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Drone Warfare

14 articles

Who decided Starshield would drop at 72 km/h?

Ukrainian units in 2026 reported critical data link failures during high-speed combat maneuvers, revealing a hidden velocity threshold in the Starshield network…

Technology Politics Starshield

Rein Kaljumäe · Oct 16, 2026 • 15:51

84 Yandex services went dark. Was this inevitable?

In October 2026, a series of drone strikes on Yandex data centers paralyzed Russia's digital infrastructure, silencing 84 services simultaneously. Beyond the im…

Technology World Yandex

Henrik Mägi · Oct 12, 2026 • 06:16

Can Ethiopia-Eritrea drone strikes rewrite the border logic?

The October 2026 drone strikes near Adigrat mark a pivotal shift from internal policing to state-on-state interdiction. As the 2018 peace alignment collapses, E…

World Politics Technology

Rein Kaljumäe · Oct 09, 2026 • 13:29

Can NATO Defend Ships Outside Its Own Legal Perimeter?

Coordinated drone strikes in the Black Sea have exposed a critical vulnerability in NATO’s collective defense: the legal boundary that stops at the water’s edge…

World Politics NATO

Rein Kaljumäe · Oct 07, 2026 • 11:06

Can Kyiv's Air Defense Catch a Jet-Drone Before It Arrives?

The September 2026 strike on Kyiv’s National Academy of Sciences signals a tactical shift toward jet-powered drones that bypass existing air defenses. With a 43…

World Technology Kyiv Academy Strike

Rein Kaljumäe · Sep 29, 2026 • 08:42

450 Drones Over Moscow: How Much Can Air Defense Choose?

Ukraine’s 2026 strike on the Kapotnya refinery targeted the critical AVT-6 unit, threatening 40% of Moscow's fuel supply and 70% of regional aviation fuel. Desp…

World Politics Moscow Refinery Strike

Rein Kaljumäe · Sep 20, 2026 • 08:40

NATO Eurofighters Down a Drone Over Lithuania

In a historic shift for Baltic security, Italian Eurofighters destroyed an unidentified drone over Lithuania on September 15, 2026. This first-ever kinetic enga…

World Politics Technology

Rein Kaljumäe · Sep 15, 2026 • 11:08

Ratcliffe's Moscow Trip Sent a Message State Can't

A U.S. C-17 landing in Moscow signals a shift in the undeclared war between Washington and the Kremlin. From secret drone files to the deployment of 'doomsday p…

Politics World John Ratcliffe

Rein Kaljumäe · Aug 26, 2026 • 08:42

Does Ansar Allah now hold the region's longest leash?

When a single Houthi drone crossed 2,000 kilometers to strike Tel Aviv, it signaled the 'fifth phase' of a conflict that has outpaced Western suppression effort…

World Technology Yemen

Rein Kaljumäe · Aug 17, 2026 • 14:44

Ukraine's Drone Swarms and the Arithmetic of Attrition

Ukraine has pushed drone warfare past a quantitative threshold, deploying swarms of up to 822 machines to degrade Russian air defences and infrastructure. Strik…

World Technology Ukraine

Rein Kaljumäe · Aug 16, 2026 • 17:10

Can Ukraine’s technological forces replace human blood?

Ukraine is abandoning traditional attrition for 'algorithmic sovereignty,' a model where domestic autonomous systems replace human manpower on the frontline. Wi…

Technology World Ukraine

Rein Kaljumäe · Jul 22, 2026 • 06:16

Will the Crimea energy cutoff collapse the Russian grid?

Ukraine's 2026 drone campaign has systematically dismantled the Crimean power grid, leaving major cities in the dark and stalling Russian military logistics. Th…

World Politics Ukraine

Rein Kaljumäe · Jul 17, 2026 • 15:48