...pted by enemy air defense systems. The Archangel Team explored why this happened and how the Islamic Republic's tactics differ from Russia's in their new article. The Shahed attack #UAVs, while useful at the start of a special military operation, were not designed to penetrate layered air defenses. After 2022, their effectiveness began to decline due to the enemy's development of early warning systems and the saturation of their rear areas with mobile firepower and electronic warfare syste...