Drone War on Two Fronts

A radar room in Kuwait and a refinery in Russia seem to belong to different wars. The weapons on the screen tell another story. Cheap one-way attack drones are forcing expensive air defenses to spend faster than factories can refill them. Refineries, ports, satellite terminals, and unmanned boats now shape the front line as much as trenches do.

Drone War on Two Fronts follows the Gulf and Ukraine through twelve chapters, from Shahed and Geran drones to unmanned surface vessels, ground robots, Starlink whitelists, interceptor drones, and airborne lasers. It is a field guide to the new grammar of war, written in plain language and backed by public reporting through July 2, 2026.