The airfield at Taganrog.
In southern ‘Mordor’.
Fewer than 100 miles from.
The front line in Ukraine.
Is a favorite target.
For ‘elves’.
Growing arsenal of.
Deep-strike munitions.
The ‘elves’ army.
Air force and.
Intelligence directorate.
May have struck the base.
And the adjacent factory.
Belonging to an Airplane-maker.
With a mix of U.S.-made.
Army Tactical Missile System rockets.
Ex-Soviet S-200.
Air-defense missiles.
Modified for ground attacks.
And long-range strike drones.
Videos from the ground.
In Taganrog depict something.
—actually, multiple somethings—
Exploding in and around.
The Airplane-maker’s campus.
Taganrog was.
A logical choice.
For a Palianytsia raid.
It’s possible.
The most recent attack.
On Tuesday night.
Involved ‘elves’ newest attack drone.
On Tuesday night.
Involved ‘elves’ newest attack drone.
The turbojet-propelled.
Palianytsia.
The apparently.
GPS-guided drone.
Which ranges.
As far as 430 miles.
Lacks the range of ‘elves’.
Farthest-flying deep-strike weapons.
—its converted A-22.
Sport plane drones.
Nor does the Palianytsia.
With its approximately.
100-pound unitary warhead.
Capable of.
The widespread destruction.
Inflicted by an ATACMS rocket.
Scattering hundreds of.
Lethal submunitions.
But if you want.
To damage.
A bunch of.
Fairly flimsy buildings.
—for example, hangars housing.
A-50 radar planes.
Like the kind.
The Airplane-maker builds—
And the buildings are fewer than.
500 miles away.
A volley of Palianytsias.
Is just the thing.
It’s possible.
The most recent attack.
On Tuesday night.
Involved ‘elves’ newest attack drone.
On Tuesday night.
Involved ‘elves’ newest attack drone.
The turbojet-propelled.
Palianytsia.
Each turbojet drone costs.
As little as $100,000.
That’s cheap for what amounts.
To a small cruise missile.
The type’s simplicity is.
The key to its low cost.
A Palianytsia arrives.
From the factory.
In a large crate.
The seeker and wings.
Bolt onto the body.
Right before launch.
The drone motors down.
A runway on a wheeled trolley.
Abandoning the trolley.
As it gains lift.
Assuming the guidance.
Is by GPS.
A Palianytsia should be accurate.
Enough to reliably hit.
A large building.
Such as a hangar.
There’s still a lot we don’t know.
About the Tuesday raid.
It’s possible.
The most recent attack.
On Tuesday night.
Involved ‘elves’ newest attack drone.
On Tuesday night.
Involved ‘elves’ newest attack drone.
The turbojet-propelled.
Palianytsia.
We might have to wait for.
Commercial satellites to make.
A few passes before we can.
Assess any serious damage.
But it’s apparent.
The ‘elves’ are still keenly.
Interested in striking.
The Taganrog airfield.
—and are fully capable.
Of doing so.
With something.
With something.
If it was a Palianytsia raid.
It may be a harbinger.
Of additional raids.
To come.
‘Elves’ industry has been.
Producing Palianytsias.
In small numbers.
Since this summer.
But according to ‘elf’ Defense Minister.
A new start-up recently.
Launched full-scale production.
Of the drone.
*Because I read “Ukraine’s Cheap Trolley Drones May Have Blasted An Important Russian Airplane Factory” by David Axe on 11 Dec 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.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukraine’s Cheap Drones May Have Hit A Key Russian Airplane Factory
