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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon based in the Central Command area of operations conducts armed aerial patrols in Somalia in support of Operation Octave Quartz, Jan. 9, 2020. The F-16s support to OOQ demonstrates the U.S. military’s reach and power projection across vast distances to hold adversaries such as al-Shabaab at risk with flexible, precise and lethal force that is capable of rapidly responding anywhere on the globe. The mission of OOQ is to reposition U.S. Department of Defense personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison)
Key Points and Summary – In a significant strategic victory, Ukrainian drones appear to have struck deep inside Russia, badly damaging the Signal Radio Plant, a critical factory for military electronics.The plant, located 330 miles from Ukraine, is a leading producer of vital Russian electronic warfare (EW) and radar systems.The strikes reportedly hit workshops containing expensive, imported machinery that will now be “impossible to replace” due to Western sanctions.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), in a rare admission of responsibility, confirmed the attack is part of a systematic campaign to degrade Russia’s military-industrial capacity.Ukraine’s Drones Appear to Again Hit Deep Inside RussiaWARSAW, POLAND – Video footage posted on local Russian social media sites shows a Ukrainian drone striking a critical Russian defense industrial site this past weekend.This factory is responsible for many of Moscow’s most vital defense electronics systems.
The company, known as the Signal Radio Plant, is located in the Stavropol region of Russia and is about 330 miles from Ukraine, demonstrating that the drone warriors in Kyiv continue to be able to hit targets progressively deeper inside Russia’s rear area.The Signal plant is one of Russia’s leading producers of defense electronic systems, including radar, electronic warfare equipment for front-line aircraft, active jamming systems, remote weapon-control modules, systems for air defense batteries, and other radio-electronic equipment, said an unidentified Ukraine Security Service (SBU) official.
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