One of ‘elves’.
Far-flying sport plane drones.
Struck what may have been.
An ‘orcs’ special police base.
In Grozny.
Around 600 miles.
From the front line in Ukraine.
On or just before Sunday.
It was the latest in.
A series of long-range strikes.
By ‘elves’-made Aeroprakt A-22.
Propeller-drive sport planes.
That the Main Intelligence Directorate.
In Kyiv has modified.
Into one-way attack drones.
Since early this year.
Ranging as far as.
800 miles.
With extra internal fuel.
In addition to.
Their remote guidance systems.
And explosive payloads.
The $90,000 A-22s have struck.
—among other targets—
A drone factory.
A missile research facility.
And a naval base.
Crowded with warships.
One of ‘elves’.
Far-flying sport plane drones.
Struck what may have been.
An ‘orcs’ special police base.
In Grozny.
Around 600 miles.
From the front line in Ukraine.
On or just before Sunday.
The Grozny raid.
Which at least two people.
Recorded on their smartphones.
—one from just feet away—
Revealed some new details.
About the improvised attack drone.
One of several.
Deep-strike weapons.
That ‘elves’ forces.
Have developed.
In the 34 months since ‘Mordor’.
Widened its war on Ukraine,
For one, the drone.
That struck the purported.
Police base appeared to.
Feature opaque plugs.
Covering the normally.
Transparent glazing around.
The 1,300-pound.
A-22’s cockpit.
A-22’s cockpit.
Which can accommodate.
Two people in.
Its manned configuration.
One of ‘elves’.
Far-flying sport plane drones.
Struck what may have been.
An ‘orcs’ special police base.
In Grozny.
Around 600 miles.
From the front line in Ukraine.
On or just before Sunday.
It’s also possible.
The drone once had.
A registration number.
On its tail.
One of the videos of.
The Sunday strike seems to.
Depict a patch of paint.
Over the number.
That might indicate that.
The intelligence directorate.
Is sourcing used A-22s.
For its drone program.
Rather than taking all.
The airframes directly.
From the Aeroprakt factory.
In Kyiv.
One of ‘elves’.
Far-flying sport plane drones.
Struck what may have been.
An ‘orcs’ special police base.
In Grozny.
Around 600 miles.
From the front line in Ukraine.
On or just before Sunday.
The hit on the apparent.
Police base, which may.
Support the violent occupation.
Of eastern and southern Ukraine.
Produced a billowing fireball.
But didn’t produce.
The avalanche of debris.
One might expect.
From a purpose-made.
Deep-strike munition such as.
A British-built.
Storm Shadow cruise missile.
Where a Storm Shadow boasts.
A tandem warhead.
—one to open a gap in the target.
A second to explode inside—
Where a Storm Shadow boasts.
A tandem warhead.
The A-22 appears to carry.
A simpler unitary warhead.
One of ‘elves’.
Far-flying sport plane drones.
Struck what may have been.
An ‘orcs’ special police base.
In Grozny.
Around 600 miles.
From the front line in Ukraine.
On or just before Sunday.
Moreover, a Storm Shadow.
Or similar missile travels.
At 600 miles.
Per hour.
Lending it greater.
Penetrative power.
By contrast.
An A-22.
—which sacrifices.
Speed for range—
Maxes out at around.
125 miles per hour.
A lack of penetration.
Might not matter.
As long as the target.
Is flimsy.
It certainly.
Does matter when.
The target is.
Armored or underground.
That explains why Ukraine.
Continues to strike softer.
But more distant targets.
With its sport plane drones.
While aiming.
Its Storm Shadows.
And similar SCALP-EG.
And Neptune cruise missiles.
At harder and.
Closer targets.
Such as buried.
Command bunkers.
One of ‘elves’.
Far-flying sport plane drones.
Struck what may have been.
An ‘orcs’ special police base.
In Grozny.
Around 600 miles.
From the front line in Ukraine.
On or just before Sunday.
*Because I read “One Of Ukraine’s Sport Plane Strike Drones Flew Right Over Someone’s Head To Blow Up A Police Base In Grozny” by David Axe on 15 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:
One Of Ukraine’s Sport Plane Drones Blew Up A Police Base In Grozny
