The Chinese New Space capabilities are remarkable.

“U.S. Intel Confirms This Is China’s Secret Spaceplane (Updated). The Chinese spaceplane design is unsurprisingly very similar to the U.S. Space Force's history-making X-37B.” (TWZ)

The image of China's highly secretive miniature space shuttle shows how advanced China really is. In space technology. The remarkable thing is the large-size rocket stage. That makes it possible. To make fast maneuvers in large orbital areas. This makes that space plane ideal. To operate as an orbital anti-satellite fighter. The highly automated system is almost Similar to the X-37B space plane. 

This space shuttle can fix satellites or adjust their trajectories. In the first case, this system transports robots. That can fix the satellite. The same system could also be used to collect satellites. That system can drive malfunctioning satellites into the atmosphere.  Operators can use that shuttle. To capture secretive military satellites. But as we know, those miniature shuttles are multipurpose tools. The spacecraft is highly secretive. Secrecy tells us about military purposes. 

They can be used for recon missions. They can target opponent reconnaissance satellites. Miniature shuttles can transport miniature ELINT and image-intelligence satellites to the orbiter. Miniature satellites can act as a swarm. They can connect the data that their systems collect. The miniature satellite cloud can collect data from multiple positions. They can offer communication tools for larger, more powerful killer satellites. 

Those miniature spaceplanes can also operate as ASAT (Anti-Satellite) platforms. They can carry miniature killer satellites to space. Those miniature satellites can involve microwave or laser weapons. Miniature laser satellites can drill holes in the satellite. That. Can damage things like satellite antennas. In those cases, the system uses those miniature satellites as silent saboteurs. Their purpose is not to destroy satellites. Their purpose is to disturb them. 

Satellites like GPS play a vital role in modern warfare. There are two ways to disturb satellite navigation systems. The system. They can use jammers to disturb satellites' ability to communicate with ground devices. The system. They can also blow gas impulses. To. GPS satellites and try to change targeted satellites' altitude or their trajectories. That kind of sabotage can remain unseen. There is a possibility. That near those satellites are some EMP satellites. They can try to jam those targeted satellites. The power. Of those microwave systems. It determines their effect. The jammer can look like a solar storm. Microwave systems can keep a targeted satellite in pieces. 

“U.S. Intel Warns China’s Space-Based Directed Energy Weapons Could Soon Threaten Satellites Battlefield space is heating up as the DIA warns that China could use orbital directed energy weapons to take down satellites by the end of the decade.” (TWZ)

That denies debris from spreading along the trajectories. 

The simplest ASAT satellites use kinetic energy systems. Kinetic energy ASATs can use miniature satellites. They collide with targeted satellites. Another system can use bullets to destroy targets. ASAT systems must not have very powerful gun systems. If. The killer satellite travels opposite to its target. It can send a kill device with very high impact speed. The problem is that. Those impacts increase space junk. Another version. Is to use miniature satellites to touch the targeted satellite. And then drive that targeted satellite into the atmosphere. 

Laser systems are more lethal. They can destroy an entire satellite in seconds. Those systems can cut solar panels. Or. If its power is high enough. The thermal expansion can detonate the satellite’s shell. The system can input thermal energy to the target. Then another satellite releases very cold gas into that target’s trajectory. That decreases the satellite's temperature. Very fast. That breaks the satellite’s shell. 

The thing is that. Killer satellites are coming. They are required to fight against FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment Systems). Normally, FOBS means a nuclear weapon that orbits the Earth. The miniature shuttle can act as a FOBS weapon. That means the shuttle can carry nuclear weapons in its cargo bay. That shuttle can act as a “super drone”. Or the miniature shuttle can release the hypersonic glider to the target. The problem is that. The FOBS and EMP weapons can orbit Earth for years. The EMP satellite can seem very innocent. They can look like regular communication or even commercial satellites. This means that those satellites can do regular missions. But. Inside them can be a nuclear weapon. 

When that satellite travels over a certain place. It. Can detonate its warhead. The satellite can detonate its weapon by using radar. Or LIDAR and camera images. That DSMAC (Digital Scene-Matching Area Correlation System.  Makes it possible for the satellite to find its target. When the satellite detonates the megaton-class nuclear weapon above a city area. There. Is no time to react. The EMP destroys electronics in a large area. That EMP can deny the use of communication systems. This weapon collapses defenses. This is why. ASAT weapons play a vital role. In. The military ecosystem. 

The purpose. Of. ASAT systems is to intercept satellites that play a vital role in the military. The satellites that control drone swarms can collect data from enemy territory. The drones collect data while they travel to their target. They send that data to those satellites. HQ can use that data to plan a follow-up strike. 

https://www.twz.com/news-features/u-s-intel-confirms-this-is-chinas-secret-spaceplane

https://www.twz.com/space/u-s-intel-warns-chinas-space-based-directed-energy-weapons-could-soon-threaten-satellites

China and North Korea could be the biggest winners in the war in Ukraine.

 China and North Korea could be the biggest winners in the war in Ukraine. Both countries can learn from the war about the capabilities they need to develop. There is a possibility that systems. China delivers to Russia, transmitting data for the PLA to analyze tactics and systems that those drones face. That data helps China develop tactics and its own integrated systems. For. Its military. This means. China develops new, low-cost systems that operate alongside the more complicated systems. 

The strategic bomber can drop a drone swarm into an operational area. And those systems can be very dangerous. When. We think about the submarines. Those systems can be transformed into drones “quite easily”. The thing is that. China, and especially Russia, can exchange data from the Ukrainian front with North Korea. 

Drones are good tools for a police state.  They can deliver data straight to Kim Jong Un’s office. And that allows him to control people personally. Those systems can also make it possible for Kim Jong Un to personally kill somebody by using a remote controller. That supports Kim Jong Un and his policy. 

In North Korea, the regime keeps control in its iron grip. That means drone swarms can also act as a police tool. And that makes this technology dangerous. We always look at the world. Through our Western philosophy and morals. We always forget about things like human rights. All. Countries' policies. Do not include those things. There are many leaders. Who don’t care about human rights. The problem with China is the state policy. 

About. A homogeneous and united nation. That means. Opposition is not allowed. And minorities face strong suppression. In North Korea, people are only one thing. That must be. But that’s all. And the only thing. That Kim Jong Un wants is robots. He wants people who do what he says. 

When somebody says something else. That. Will be the end of that person’s life. North Korea wants technology like AI and other things to control people. Conflict in Ukraine. is a good thing for both of those countries. That conflict turns the world's focus from things like Taiwan and North Korean human rights. And of course. That war allowed Kim Jong Un to send troops into the front. He may purposely send those men to their deaths. He may be afraid. They. Could know something. That they should not tell. For China.  

That conflict gave an opportunity.  To turn the world’s focus from the South China Sea. China wants to control that area’s natural resources. Oil and gas rise from the sea floor. This raises China’s power. In. The world’s economy. Oil and gas resources are dominating factors. In. Global energy marketing. Oil and gas are also tools. That give political power to people. Who control them. 

War is a good opportunity to eliminate enemies. And war crimes are good tools to shut soldiers’ mouths. They don’t dare.  To share information. That they have. War crimes are also good tools to begin a show trial. If. Somebody dares to talk. In WWII, on the Eastern Front and in occupied areas, the German military committed systematic war crimes. The purpose of those crimes was to prevent the Germans from surrendering. Those crimes also had another dark purpose. Of. Denying communication between Germans and local people. 

Strategic bombers will have a bigger air-to-air role.

The role of strategic bombers in air-to-air combat is not well known. In. WW2 the YB-40. It was the gunship variant of the famous Flying Fortress bomber. With. Stronger defensive armament. 

Pentagon planned. To use that aircraft as an escort for the B-17 bombers. That gunship variant retired before it entered service. Because. Long-range escort fighters seemed more suitable for that mission. 

During the Cold War, plans called for using cruise missiles and SRAM missiles against approaching bomber formations. Those cruise missiles would be launched from submarines. But. Strategic bombers can also act as launch platforms. In those versions, cruise missiles can fly in the approaching bomber formation. And then they can detonate their nuclear warheads in the middle of the bomber formation. 

Strategic bombers can also carry ASAT missiles. Those missiles can be Pegasus-type rockets with anti-satellite warheads. And strategic bombers can, of course, make bomb runs against airfields. But the air-to-air role of those long-range systems is new. 

A strategic bomber can use directed energy weapons. Like EMP, microwave, and laser systems. Against. Aerial and surface targets. Those systems can intercept incoming missiles and aircraft. It’s possible. The next-generation strategic bombers can carry active defense systems like lasers. Their purpose is to drop air-defense missiles. The same system can also drop aircraft and drones. The large-sized bombers can operate with multiple defensive and offensive systems. 

Strategic bombers can also operate with loyal wingman drones. Those. Drones' mission. It is. To pull air defense’s focus onto them. Or, there are many types of drones. Some drones. They can give stronger radar echoes than stealth bombers. That pulls air defense focus to them. Then the other drones attack the targets.  This means that the system includes multi-layer subsystems. Like. Automatic and semi-automatic systems. In the latter ones. The pilot or remote operator marks a target for the drone. And then the drone attacks that target. 

“F-22 Pilot Controls FQ-44 Fighter Drone From The Cockpit For The First Time” (TWZ)

The newest models can operate as AI-controlled combat drones. The loyal wingman drone can be an AI-controlled kamikaze aircraft with air-combat capability. That kind of system. It can be a game-changer in air combat. The drone itself can carry conventional or nuclear warheads. Air-combat capability can make those systems more lethal. In some scenarios, strategic bombers drop drones into operational areas. There are two types of drones. Stealthy attack kamikaze-aircombat hybrid drones. And the non-stealth decoy drones. This follows the main R&D process trend of military systems. The trend goes like this. There are a few very expensive systems. Their costs are in the trillions of dollars. 

And the low-cost ones. Simple systems that automated systems can produce even on the battlefield. In the same way. Even. The new helicopter concepts involve drone-cooperation abilities. This means that. Drones and other systems operate as a unit. The key element is the morphing neural network. That network shares data across all the systems. This means that the age of lone drones is over. The new systems are integrated. With. Other systems. Existing systems can have more targets. Even. If we think about the anti-drone systems. With. Maximum speed of 300-500 km/h cannot intercept full-speed aircraft. It is always possible that some agents carry those drones near the airbases. 

And then. Launch them against landing or rising aircraft. This type of attack can be made by using remotely controlled drones. That. Can use similar Imaging IR-based systems. That the Javelin missiles use. The system detects its target using images. That is stored in its computers. Then the drone attacks the incoming aircraft. This can cause damage to a stealth fighter or stealth bomber.

https://www.twz.com/air/f-22-pilot-controls-fq-44-fighter-drone-from-the-cockpit-for-the-first-time

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM

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There are predictions that Russia is attempting to strike at satellites.

Russian Kosmos 2612 shadowed the Finnish IceEye satellite. The IceEye is the tool. That delivers intelligence data for Ukraine. The resolution. Of. Those satellites. It is less than 30 cm. A radar satellite could act as a communication platform. If. The radar antenna and computer are programmed to receive and send data in radio transmissions. 

This is an interesting detail in its orbital operations. Maybe Russia has plans to attack satellites. This kind of attack can happen using conventional weapons. Those weapons are rockets and colliding satellites. And ASAT missiles. They could use extremely strong radio waves. Or. Russians can use things like nuclear weapons. Those weapons can destroy multiple satellites. And. Some experts call this scenario “Orbital Pearl Harbour”. This kind of strike can destroy multiple satellites. 

Including.Reconnaissance and communication platforms. Those platforms play a vital role in modern drone operations. A nuclear explosion in space near Earth is always a catastrophe. That EMP can shut down communications. It can also shut down navigation and many other satellites. On Earth, those orbital detonations can cause damage. They can cut electricity in city areas. Or cut electricity from ships. That are under the detonation areas. The nuclear explosion’s power determines its effect. The famous “Dominick Starfish Prime” test was 1,4 mt. That test shut down electricity from Oahu, Hawaii, in 1962. 

At that time. Electric networks were less vulnerable than today. This means. The EMP pulse can destroy all electronics. In. A much larger area than in 1962. The problem is that Starlink provides Very. Good data security and good connections. This makes those satellites pretty good targets. And. This is why new drone makers rethink their relationships with Starlink and Starshield services. The problem is that there are many ways to jam satellites. 

One is the targeted EMP that destroys its electronics. But. Another way. It is to create a plasma layer between the satellite and its clients.  That thing can be made by using low-yield nuclear weapons. 

Another version. It is. To use high-power radio- or microwave transmitters. That ion layer can deny satellite communication. This block can shut down communication from both sides.  

And. That’s why Military specialists thought the plasma block was not used in real life. 

The plasma block. It denies. An ability. To use radar. The plasma block blocks all radio waves. The thing. That. Makes the situation complicated. Is that. If. The other side doesn’t use satellites. Those plasma systems create plasma in the ionosphere. That means atmospheric satellites at 5- 35 km altitude can partially replace satellites. The atmospheric satellite can be miniature. That hangs in a weather balloon. That kind of satellite could hang that plasma layer below. Another tool is aircraft-based systems. They provide location and control information between drones and operators. 

This means Russia may try to shut down Starlink and IceEye satellites. In future conflicts, satellites are primary targets. They offer vital information to the military. Blocking that information protects their own targets. Destroying satellites denies them use in drone operations. 

https://www.twz.com/news-features/major-ukrainian-arms-maker-rethinking-future-reliance-on-starlink

https://www.twz.com/news-features/russias-satellite-unprecedented-shadowing-of-a-very-particular-radar-imaging-satellite-is-a-big-deal

How much power can private actors have?

What if Elon Musk shuts down his Starlink and SpaceX Starshield systems at a critical moment? What if he does? The same thing to the Pentagon. That he made? To Ukraine? 

When Elon Musk ordered a slowdown of Starlink communications in Ukraine, he showed how powerful he can be. Public sources don’t say whether he slowed down Starlink, the civilian system. Or its military version, Starshield. After that, the White House and Musk blamed each other for that limit. The Starlink system didn’t work for drones. That traveled at over 160 km/h. 

And that caused the failure in drone campaigns. That raises an interesting question. What if Musk shuts that system down for the Pentagon also? We know that Starshield operations. Bases are contracted there; the Pentagon administers Starlink’s militarized version. But the fact is that. Also, SpaceX and Musk have access to that system. He has power. To shut down vital communications. From the U.S. military.

It's possible. To use deepfakes to play other people. 

Musk says that Trump ordered a slowdown of Starlink.  The U.S. government says they had no information about that slowdown over Ukraine. The alarming question is: What if they speak the truth? Could somebody? Create deepfake information? And play the White House representative and order Musk to make that thing? Or could somebody use deepfake? And play Musk? That means. The actor. Can order SpaceX workers to slow down those systems. By. Playing Elon Musk in virtual meetings. 

Starlink and Starshield are different systems. But. The fact is. The same company owns those systems. Elon Musk said. That White House gave an order. To slow Starlink speed. The U.S. government says that Musk gave orders to do that. That raises an interesting question. What if? Somebody uses fake information, like AI-created film in video conversations? And plays Trump? Could this kind of fake cause that thing? 

The shutdown can happen. By changing access codes on the servers. That can happen. By shutting down satellites. Or by shutting down servers. When. We think about Musk’s Starlink. And Starshield systems. They are impressive. Well-working internet systems that work everywhere. The big problem with those systems is this. If the Pentagon has only one service provider for its operations. 

We can say that the Pentagon puts all its eggs into the same basket. There is always a possibility. That something goes wrong. What if Musk shuts down those services? Or what if hostile actors get Musk’s keys? Into their hands? Where does the Pentagon get the backup systems? The success. Of Starlink and SpaceX is impressive. Those systems that Musk introduces are futuristic. But. The problem is that. SpaceX is too dominant. It suffocates its competitors. And that means that the power accumulates in the hands of that corporation and its owner. That power includes data that the Pentagon collects from its operations. 

That causes discussions about the limits of private contractors. People say Musk has too much power. He owns many satellites. Lots of critical data infrastructure relies on his companies. He owns a company that creates neuro-implanted microchips. In the wrong hands, those systems are tools. That can put humans under control. 

The big question is this: How many satellites, how many social media providers, and how many satellites should a single private operator have permission to own? What if one actor occupies an entire orbital trajectory with microsatellites? And we must remember that every single satellite is an ASAT (anti-satellite) weapon. This means this. The operator can use those satellites to impact other satellites.  

https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-ordered-a-slowdown-of-starlink-in-ukraine-report/a-79718899

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/musk-ordered-starlink-slowdown-that-blindsided-ukraine-wsj-reports-2026-10-20/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink

North Korean new submarine enters missile tests.

North Korean diesel-electric ballistic missile submarine (SSB) runs sea trials. (TWZ)

North Korean submarine uses technology. That was developed for Golf- and Hotel-class boats. Or those submarines look similar to those 1950s submarines. The base is in the “Romeo” class. But similar structures were installed on “Foxtrot” class submarines when the Soviets converted them into their first ballistic missile submarines. 

North Korea's new missile submarine appears to copy the old Soviet “Hotel” (Project 658) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and “Golf”(Project 629)-class diesel-electric ballistic missile submarines. (SSBs). That submarine carries missiles in the backside of its tower. So, North Korea may have copied those Cold War-era submarines for its navy. That means the new missile submarine bases its technology on what was developed for ballistic missile submarines in the late 1950s. 

In the Soviet era, the diesel-electric Golf-class SSB was the first Soviet navy SLBM-capable submarine. It used an SLBM (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile) and entered service in 1958. Its nuclear-powered variant. “Hotel” entered service in 1959.  Golf-class remained in service until 1990. And Hotel retired in 1991.  The “Golf”-class purpose was to test technology. The submarine-launched missiles were needed. 

The early missiles required the submarine to surface. But. Later, the underwater launch became possible. So. The “Hotel” class submarine was actually a nuclear-powered version of the Golf. Both. From outside. Those submarine classes were identical. Those submarines were based on the Foxtrot-class hull. That carried a larger tower. That involved three missile tubes.  And. If we look at propulsion, the “Hotel” was the nuclear-powered version of the Foxtrot. Maybe North Korea decided on Romeo as the hull for their Sinpo C (Romeo Mod) SLBM submarine. For some political reasons. 

Those submarines carried three missiles. Like the SS-N-4 “Sark”. The warhead yield was about 1-2 mt. The Golf SSQ variant was used as a command post. It’s possible. Those Golf-II-X submarines were used for larger-scale testing. Than reported. And for training purposes. This means that they were used for missile-launched drills. And maybe. Some missile prototypes were tested using those submarines. Those subs were quite often seen in the Baltic Sea. And that suggests they were used for crew training. 

In Project 629A or Golf-II submarines, the missile system changed to SS-N-5 (D-21). Its missiles are launched underwater. And in Project 619, one of those Golf-class submarines was modified to launch SS-N-20 “Sturgeon” (R-39) missiles. Those R-39 missiles were onboard. Typhoon-class submarines. 

In the 1990s, many of those subs were sold to North Korea. So, North Korea could copy technology from the Golf-class into its own subs. 

This means the North Korean missile submarine is an old-fashioned model. But it's scary in the hands of the North Korean government. This kind of weapon system can open a new path for North Korea to increase its operational capacity with nuclear weapons. There is also a very strong possibility that the North Korean military plans to make the nuclear-powered version of those submarines. If. Those submarines are built. 

Those new submarines would give Kim Jong-un a global strike capacity. The scary detail is that. One Russian ship carried nuclear reactors that fit into submarines, and then that ship sank in Gibraltar. That ship's name. It was Ursa Major. There is information that it carried nuclear reactors to North Korea. And. It's possible. That. Those reactors were meant for the North Korean submarines. If. Those submarines are ready. That gives ultimate power to blackmail the entire world. The types of those submarine-launched missile warheads are unknown. They can involve hypersonic gliders. But in the scariest scenarios, those weapons are cobalt-salted. The war in Ukraine opened up access to nuclear technology. Russian President Vladimir Putin assists. For. Those countries' nuclear programs. 



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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-13_(missile)



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Cold-war handbook and Russian covert action against Europe.

The Cold War-era playbook. 

Today we can call all Russian intelligence services and security services “Russian intelligence services”.  The GRU, SVR, and FSB are all the same.  

Covert action and hybrid operations against Europe are real. They are not coming next year. They are here. Those operations include fake news. They include sabotage. And those things include assassinations. Today, Putin and his staff are following the Cold War playbook. In that era, the KGB and its satellite services recruited far-wing Marxists and even regular criminals to their cooperatives. Those intelligence services provided weapons and other equipment. They also provided training. 

To their operatives. The KGB and its allied services also offered safe places for those people who worked for radical Marxist groups. 

Sometimes the motivation for those actions was arson, propaganda, and even political murders. There were also many types of psychological operations. The KGB and its fellow organizations used agent provocatéurs to provoke violence in anti-NATO demonstrations. That gave martyrs to those movements. If. Some well-known people’s friends were killed in those demonstrations. That could be an introduction to police violence. The demonstrations were against Euro-missiles. And the problem was that things like Soviet missiles were completely lost. 

And people who talked against communist ideology were marked as fascists and nazis. The idea was that demonstrations seemed to come from domestic actors. The idea was to tell politicians. That. The people were against NATO. 

That was a tool. To drive political decisions. Things like the Panama Papers were an information operation. The target was political leaders. The idea was that this kind of embarrassing information could make those political leaders. To make laws that allow censorship. 

Sometimes Marxism was not the motivator. It was money or drugs. Marxism was only a cover-up. It was something. That covered the fact: the KGB ordered political murders. The KGB and its allied services targeted people to those actors. 

The KGB knew. Everybody. Those with backgrounds in Warsaw Pact countries were suspicious. They tried to recruit people with no visible connections to Eastern Europe. Recruitment happened by contacting interesting persons. The KGB tried to find out what those people needed. If. They needed money. The KGB tried to find out where they needed money. They could offer drugs. If. The person had a problem with drugs or alcohol. They offered anabolic steroids for sportsmen. They could make their results better. 

They also tried to blackmail people. If. A person had a background in the East. Their family members who lived in the East could be arrested. Or they could vanish. And the secret police representative said that if a person cooperated. That could help their family members' position. The KGB searched for people who worked in places like research laboratories for their contacts. 

The Eastern intelligence made a list of how useful each person could be. 

1) People who worked in intelligence. Or. Whose family members worked in intelligence. Or. In authorities who cooperate with intelligence. 

2) People who worked in military HQ.

3) People who worked in the military industry. 

4) People who have access to Western technology. 

5) Political influencers. They can be members of parliament. Royal family members, rock stars. Or today, social media influencers. 

6) Today,  cooperatives can establish companies that allow them to buy drones. Or open accounts on social media platforms. Or they can open access to AI tools. 

KGB and today's FSB use influencers. Like journalists and other well-known people. To change one's mind.  They were primary targets for recruiters. The KGB also searched for other influencers. Who wanted to cooperate. The Marxists instructed them to recruit wealthy people into their groups. The most wanted contacts were “useful idiots”. Wealthy kids without training are dream targets for those recruiters. 

Today, the Russian government follows that playbook. They choose local operatives as contacts. Those contacts can be MC gangs, drug addicts, or organized crime. And then the Russian intelligence starts to support them. The cooperatives get drugs, guns, and other tools. Local operatives can get their equipment and other stuff from Russian ghost ships. Drones transport weapons and drugs. And there were suspicions that the KGB sold drugs to fund their covert operations. 

Russian intelligence gives instructions on how to use those tools. Those local actors can carry out sabotage. They can shoot power lines. They can break into people´s homes. So. The actor. Who. Makes those dirty tricks.  Is not necessarily Russian. That actor can be a local person who has never visited Russia. 

The dirtiest tricks can be violent actions where Russian intelligence uses captured NATO weapons. Or they can use captured Ukrainian drones.  Electronic warfare forces those drones down. They can be reprogrammed. And. Russians can use them against Western targets. They could detonate trucks that carry explosives. 

Sabotage can involve things like false-flag attacks. It can involve things. Like. Complaints against defense industry investments. And it can involve things like drone attacks against explosive material storage and manufacturing plants. We ask, where is the limit? How far can the FSB go? We can remember things like the Polonium murder. And another case. It was the Salisbury poison attack. Those things were demonstrations. There, the line was not. Those cases were only the tip of the iceberg. There were cases. There, a person was detected. Photographing military targets. When security came. Those. Suspected spies sprayed them. Using some neurotoxin. The purpose of those actions is simple. They must demonstrate that nobody is safe. They demonstrate what happens if people dare to resist Vladimir Putin. 

The last cases were drone observations near airfields in Western Europe. There were cases in Leipzig where an explosive-carrying drone dropped to an airfield near an An-126 strategic military transporter. There was Semtex in that drone. The problem is that. Local actors can carry those drones near their targets. They can be remotely controlled from ships and aircraft. Or the control system can be on a flat. The controller can operate those drones over the internet. The control station must only be connected to the internet socket. 

The game is dirty. When a Russian agent, Vadim Krasikov, is arrested for murder. The FSB arrested a U.S. reporter. And then introduced a person swap. Krasikov returned to Russia. That person returned as a hero. And Vladimir Putin himself gave a medal. To. His hitman. Who shot his victim using a silenced Glock pistol. 

Russians use social media as an information channel. They use social media influencers as information agents. And the problem is that When. False news is released. Its. Hard to remove. Russian web influencers. They can attract especially youngsters to their channels. And then those people start to spread propaganda to them. The propaganda involves things like news about U.S. military personnel crimes in Japan. Those tales can be true. But the problem is that. Those news stories forget everything else. If. Some European tourist kills a prostitute. That will not bring any headlines. 

When we think about the illegal agents. They. Need deep backgrounds. 

Russian intelligence used people with Brazilian backgrounds. This is alarming. It´s not the same as making a false ID for bar evening. Than. Making real identities. It is completely different. That identity allows people to open bank accounts. A real identity requires a lot of work. But if the agent has that kind of identity. That offers a good tool. To establish companies. Those companies open a path to Western AI tools. And Russian intelligence can use those language models remotely. Today there are thousands of web strikes a week. Russian cyber warfare against Europe accelerates. And that continues. As. Long as. The security service has its position in Russia. This means that removing Putin is not the same as something changing. 

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