The Russ­ian mil­i­tary has qui­et­ly test­ed new ways of defeat­ing Ukrain­ian air defense sys­tems using Sovi­et-era AN‑2 Colt biplanes. It is worth men­tion­ing that AN‑2 is archa­ic agri­cul­tur­al air­craft that first flew in 1947, as the Sovi­et Union was rebuild­ing after the tumult of World War II. The AN‑2 is one of the largest single-engine […] 

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