Military Service
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Lost 20% of strategic bomber fleet in one day
At dawn on June 1, 2025, Ukraine's Security Service pulled off the largest covert drone strike in history. One hundred seventeen drones, smuggled into Russia inside fake shipping containers and hidden in truck cabs, launched from five locations spanning five time zones. They hit five Russian air bases simultaneously, destroying or damaging 41 strategic bombers: irreplaceable Soviet-era Tu-95s and Tu-22M3s worth $7 billion.
Updated May 19
Providing Tu-95 bombers and support aircraft for joint patrols with China near Japan
What began with Chinese carrier fighters lighting up Japanese jets with radar near Okinawa has mushroomed into a full-spectrum crisis. After China and Russia sent bombers circling Japan, the US flew B-52s with Japanese fighters over the Sea of Japan.
Updated May 11
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