It was marketed to the world as the ultimate $15 million air defense shield—a rapid-firing, missile-slinging monster designed to shoot anything out of the sky. But on the coast of occupied Crimea, a camouflaged Russian Pantsir-S1 was just taken out by a weapon nobody saw coming: an FPV drone launched directly from the deck of an uncrewed Ukrainian Magura naval boat. In this deep dive, we break down Ukraine’s brilliant three-step doctrine to dismantle Russia’s most important air defense system. From blinding early-warning radars to exploiting the Pantsir’s "all-in-one" design flaw, discover how Ukraine is turning Russia's wonder weapon into an endangered species—and why Moscow is now so desperate for air defense that oil refineries are hiring civilians to fire 1960s anti-aircraft guns.
Source: The Military Show
