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. 

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

FP-5 Flamingo: poor man’s cruise missile.

The Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo is an example of the ability to create a cheap cruise missile using spare parts. The large-sized drone has the capability to target locations up to 3,500 km away from the launch site. The drone itself is not very high-tech. It has an infrared camera. That helps to aim it at the target. The fact is that the IR sensor. It might be connected to the AI-based system, which helps the missile to recognize the target. Or. The agents can use. Some kind of small drone. With an infrared LED to mark the target for that missile. 

The missile requires only the location of the launching point. And then the missile can be used. An inertial navigation system with GPS. Then, in the last part of the journey. The missile starts to use an IR sensor. The system can actually operate with the same guidance system as the famous Javelin missile. Javelin is a much smaller anti-tank weapon. But the same programs and computers can be used in larger missiles. 

Those large missiles can carry large warheads. But they can also carry cluster or small kamikaze drones to target areas. The FP-5 Flamingo can also carry things. Like other missiles. Those missiles can take out radars. The large drone can also carry some kind of ECM systems. The warhead is about. 1000 kg-class high explosive. 

The FP-5 Flamingo might seem quite an easy target. But. We know that there are lots of things. That is not told about that weapon. Things. Like, its homing and target-seeking protocols are not published. The AI can give it the ability to make evasive maneuvers. But that is guessing. The fact is this. If those missiles are so easy targets, why do they not fail their missions? Another thing is that. Those missiles are an example. Of how fast the drone’s R&D cycle is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-5_Flamingo