequences of Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web,

Ukraine said its “Operation Spiderweb” attacked Russian warplanes worth hundreds of millions of dollars, utilizing drones that each cost under $1,000 and were launched from wooden containers carried o

Practically every account of Ukraine’s spectacularly successful June 1 sneak attack that destroyed or disabled as much as a third of Russia’s long-range bomber fleet invoked the adjective “audacious” to describe how the ingeniously devised plan was pulled off without a hitch.