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Ukraine and the Future of Deception in War
- On Sunday, June 1, 2025, Ukraine initiated Operation Spiderweb, a large-scale drone strike aimed at multiple Russian military airfields spread over five different areas.
- Ukraine prepared for more than a year to deploy over 100 lethal drones aiming at Russia's long-range strategic bombers sitting idle on tarmacs.
- Reports suggest that approximately 41 Russian planes, among them bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, were either destroyed or damaged, representing nearly 30 to 40 percent of Russia’s bomber fleet.
- Marine veteran Jason Buttrill said, "Operation Spiderweb just changed warfare forever," highlighting how drone swarms now reshape modern combat approaches.
- This attack illustrates the rise of drone warfare, signaling strategic shifts in global militaries and urging regions like Hampton Roads to prepare for new defense challenges.
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What to Make of The Middle East
Eric and Eliot discuss this week's jackassery (Joni Ernst's dismissive attitude towards Medicaid cuts, Trump's obsessive posting on Truth Social and his disconnection from reality) before moving into a discussion of the Ukrainian drone attack on Russian Long-Range Aviation and the degree to which it represents an inflexion point in military affairs. How much will future wars in different parts of the world look like what we witnessed this past w…
The Russian Air Base drone attack, which has destroyed more strategic bombings, will remain in history as one of the most impressive military missiles ever launched. Western countries have learned important lessons from the war in Ukraine, as a recent report from the British government shows that there is a need for a more flexible strategy in Europe and Asia to face the innovations that they assume a modern conflict, while the biggest problem i…
The Virginian Pilot
Daily PressEditorial: Drone use in Ukraine conflict has changed the nature of warfare
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago represents the largest and deadliest war in Europe since the end of World War II. But that’s where the similarities between the conflicts end. Both Ukraine and Russia have deployed drones on the battlefield in ways and with a frequency not seen before, and it has shaped how military tacticians, in the United States and elsewhere, envision future wars unfolding. That has sweeping implications…
Welcome to the "New World Order"! The one (sorta) the Republicans warned us about in the 90's
From The Economist, via apple news online extra … otherwise paywalled: www.economist.com/… Asymmetrical warfare, with modern technology THE UKRAINIAN drones that emerged from lorries deep inside Russia on June 1st, then plunged onto Russian air fields...
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