From the three attacks on Russia's Strategic Aerospace Forces bombers that Ukraine publicly revealed on June 1, it seems unlikely that they were operated by humans; instead, they were guided by AI images following a pre-programmed algorithm to find the wing fuel tank position of Russia's Strategic Aerospace Forces Tu-95MS bomber and directly attack it. This position basically severed the wings of the Tu-95MS strategic bomber and ignited the fuel tank. The Ukrainian Security Service spent more than 18 months preparing the "Spider Web" operation, which targeted attacks on Russian airbases. The Ukrainian Security Service had a high success rate; drones are relatively easy to achieve results with, except for India, which has struggled with drones. Other countries' military forces can achieve results, and Ukraine still hasn't been subdued. It looks like the Russia-Ukraine war will continue until 2026. This surprise attack by Ukraine's drones is enough to be recorded in the world's special operations textbooks. Achieving such results at such a small cost, drones combined with Starlink are truly special operations marvels. Even if we calculate the results as one-tenth of what Ukraine's army claims (destroying 41 large Russian aircraft), it would still be a great victory. Moreover, over a dozen large aircraft from Russia's Aerospace Forces have been hit. Russia's ability to launch air-launched cruise missiles has really been hurt. Fortunately, the Ukrainian army only destroyed a few large Russian aircraft. Although Russia itself doesn't have much production capacity, it can still manage to produce a few strategic bombers each year. If they had directly targeted key figures in Russia's leadership, the losses would have been incalculable. Russia's counterespionage has always been like playing house, and the Russian Aerospace Forces have experienced incidents due to drone infiltration more than once. They don't realize the problem until they suffer heavy losses. The Ukrainian Security Service calculated the number of aircraft at five Russian airports based on the sneak attack plan and estimated in advance that they needed to destroy 41 large Russian aircraft. Ukrainian agents first smuggled themselves into the big hair (Great Russia) territory, then modified containers on trucks to launch the attack. This was really embarrassing for the Russians. After all, losing even one strategic bomber makes the Russians heartbroken. The number of sealed Tu-95s and Tu-22s in Russia is limited. Either way, they should try to repair them; every repaired one counts.
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