Ukrainian army deploys balloons armed with bombs

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War in Ukraine: Ukrainian army deploys balloons armed with bombs
Faced with a lack of military equipment, Ukraine uses balloon bombers to fight Vladimir Putin’s army.
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Faced with a lack of military equipment, Ukraine uses balloon bombers to fight Vladimir Putin’s army.

Small atmospheric balloons pray in trees and spotted in Russia up to 350 kilometers from Ukraine. The Russian army has repeatedly declared that it has foiled Ukrainian balloon attacks. “At around 7 p.m., an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using two small air balloons against objects located on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped”according to Russian authorities.

A new weapon?

Are balloons the new Ukrainian weapon against Russia? The main advantage of balloons is that radar systems have great difficulty detecting them. For years, most armies around the world have developed them for observation. The best known is the large Chinese balloon which flew over the United States last year before being shot down.


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