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Russia’s air defenses have a Flamingo-sized weak spot, report suggests
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Russia’s air defenses have a Flamingo-sized weak spot, report suggests

by Chris York

Ukraine's domestically produced cruise missiles could help deal a devastating blow to Russia's air defense production, enabling increasingly effective long-range drone strikes against other targets inside Russia, a new report published on Dec. 12 says. The report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and titled "Disrupting Russian Air Defence Production: Reclaiming the Sky," identifies "significant vulnerabilities" in the production process of several of Moscow's most important air de

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