Both sides in Russia’s 31-month wider war on Ukraine have long deployed drones for surveillance, long-range strikes deep inside enemy territory and short-range attacks along the front line. The dragon drones represent a twist on existing drone tactics. They’re as much terror weapons as they are practical tools of targeted destruction.

There is a battle for air superiority that is crucial along the frontlines in Ukraine. As Russian glide bombs lay waste to Ukrainian positions, a game of cat and mouse is played with kamikaze drones,