Russia finally understood that to protect Russian refineries, no S-300 or S-400 air defense missiles will be useless! The Russian army began to install large barbed wire fences on all key facilities in various Russian refineries!
Russia spent a long time on high-end equipment, but finally pulled up the barbed wire fence passed down by its ancestors and tightly surrounded the key facilities of various refineries. This seemingly regressive operation is a helpless choice after being severely taught by reality.
Early in the summer of 2022, two drones from Ukraine touched in silence.The first accurately hit the crude oil distillation facility, and the fire burst into the sky.The second hit the warehouse forty minutes later, fortunately without causing a bigger fire.
At that time, the S-400 air defense system was clearly deployed near the factory area, but until the explosion sounded, the missile position did not respond effectively. This incident completely awakened the Russian army that high-end anti-aircraft missiles are not omnipotent.
The problem lies in the fundamental shift in the way of attack, Ukraine has long stopped fighting missiles with the Russian military fighter jets, and replaced the low-cost drones to fight guerrilla. these drones fly low, the volume is not much larger than the household washing machine, the S-300 radar can not catch this "low slow" target.
Even if occasionally detected, using a hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of air defense missiles to hit thousands of dollars of drones, hit once and for a long time, no one can withstand.
In July 2025, the Russian Federal Security Agency had just caught a Central Asian man attempting to fire in Krasnodar border district, who touched the refinery dormitory.
These people carry improvised explosives and attack in corners with weak security. Once they succeed, the losses will be greater than drone attacks. Forced to do so, the Russian army finally remembered its old profession. As the country with the most experience in playing barbed wire, their barbed wire tactics have long become a model for lesson plans. Even the Syria government forces have used this to defeat the opposition.
This time used for refinery protection, it is considered to play the old craft to the extreme. The evaporation tower and oil storage tank around the core of the factory, all pulled on the multi-layer stereo wire network. This network with a distance of 1.5 meters has three barriers, also pulled the corner of the iron wire, forming a three-dimensional grid, small-scale cannon canons are not exploding.
The entrance of key facilities is even more ruthless, and barbed wire fences are erected directly. Three two-meter-long steel rods are welded into hexagonal tribulus terrestris as pillars, and then barbed wire is pulled on. Not to mention that people can't get through, even small off-road vehicles can stop them.
Some places have also added a low stake iron wire network, the pillar is only 30 cm high, tightly attached to the ground, the person can only stand slowly, directly become a live target under the monitoring probe.
The most absolute is the detailed design, the threshold network hangs the empty container of thistle, the wind whispers, in the night someone touches, the alarm sounds can be passed half a kilometre. Some areas are also replaced with the thistle ball composed of the wireless network, step up will wrap the legs, want to lie down there is no place.
These refurbished barbed wire fences know how to deal with "petty theft" attacks better than cold missiles. The Novoshakhtinsk refinery was the first to rectify after suffering losses. In the second month after the barbed wire fence was pulled up, a drone crashed into the net, and the propeller got entangled and fell on the spot, not even touching the device shell.
The factory security captain said the truth in the interview, previously staring at the radar screen, and now the iron wire is surrounded, and at night can sleep peacefully.
Behind this is all the lessons from the real war, the Russian military in early years in Syria discovered that high-end weapons against regular military use, can deal with the harassment of guerrillas, and must rely on the iron mesh, mines and these "ground methods".
It was only before that the refinery was always in the back, with the S-Series missiles covered in safety, and it was not expected that Ukraine would extend the battlefield to the Russian heart.
The economic account is also difficult to calculate. An S-400 launch system costs hundreds of millions, and deploying a position requires a lot of money to maintain. The cost of barbed wire is so low that it can be produced by local steel mills and engineers can pull it several kilometers a day. Russian refineries are dotted all over the world. From the Baltic Coast to Siberia, every factory cannot be equipped with an air defense system. Using barbed wire for layered protection is both cost-effective and practical, which just meets the current demand.
Now the Russian army has also played a new trick, adding simple monitoring and infrared sensors near the barbed wire fence. Once there is any abnormal movement, the duty room can immediately receive an alarm. But the core is still the layer of barbed wire. After all, electronic equipment may be interfered, but physical barriers cannot be faked.
Some factories even pulled down the cut trees as a natural barrier, then hanged on the iron wire network, live learning used the experience of the battlefield of the year. Those laughing at the "Russian army drive back" voice gradually left no trace, the real battle pipe is a good trick, the S-300 and S-400 continued to look at the high aircraft missiles, the ground iron wire network to keep the low air and people penetration, the high and low combined to truly form a defense network.
This transformation is not very clever, but it is the most pragmatic choice for the Russian army after suffering enough. In the final analysis, war is never about who's weapons are more advanced.
Russia finally understands that protecting refineries, a key to people's livelihood, does not require hundreds of millions of dollars of missiles to show off muscles. Putting basic protection in place and using barbed wire as the simplest barrier to build a solid defense line is more effective than anything else. Although this truth came late, it was better than being bored and losing money all the time.
Russia spent a long time on high-end equipment, but finally pulled up the barbed wire fence passed down by its ancestors and tightly surrounded the key facilities of various refineries. This seemingly regressive operation is a helpless choice after being severely taught by reality.
Early in the summer of 2022, two drones from Ukraine touched in silence.The first accurately hit the crude oil distillation facility, and the fire burst into the sky.The second hit the warehouse forty minutes later, fortunately without causing a bigger fire.
At that time, the S-400 air defense system was clearly deployed near the factory area, but until the explosion sounded, the missile position did not respond effectively. This incident completely awakened the Russian army that high-end anti-aircraft missiles are not omnipotent.
The problem lies in the fundamental shift in the way of attack, Ukraine has long stopped fighting missiles with the Russian military fighter jets, and replaced the low-cost drones to fight guerrilla. these drones fly low, the volume is not much larger than the household washing machine, the S-300 radar can not catch this "low slow" target.
Even if occasionally detected, using a hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of air defense missiles to hit thousands of dollars of drones, hit once and for a long time, no one can withstand.
In July 2025, the Russian Federal Security Agency had just caught a Central Asian man attempting to fire in Krasnodar border district, who touched the refinery dormitory.
These people carry improvised explosives and attack in corners with weak security. Once they succeed, the losses will be greater than drone attacks. Forced to do so, the Russian army finally remembered its old profession. As the country with the most experience in playing barbed wire, their barbed wire tactics have long become a model for lesson plans. Even the Syria government forces have used this to defeat the opposition.
This time used for refinery protection, it is considered to play the old craft to the extreme. The evaporation tower and oil storage tank around the core of the factory, all pulled on the multi-layer stereo wire network. This network with a distance of 1.5 meters has three barriers, also pulled the corner of the iron wire, forming a three-dimensional grid, small-scale cannon canons are not exploding.
The entrance of key facilities is even more ruthless, and barbed wire fences are erected directly. Three two-meter-long steel rods are welded into hexagonal tribulus terrestris as pillars, and then barbed wire is pulled on. Not to mention that people can't get through, even small off-road vehicles can stop them.
Some places have also added a low stake iron wire network, the pillar is only 30 cm high, tightly attached to the ground, the person can only stand slowly, directly become a live target under the monitoring probe.
The most absolute is the detailed design, the threshold network hangs the empty container of thistle, the wind whispers, in the night someone touches, the alarm sounds can be passed half a kilometre. Some areas are also replaced with the thistle ball composed of the wireless network, step up will wrap the legs, want to lie down there is no place.
These refurbished barbed wire fences know how to deal with "petty theft" attacks better than cold missiles. The Novoshakhtinsk refinery was the first to rectify after suffering losses. In the second month after the barbed wire fence was pulled up, a drone crashed into the net, and the propeller got entangled and fell on the spot, not even touching the device shell.
The factory security captain said the truth in the interview, previously staring at the radar screen, and now the iron wire is surrounded, and at night can sleep peacefully.
Behind this is all the lessons from the real war, the Russian military in early years in Syria discovered that high-end weapons against regular military use, can deal with the harassment of guerrillas, and must rely on the iron mesh, mines and these "ground methods".
It was only before that the refinery was always in the back, with the S-Series missiles covered in safety, and it was not expected that Ukraine would extend the battlefield to the Russian heart.
The economic account is also difficult to calculate. An S-400 launch system costs hundreds of millions, and deploying a position requires a lot of money to maintain. The cost of barbed wire is so low that it can be produced by local steel mills and engineers can pull it several kilometers a day. Russian refineries are dotted all over the world. From the Baltic Coast to Siberia, every factory cannot be equipped with an air defense system. Using barbed wire for layered protection is both cost-effective and practical, which just meets the current demand.
Now the Russian army has also played a new trick, adding simple monitoring and infrared sensors near the barbed wire fence. Once there is any abnormal movement, the duty room can immediately receive an alarm. But the core is still the layer of barbed wire. After all, electronic equipment may be interfered, but physical barriers cannot be faked.
Some factories even pulled down the cut trees as a natural barrier, then hanged on the iron wire network, live learning used the experience of the battlefield of the year. Those laughing at the "Russian army drive back" voice gradually left no trace, the real battle pipe is a good trick, the S-300 and S-400 continued to look at the high aircraft missiles, the ground iron wire network to keep the low air and people penetration, the high and low combined to truly form a defense network.
This transformation is not very clever, but it is the most pragmatic choice for the Russian army after suffering enough. In the final analysis, war is never about who's weapons are more advanced.
Russia finally understands that protecting refineries, a key to people's livelihood, does not require hundreds of millions of dollars of missiles to show off muscles. Putting basic protection in place and using barbed wire as the simplest barrier to build a solid defense line is more effective than anything else. Although this truth came late, it was better than being bored and losing money all the time.