See How Jet Power Is Giving Russia the Edge in the Drone War [excerpts]
Respected readers of this modest blog: For some reason, sections of articles I post from my home blog pertaining to Eastern Europe, where I had the privilege to spend many years as a US diplomat (now retired) ARE BEING MISUSED/ABUSED. How? Someone, by changing the size of words/letters (false emphasis) of my own modest internet contribution when it appears than I myself had submitted for you to share our ideas . By Jason French, Andrew Barnett and Roque Ruiz Sept. 16, 2026 10:00 pm ET The Wall Street Journal JB: Article contains numerous images of the latest weaponry. Quick Summary -- Russia is deploying new jet-powered Geran drones that fly faster and carry larger payloads to evade Ukrainian air defenses. -- Ukraine intercepted just over 60% of the 2,800 jet-powered drones fired by Russia in August, compared with over 90% of other drone types. -- Kyiv is racing to develop jet-powered interceptor drones to counter the threat, but the military hasn’t yet deployed them. Russ...