The massive attack by Ukrainian forces on very far off Russian airbases using lots of stealth and amazing subterfuge is destined to be a classic military operation. There are good reasons to believe this was not done by Ukraine on its own, and possibly not even by major European powers such as France (via Napoleon) and Germany (via Hitler), both of which have been humbled by Russia in the past, or even Sweden. The needle of suspicion falls on Britain, as well as the US Deep State (as distinct from President Trump, who has been trying to get this war over and done with). Cui bono? It’s only NATO and the MIC that need war and permanent war.
A wounded Russia will react and harshly. What might they use? Surely their hypersonic Oreshnik missiles that basically cannot be defended against. And given this is a Pearl Harbor moment for Russia, they could well argue that Hiroshima and Nagasaki set a precedent. We might be in for World War III, just like the previous two were both European wars as well, which entangled the rest of the world
As for India, it is double jeopardy, as World War III is not in India’s interests, nor is the chance that China is the entity that might benefit from an American focus shifting from the Indo-Pacific to the European theater. Besides, it is deeply worrying that an operation of this scale was pulled off in Russia, which has its own internal fifth columns. India has this is spades: those who are in India, and who have a declared attitude of animosity towards the Indian nation. Human intelligence needs to be tightened (remember the large number of spies, honey-trapped soldiers, social media influencers etc. that came out of the woodwork in the wake of Pahalgam and Operation Sindoor).
These are scary questions. Among them is how one can deal with drone swarms, possibly using Electro Magnetic Pulses (though that has secondary problems).
Overall, these are frightening times.
4 June 2025
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