”Operation Spiderweb”, drones, and the Ukrainian-Russian conflict

Robert W Malone MD, MS Jun 05, 2025

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Once again, the nature of warfare is rapidly changing.

World governments recently received a registered letter regarding this change, courtesy of the Ukrainian military’s “Operation Spider Web,” which destroyed approximately one-third of Russia’s strategic aircraft (long-range bombers) using a few clusters of small military drones carrying explosives. These drones were transported deep into Mother Russia from Ukraine by unsuspecting Russian drivers while having been concealed and shipped in containers disguised as modular homes. This strike is described both as “Russia’s Pearl Harbor” and as a transformational event in the history of modern warfare.

For the record, this essay is not a celebration of Ukraine or its actions, which those not caught up in war fever point out may be destabilizing from a global balance of nuclear powers point of view. This action is not in the geopolitical best interests of the United States, particularly if President Trump’s assertion that he was not informed before the action is not merely a diplomatic denial.

Instead, this piece intends to introduce and familiarize the reader to the concepts, platforms, technology, and current issues at the center of this new generation of warfare technology, strategy, and tactics. Astute readers will note that the technology deployed with “Operation Spider Web”, while tactically quite clever, required remote human operation and employed expendable (single-use) drones costing about $600 each. These drones did not rely on the advanced AI-powered semi-autonomous capabilities currently integrated and being deployed on the front battle lines in Ukraine.

Looking beyond the headlines, what really happened on June 01, 2025 was that the world was notified that decentralized, lower-cost autonomous AI-enabled warfare machines are driving rapid obsolescence of expensive, complicated large weapons platforms such as ships, long-range bombers, and advanced fixed and rotary-winged combat aircraft. The implications are deep and broad. To provide one example, the recently announced “Golden Dome” missile shield technology may already be obsolete and inadequate to address this clear and present danger.

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