Russia Keeps Bringing their Radars. Ukraine Keeps Destroying them.
Second $100 million NEBO-SVU radar gets hit in 2024
For a brief moment, it felt like Ukraine was responding in kind to the successive hits the Russian army had delivered to their forward airbases over the last three days. This impression arose because the operational methodologies of the attacks were the same.
Both Russia and Ukraine possess advanced drone reconnaissance capabilities. They send their drones into enemy territory, surveil their targets, relay the information to the relevant command centers, and then launch missiles at the targets. Russia may have destroyed Ukrainian air force assets, while Ukraine may have destroyed a very expensive radar set operating in southern Ukraine.
However, I don’t think getting back at the Russians for their attacks on airfields was the primary objective of Ukrainian commanders. Ukraine has been conducting a concerted campaign against Russian ground communication and radar systems in occupied territories as well as within Russia. When the distance is too great, they use their long-range drones. When closer, they deploy their ATACMS missiles.
Yesterday, Ukraine destroyed Russia’s $100 million NEBO-SVU radar in southern Ukraine.
