The Security Service of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Nebo-U long-range radar system in Bryansk Oblast using seven kamikaze drones. The system, worth approximately US$100 million, was used to detect Ukrainian strike assets and support bombers attacking Ukrainian border areas with guided aerial bombs.
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The Security Service of Ukraine has targeted a Russian Nebo-U long-range radar system in Bryansk Oblast, which monitored the sky up to 700 km deep into Ukraine.
The Ukrainians destroyed a modernised Nebo-U system, which helped the Russians detect Ukrainian strike assets and supported bombers attacking Ukrainian border areas with guided aerial bombs.
Seven kamikaze-type drones hit the US$100 million radar system.
The system is no longer operational and has likely turned into a colander.
The Russians have fewer capabilities to detect airborne targets along the northern border of Ukraine.
A $100 million radar monitoring the sky 700 km deep into Ukrainian territory was targeted inside Russia by seven kamikaze drones
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