The Future of Warfare Is Here

And it features low-cost drones basically indistinguishable from ones available on Amazon.

Ukraine may not have “the cards,” as President Trump put it, but it does have drones.

They were used to great effect over the weekend in an audacious attack within Russia that has focused the world’s attention on a revolution in warfare.

A badly outmanned and outgunned country just reached far inside its adversary’s territory to destroy or damage hugely expensive, nuclear-capable strategic aircraft with low-cost drones basically indistinguishable from ones available on Amazon.

It’s not quite David versus Goliath, because the Russian giant is not going to be felled by the blow, but the diplomatic and psychological impact of the raid could be profound, as Ukraine seeks to demonstrate to the West its staying power.