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Operation Spiderweb

Operation Spiderweb

An escalating Ukrainian war makes proper defence spending by NATO urgent and essential. The Government's Strategic Defence Review is good in parts- but only if it is properly funded - at 3.5% of GDP

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Jun 07, 2025
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In one of the most brilliant military operations of the war so far, Operation Spiderweb saw 117 remote-controlled Ukrainian drones which had been smuggled into Russia over an 18-month period destroy 40 strategic bombers and an airborne-early-warning jet, which amounts to roughly one-third of Russia’s long-range strike fleet and about US$7 billion in har…

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