Ukraine’s shock drone strike on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet this week has generals and analysts taking a new look at threats to high-value United States aircraft at bases in the homeland and abroad – and the situation is worrisome.

U.S. warplanes positioned on open airfields could be vulnerable to attack much like the Russian bombers destroyed during a recent surprise drone strike by Ukraine that carries wider military implications,

Costing as little as $400 apiece, Kyiv’s flying machines are successfully neutralizing sophisticated Russian equipment worth thousands of times more