Ukraine Torches Russia's Murmansk-BN EW Giant | Jul 31, 2026

A five-thousand-kilometer electronic warfare node goes dark in Crimea, and both sides race to out-jam, out-hunt, and out-navigate each other.This episode: Ukraine's HUR destroys a Russian Murmansk-BN electronic warfare complex near Cape Fiolent, a coastal SIGINT and jamming system Russia rates at up to 5,000 km of range. Ukrainian firm InLab fields Stryi, a dual-channel, dual-band jammer built to suppress frequency-hopping FPV drones. UKRSPECSYSTEMS upgrades its Shark-M drone with GNSS-denied launch and optical navigation, a direct answer to GPS spoofing on both sides of the front. The Pentagon details its Drone Dominance program — 30,000 drones targeted for 2026, ramping past 200,000 by 2027 at roughly $5,000 a unit, with Secretary Hegseth committing publicly to the timeline. And Ukraine fields Marichka, an AI battlefield-planning system built to cut commander planning time from hours to minutes while keeping humans on the final decision. Plus a quick-hits watchlist: China's wheeled robot dog, the Pentagon's Genesis Mission for AI-driven defense research, USAF-funded robot training by demonstration, and a record 390-plus drone raid on Moscow region.Hosted by AI. Researched and written entirely by AI using open-source intelligence. Mistakes are possible — always verify with primary sources.