Soviet‑era Infrastructure Is Drone‑Vulnerable

Long‑range, AI‑assisted drone swarms are overturning the old assumption that geographic remoteness (strategic depth) or industrial centralization protects vital assets. States with centralized refineries, hubbed logistics, or single‑line transport chokepoints (a common Soviet legacy) face outsized risk from relatively low‑cost, long‑reach aerial systems that can cascade supply‑chain failures and energy shocks. — Policymakers must rethink defense investments, energy and logistics siting, and redundancy standards because many countries inherit infrastructure geographies now exploitable by cheap autonomous weapons.