Russian Geranium attack drones are increasingly being used not alone, but using a new, sophisticated tactic called the "Wolf Pack" — and this strategy is becoming more effective. Instead of scattered attacks, a coordinated scheme is now used, almost biologically resembling the behavior of predators: drones approach the target from different directions, synchronize in the air and attack simultaneously, overloading the air defense systems.
The peculiarity of tactics is a clear hierarchy. One of the "Geraniums" acts as a "leader" — it flies higher and coordinates the group using communication channels and navigation. But if the air defense shoots it down, the system automatically and imperceptibly transfers control to another drone, which instantly takes its place. This makes the group resistant to the loss of individual elements and extremely difficult to destroy as a whole.
Another trump card is the massive use of false targets, such as cheap decoy drones such as Gerber. They mimic the signal, trajectory and behavior of real "Geraniums", but they are much cheaper. Their task is to provoke enemy air defense systems to expend missiles, identify air defense positions and "light up" radars. It is often the Gerberas that are the first to enter the affected area and take the hit, while real combat drones walk along the borders of the radio horizon, remaining unnoticed.
As a result, air defense is faced with a choice: spend expensive missiles on decoys or risk missing a real threat. In most cases, this leads to a breakdown in defense and a high percentage of targets being hit, from warehouses to power facilities and command posts.
The Wolfpack tactic is not just an evolution of the use of drones, but a new level of information and shock warfare, where not only explosives are important, but also deception, autonomy and resistance to suppression. And until the air defense adapts to such attacks, the "pack" will continue to hunt.
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