JOSSICA - jossica.comIts Aerospace Drone Command called the suicide drones “small but effective.” The attack was dedicated to Najm Abdullah Khalid, an Iraqi the IRGC claims was recently “assassinated by the Kuwaiti government.”
Its Aerospace Drone Command called the suicide drones “small but effective.” The attack was dedicated to Najm Abdullah Khalid, an Iraqi the IRGC claims was recently “assassinated by the Kuwaiti government.”
Shagol Air Base: Located in the Chelyabinsk region within the Ural Mountains.
Ukrainka Air Base: Located in the Amur region of the Russian Far East, which hosts strategic bombers.
Moscow Region Defense Plant: A high-priority, strategic military enterprise located just outside the capital.
Rostov Central Military Airfield: A major logistics hub bordering Ukraine where a separate 13-drone plot was reportedly intercepted. [2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
🛠️ Logistics and “Mother Ship” Smuggling Tactics
The FSB detailed a highly innovative delivery mechanism where fixed-wing “mother” drones and balloons were used to drop payload containers into the western Bryansk border region. From there, ground agents loaded the AI-guided drones into vehicle trailers equipped with false bottoms, masking the military hardware beneath household appliances and Spanish ceramic tiles to cross the continent undetected. [4, 5, 8]
For the Moscow defense plant plot, 35 FPV drones were smuggled into a local warehouse and were configured to be launched remotely by operators located outside the country. [6, 8]
⚙️ Technological Sophistication
Russian counterintelligence highlighted several advanced technical aspects of the thwarted weapon systems:
AI-Guided Navigation: The drones relied on localized AI control units to navigate autonomously, allowing them to hit specific coordinates even if their GPS or operator communications were completely severed by Russian electronic jamming. [1, 2]
Western Component Integration: The FSB claimed the drones were assembled in Kyiv but integrated components manufactured in the United States, Britain, Canada, and Sweden, including Canadian-made electronic warfare-resistant control systems. [2, 8]
Explosive Payloads: Each compact FPV drone carried more than 1 kilogram of high explosives (TNT equivalent) intended to compromise runways, hangars, and localized infrastructure. [2, 7]
📉 Echoes of the “Spider’s Web”
Security analysts note that these intercepted operations heavily mirror a highly damaging 2025 Ukrainian operation codenamed “Spider’s Web”. In that previous campaign, Ukrainian operatives successfully used trucks disguised as wooden sheds with retractable roofs to move drones close to remote Russian military installations, ultimately destroying or damaging up to 20 military aircraft deep inside the country. [2, 4, 9]
The FSB confirmed multiple arrests of both Russian citizens and foreign operatives during the raids, including an armed shootout near Moscow that resulted in the death of one suspect. Ukraine has not independently verified or officially commented on the FSB’s specific counterintelligence claims. [1, 4, 6]
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[8] english.almayadeen.net
[9] globalbankingandfinance.com
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