Russia’s switch to jet-powered drones has given it another advantage in Ukraine

As drones transform the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian engineers are racing to outdo each other in developing faster, more deadly unmanned aircraft. The Russians recently gained the upper hand with the introduction of two new versions of their jet-powered Geran drones, which are twice as fast as previous models and soar high above air-defence systems. The Geran-4 and Geran-5 are the latest iterations in Russia’s unmanned aerial vehicle program, which began shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine with cheap Iranian UAVs that were little more than small missiles with preprogrammed flight paths. The new Gerans are not…