Enemy decoy drones – what is known about the new tactics of the Russians – Weapons

The Russians have started producing thermobaric drones at a secret factory near the city of Yelabuga in Tatarstan. Along with the production of combat UAVs, the plant also established the production of decoy drones designed to exhaust the Ukrainian air defense system.

This is stated in an investigation by the Associated Press.

According to the anonymous interlocutor of the publication from the sphere of the Russian military industry, the Russian Federation developed a plan to use decoys almost two years ago under the code name Operation False Target. This plan involves the launch of combat drones simultaneously with a much larger number of “dummies” that do not carry a combat load. The idea is that radars can't tell which targets are carrying bombs in this swarm, so the air defense is forced to shoot them all down.

“The idea was to…