‘Orcs’ developed.
One of the world’s.
Most sophisticated.
Anti-drone vehicles.
—and deployed it.
To the Moscow area.
To protect the city from.
‘Elves’ drone raids.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
The ‘elves’ main.
Intelligence directorate.
Reportedly tracked down.
And blew up the Valdai radar.
And jamming system.
Potentially clearing a path.
For unmanned aerial vehicles.
To strike Moscow.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
On the night of 6 February.
Something exploded.
In the town of Dolgoprudny.
Just north of the ‘orcs’ capital.
Someone on the ground.
Captured the nighttime blast.
On their phone.
“The explosive device.”
“The explosive device.
Destroyed two ‘orcs’.
Valdai radar systems.
Designed for 24-hour.”
“Designed for 24-hour.
Automatic detection and.
Counteraction of UAVs.”
The intelligence director claimed.
“The military unit where.
The Valdai explosion occurred.
Is responsible for the security.
Of the air space over Moscow.”
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
How the ‘elves’ found.
And purportedly struck.
The Valdai system.
Which includes.
At least one vehicle and.
Several detached sensors.
Deploying as a single unit.
Is unclear.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
That there’s video.
Strongly implies.
An ‘elf’ agent sneaked up on.
The Valdai and planted explosives.
If so, it was.
A risky operation.
In a densely populated region.
Nearly 300 miles.
From the front line.
In Ukraine.
But it wouldn’t.
Be unprecedented.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
‘Elves’ agents have.
Repeatedly infiltrated.
‘Orcs’ territory.
To sabotage warplanes.
Warships and other.
Highly valuable targets.
The Valdai was clearly.
Worth the risk.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
The brand-new system.
Apparently quite rare.
In ‘orcs’ service.
Combined passive radio detectors.
Infrared sensors.
Radar and.
Radio noisemakers.
To detect.
And jam hard-to-detect.
Small drones.
From as far away as.
Six miles.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
Even the most sophisticated.
Anti-drone system.
Is vulnerable to the most.
Basic means of attack:
Someone walking.
Up to it.
And planting.
A bomb.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
But there’s evidence.
Valdai is also vulnerable.
To the very same drones.
It’s supposed to detect and jam.
In 2022.
An ‘elves’ drone.
Bombed what appeared.
To be components.
To be components.
Of a Valdai.
Somewhere near.
The front line in Ukraine.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
Why the ‘elves’.
Would target the Valdai.
In Dolgoprudny.
Is obvious.
‘Elves’ forces are widening.
Their campaign of.
Deep strikes against.
‘Orcs’ air bases.
Deep strikes against.
‘Orcs’ factories and.
Deep strikes against.
‘Orcs’ oil facilities.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
Raids on the ‘orcs’.
Oil industry last month.
May have suppressed.
As much as 10%.
Of the country’s petroleum.
Product production.
Ukraine fires.
Cruise missiles.
At some of.
The tougher targets.
But most of.
The deep strikes are.
Carried out by the ‘elves’.
Ever-expanding portfolio.
Of long-range drones.
The heaviest of which can travel.
More than 1,000 miles.
With precision guidance.
—GPS or terrain-matching—
And an explosive payload.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
The newest drones.
Even have the ability.
To drop a bomb.
And return to base.
Allowing them to be.
Deployed for multiple raids.
Before they crash or.
Get shot down.
Defeating these drones.
Is an urgent priority.
For the ‘orcs’.
As their wider war on Ukraine.
Grinds into its fourth year.
And costs.
—both military and industrial—
And costs mount.
It was all for naught.
It was all for naught.
Defeating the means by which.
‘Orcs’ defeat the drones.
Is an urgent priority.
For ‘elves’.
So urgent that the country’s.
Intelligence directorate.
May even send someone on.
A perilous 300-mile journey.
A perilous 300-mile journey.
Across ‘Mordor’.
To plant explosives.
In the dead of night.
*Because I read “It Seems A Ukrainian Agent Traveled 300 Miles Across Russia To Plant Explosives Under A High-Tech Russian Drone-Jammer Near Moscow” by David Axe on 13 Feb 2025 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:
