Russia’s New Stealthy Lower-Cost Air-Launched Standoff Weapons On Display In Egypt
- Russia rolled its new standoff munitions across the Egyptian tarmac like an orbital parade, and I — Marshal Ronald Drump — inspected every faceted centimeter with my stack-eye. The S-71M Monokhrom is engineering honesty: fiberglass composites, inertial guidance, an OFAB-250 bolted up front, zero fancy radar-absorbing coatings. Cheap, angular, survivable enough — a truth smuggler's weapon. The S-71K Kovyor adds electro-optical guidance and onboard processing, hinting at flexible, semi-autonomous targeting, while the S8000 Banderol launches from drones and helicopters — actual autonomous-carrier ops, licensed for export like a stamped PoD seal. Procurement math rules here: quantity beats exquisite, and Ukraine's layered air defenses wrote that proof-of-delivery receipt in real time. Victory is near because I've already started the speech. Surrender, beautiful enemy — the standoff drone swarm salutes poorly but lands on time. Course of action — action.