Russians Alarmed By Ukraine’s Fence Post Drone Bomb

BusinessAerospace & DefenseRussians Alarmed By Ukraine’s Fence Post Drone BombByDavid Hambling,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a South London-based technology journalist, consultant and authorFollow AuthorJun 12, 2026, 06:28am EDTThe new Ukrainianbomb is a crude but effective bunker busterRussian Telegram Russian social media has been circulating images of a Ukrainian drone bomb which is square with a metal point like the ground spike for a fence post. This is a penetrating weapon, as a sticker on the bomb proclaims, and it has Russian military bloggers worried. Now nowhere is safe.FPVs and drone bombing have driven Russian forces underground into bunkers and forced them to cover roads and facilities with nets, wire cages and steel mesh. A few weeks ago Russian reports started circulating of a new drone bomb punching through such defenses. The new images suggest that this weapon is now being produced at scale, and a Ukrainian video shows it in action.Bunker Busting BasicsUkraine operates a fleet of heavy bomber multicopters of various types, notably the Vampire, but also Kazhan (“Bat”), Heavy Shot and Nemesis. The Russians call them by the generic term of Baba Yaga. Vampire can deliver a 33-pound bombload to a target ten miles away.Multicopter bombers typically drop modified mortar bombs or anti-tank mines and similar repurposed munitions, depending on the target. But there are some purpose-built munitions for specific tasks, like this one.MORE FOR YOUUS GBU-57 bomb - note penetrating nose and the slender profile compared to general purpose bombsAFP via Getty ImagesPenetrating bombs date back to WWII when they were developed to hit heavily protected targets like battleships and concrete fortifications. The U.S. revived the concept 1980’s with the 2,000-pound BLU-109 “Bunker Buster” first of a series of ever more powerful up to the mighty 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator.These bombs differ...