May 25, 2026 08:15 PM
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2026 08:22 PM by C C.)
PETER ZEIHAN (geopolitics)
https://youtu.be/3IVtLIeZwkc
VIDEO EXCERPTS: The Ukrainians started doing more and more drone attacks. In response the Russians [hijacked and] started to twist their instructions, and some of these drones were bent back into the Baltic states. At least on two occasions they were actually able to successfully target Latvian energy infrastructure, specifically fuel tanks. So there was a spat among the coalition partners in the Latvian government.
[...] it shows the ongoing evolution of drones. Because if the Russians can somewhat reliably undermine this class of [signal-dependent] drones, then the Ukrainians have no choice but to stop using them. Now, I would argue that Ukrainians are well on their way to that point. Remember I mentioned that one of the subsets of these drones are ones that when they reach their final target coordinates, they can look around and make a decision. That is already a significant step up from what the Russians can do.
If you just up the amount of memory you have in the drone, that's capable of doing that just a little bit, then all of a sudden it doesn't need that external signal. It can follow geographic landmarks like mountains or buildings or roads and then it doesn't have to have a signal. So there's nothing to jam and we've already seen the Ukrainians start to introduce drones like that, just not across the board. So as with everything with the Ukraine war there is an ongoing tug of war between attack and defense...
Latvia's political flux caused by drones ... https://youtu.be/3IVtLIeZwkc
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3IVtLIeZwkc
https://youtu.be/3IVtLIeZwkc
VIDEO EXCERPTS: The Ukrainians started doing more and more drone attacks. In response the Russians [hijacked and] started to twist their instructions, and some of these drones were bent back into the Baltic states. At least on two occasions they were actually able to successfully target Latvian energy infrastructure, specifically fuel tanks. So there was a spat among the coalition partners in the Latvian government.
[...] it shows the ongoing evolution of drones. Because if the Russians can somewhat reliably undermine this class of [signal-dependent] drones, then the Ukrainians have no choice but to stop using them. Now, I would argue that Ukrainians are well on their way to that point. Remember I mentioned that one of the subsets of these drones are ones that when they reach their final target coordinates, they can look around and make a decision. That is already a significant step up from what the Russians can do.
If you just up the amount of memory you have in the drone, that's capable of doing that just a little bit, then all of a sudden it doesn't need that external signal. It can follow geographic landmarks like mountains or buildings or roads and then it doesn't have to have a signal. So there's nothing to jam and we've already seen the Ukrainians start to introduce drones like that, just not across the board. So as with everything with the Ukraine war there is an ongoing tug of war between attack and defense...
Latvia's political flux caused by drones ... https://youtu.be/3IVtLIeZwkc