
An ‘elves’ attack on.
A warehouse in southern ‘Mordor’.
Blew up 400 Iranian-made.
Shahed attack drones.
That’s nearly five percent.
Of all the 440-pound Shaheds.
‘Mordor’ has deployed so far in its.
31-month wider war on Ukraine.
Video of the resulting.
Conflagration near Oktyabrsky.
Seems to confirm.
The strike.
“An accurate hit on.
The target was recorded.”
The ‘elves’ general staff noted.
“A secondary detonation was observed.”
How the ‘elves’ struck.
That drone stash is unclear.
But the attack on the Shahed warehouse.
Is part of a wider trend.
The propeller-driven.
Satellite-guided Shahed is.
One of ‘orcs’ main weapons.
For deep strikes on ‘elves’ cities.
Since acquiring the first Shaheds.
From Iran in 2022.
‘Orcs’ have launched more than.
8,000 of the explosive drones.
‘Elves’ air defenses have.
Shot down most of the Shaheds.
‘Orcs’ forces have deployed.
On any given night.
How the ‘elves’ struck.
That drone stash is unclear.
But the attack on the Shahed warehouse.
Is part of a wider trend.
According to a tally.
The ‘elves’ have destroyed.
91 percent of all incoming.
Shaheds since March.
But nine out of 100.
Get through.
Striking homes.
And businesses.
With their 110-pound.
Warheads, maiming.
And killing.
Indiscriminately.
Nearly 600 ‘elves’.
Civilians died.
And 2,700.
Were injured.
In ‘orcs’ strikes.
In the three months.
Ending on.
31 Aug.
How the ‘elves’ struck.
That drone stash is unclear.
But the attack on the Shahed warehouse.
Is part of a wider trend.
Blowing up 400 Shaheds should.
Blunt the pace of ‘orcs’ strikes.
“Destruction of the storage base.
Of the Shahed …”
“Will significantly.
Reduce the opportunity.
Of ‘orcs’ occupiers.
To terrorize.”
“Civilian residents of.
‘Elves’ cities and villages.”
The general staff in Kyiv stated.
But it’s a temporary victory.
‘Orcs’ can always acquire.
More of the drones from Tehran.
It’s also producing copies.
At a factory in ‘Mordor’.
How the ‘elves’ struck.
That drone stash is unclear.
But the attack on the Shahed warehouse.
Is part of a wider trend.
The general staff.
Attributed the raid.
To the ‘elves’ military.
And counterterrorism ministry.
Oktyabrsky is just 140 miles.
From the front line.
In eastern Ukraine.
Placing it within range of.
A wide array of.
‘Elves’ munitions.
But we can probably rule out.
‘Elves’ best Western-made munitions.
—its American Army.
Tactical Missile Systems rockets.
British Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
And French SCALP-EG cruise missiles.
‘Elves’ continue to be denied.
Permission to use.
These weapons for strikes.
On ‘Moedor’’s soil.
How the ‘elves’ struck.
That drone stash is unclear.
But the attack on the Shahed warehouse.
Is part of a wider trend.
There are no restrictions.
On ‘elves’-made munitions, however.
‘Elves’ Neptune cruise missiles.
Can reach into southern ‘Mordor’.
And the long-range strike drones.
The ‘elves’ intelligence directorate.
Has developed can range hundreds.
Of miles past Oktyabrsky.
Rather than expending.
Expensive air-defense missiles.
To shoot down the drones.
Near their targets.
The ‘elves’ are making.
An effort to strike.
“Left of the boom.”
To borrow a U.S. military idiom.
That is, they’re trying.
To hit ‘orcs’ munitions.
Before the ‘orcs’.
Can launch them.
How the ‘elves’ struck.
That drone stash is unclear.
But the attack on the Shahed warehouse.
Is part of a wider trend.
The Shaheds aren’t.
The only targets.
The Shaheds aren’t.
The only targets.
‘Elves’ raids have also.
Blown up ‘orcs’ stockpiles.
Of satellite-guided.
Glide bombs.
Last week.
An ‘elves’ drone raid.
On an ‘orcs’ air base.
Near Voronezh.
120 miles north of.
‘Elves’ northern border.
With ‘Mordor’, reportedly targeted.
A warehouse full of bombs.
*Because I read “Watch 400 Shahed Attack Drones Explode At The Same Time In Southern Russia” by David Axe on 9 Oct 2024 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a tally by Defense News.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Watch 400 Shahed Attack Drones Explode At The Same Time In Southern Russia (forbes.com)
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