China is watching especially for the adaptations Russia makes to occupation drones. Russia is the only drone invader example we’ve ever had, and will likely be the next.<p>However things go with Ukraine, this article appraises the current situation as a combo of WWI and WWIII. We know the evolution:<p>- Skilled defenders who know how to trick occupation drones. There are a lot of things about these <i>people</i> that should interest HN.<p>- What used to be a 2x gap between drone operators now lands with 10x effect. We don’t know how much of that 2x is AI. The article hints about an event in December.<p>- NATO and Russian light industry (which for several reasons Ukraine has not targeted) will need underground options on day one.<p>- Politics in this, as we’ve seen, is a mix of leaders who’ve sent soldiers to die, juxtaposed alongside comfortable whiners. Europe is very interested in what manifests out of Putin’s Peace.