Seldom in war does the weaker side deliver a decisively devastating blow to the stronger. However, that may be just what happened last weekend (May 31-June 1). Ukraine launched a small drone attack deep into Russia that significantly damaged or destroyed an estimated 34% of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers. Like that of the United States, Russia’s strategic bomber force is a key element of its nuclear triad. Even more significant is that the airfields hit by Kyiv’s massive drone armada are deep inside Russia; one, Belaya in the Irkutsk region, is nearly 2,500 miles from Ukraine.
