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A massive Ukrainian drone strike on parked Russian jets offered a glimpse into the future of war. Sunday’s “audacious” operation took more than a year to plan, the Financial Times reported, hitting more than 40 aircraft at four airfields deep inside Russia — Ukraine smuggled the “first-person view” drones in, and loaded them onto trucks, before remotely opening the roofs and launching the explosive-laden drones, Meduza reported.
Dubbed “Russia’s Pearl Harbor” by military bloggers, the attack reflects the prevalence of low-end, artificial intelligence-enabled drone technology, The War Zone reported: Such devices can “fly much farther without any radio control and hit targets they recognize autonomously.”
The strike comes a day before Ukraine and Russia are set to hold peace talks in Istanbul.