A force multiplier ...

 

A satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows a bomber at a Russian air base.
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Drones are the future of air combat as they can be produced by the thousands, a force multiplier to the max. When combined with AI, they become a deadly swarm of historic proportions The Russians are now seeing this transition to unmanned tech in real-time, something most disquieting without question.

RIGA, Latvia — A drone strike attributed to Ukraine rocked an airfield inside Russia on Tuesday, demonstrating once again Ukraine’s ability to reach into Russian territory one day after its forces struck two other air bases hundreds of miles inside Russia.

The attacks have revealed major vulnerabilities in Russia’s air defenses and sent a signal to Moscow that its strategic assets far from the active combat zone are not off limits to the emboldened Ukrainian military.

Source: Institute for the Study of War

The Washington Post

In summary ...

“These were Ukrainian drones — very successful, very effective,” the official said of the strikes. The official added that the Russians have “sowed the seeds of anger, and they’ll reap the whirlwind.”

The Russian Defense Ministry blamed the Monday attacks on Kyiv but said the damage done was minimal.

Britain’s ministry of defense said Tuesday that “if Russia assesses the incidents were deliberate attacks, it will probably consider them as some of the most strategically significant failures of force protection since its invasion of Ukraine.”

A force multiplier without question ...