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Jaguar Land Rover was beaten by a cyber attack. The complicated thing came when trying to reactivate its production plants

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In Solihullnear Liverpool and in its plant in Slovakia, it is usual to see how every minute some of the vehicles that mark the top of the British industry leave the line. Today those chains are still, and not due to lack of pieces or demand. A computer attack He has forced To Jaguar Land Rover to stop the production and to review its systems with magnifying glass. The image is not just that of some detained factories, it is that of a sector that discovers how vulnerable it can become. Chronology helps dimension the magnitude of the case. On August 31, Jaguar Land Rover arrested operations in his British factories as a preventive measure, According to Financial Times. Days later, the company reported that the restoration of the systems would require more time than expected, with October 1 as a new horizon. The aforementioned medium, however, points out that the interruption could be extended for several months, leaving the production chains on the air. What do we know about the attack. The first thing that confirmedThe company was that their systems had been compromised and that some data were affected, although it pointed out that there was no evidence of theft of customer information. In parallel, a Telegram channel spread messages attributed to Lapsus $, Shinyhunters and Scatrtred Spider, with screenshots and the statement of having accessed the company’s source code. However, this type of displays should be taken cautiously. Specialists cited by The Wall Street Journal They estimate that each day without production is about seven million dollars in sales not made. The company has chosen to continue paying its workers despite the fact that the plants remain closed, a measure that mitigates work voltage but increases financial pressure. The result is an invoice that grows day by day, even before evaluating the technical damage of the attack. Domino effect. Beyond the factories, the crisis is transmitted to the workshops and suppliers that supply Jaguar Land Rover. Some 100,000 people work in that gear that delivers pieces to the exact rhythm required by the assembly line. Every day without production complicates the treasury of small and medium enterprises, which depend almost exclusively on keeping the connection with the JLR plants open. Safe against cyber attacks. According to Reutersthe company did not close a policy to cover losses and costs derived from a computer attack. It was being intermediate by Lockton, a global insurance broker. This suggests that JLR was without specific coverage when the incident occurred. The British government has been dragged into the crisis. Two ministers held meetings in JLR to analyze how to reactivate production. In parallel, the Executive considers an unusual plan: to acquire pieces of suppliers to support their treasury and place them in the market when production starts again. The sector, however, questions how to decide what to buy and where to store the components, which leaves the proposal in an exploratory phase. Will sales be lost? Despite the break, the company is not completely unfit. The aforementioned American newspaper indicated that their country’s dealers had an inventory equivalent to 113 days of sales, one of the highest levels in the sector. That mattress can absorb part of the commercial impact in the short term. The problem appears if unemployment extends until November, with losses of 3.5 billion pounds in revenues (about 4,009 million euros). Jaguar Land Rover’s crisis is not limited to a manufacturer stopped by a computer attack. It exposes to what extent the modern automotive depends on digital systems that can become invisible until the day they fail. In a sector accustomed to measuring every second of production, a blockade like this not only paralyzes factories and suppliers, it also introduces a new variable in the equation, resilience against threats that no longer arrive from markets or road, but from a system. Images | Loris Marie | Martin Katler In Xataka | China has the largest censorship system in the world. Now he has decided to export it and sell it to other countries

The machines coordinate and decide when to attack

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The scene It took place a few weeks ago and was an unprecedented fact in military history. The Ukrainian forces announced that they had managed to capture Russian soldiers Without using infantry human Indeed, that was not a lantern. For the first time in history, they had used exclusively air drones and terrestrial robotic platforms, machines that were the immediate receptors of the surrender, an event that until now belonged to the science fiction. In fact, machines practically do not need the soldier. AI becomes strong. In the Ukrainian front has confirmed The routine use of dwellings of coordinated drones through artificial intelligence, a technological leap that for years was seen as prophecy and that today becomes In fact. Under software developed by the Swarmer local companysmall UAV groups are able to communicate with each other, assign functions, decide which one first attacks or adapt if one fails, all from a goal marked by the human operator. This ability to “Shared autonomy” It reduces from nine to three the number of people necessary for a mission and allows a single pilot to handle several devices, which helps Ukraine compensate for the inferiority of personnel against Russia. Although still far from a swarm of hundreds of drones, as some theorists anticipated, it is the first constant use of this technology in combat. From theory to practice. The Ukrainian army has used the system more than a hundred times, According to military sourcesusually in combinations of three drones (one of recognition and two bombers) To attack trenches, artillery positions or Russian equipment. The exploration drone traces the route and detects the target, while the other two distribute the attack autonomously. The proximity between devices reduces vulnerability to the Jamming Russiannot depending so much on easily interferible remote links. Swarmer has already tried swarms from Up to 25 drones And he prepares to experiment with more than 100, in line with parallel developments from the United States, China, France or South Korea. Unlike previous exercises (such as swarms launched by US fighters in 2016 or specific tests of Israel in Gaza), the novelty is persistence: Ukraine integrates these operations as routine In a high intensity conflict. Technical challenges and cost. The Wall Street Journal counted that the road has not been free of problems. In early stages, the drones exchanged too much information and saturated the network, forcing the refine the communication protocols. In addition, the incorporation of Ia makes each device more expensive in a country that already produces More than 1.5 million of drones a year and assumes that many will be consumables on the battlefield. Data management, link reliability and scalability to larger swarms They are still challenges. However, even with small groups, the advantage is palpable: speed in execution, savings of personnel and ability to attack simultaneously and flexible in multiple points. The new paradigm. Entry on stage of autonomous swarms Raises strategic and ethical issues of global scope. On the military, the possibility of launch dozens or hundreds Coordinated drones could saturate aerial defenses and transform the logic of deterrence: a single white, from a war ship to a critical infrastructure, can be overwhelmed by a volume of threats impossible to intercept one by one. It already happened With Spiderwebin fact. On the political level, software proliferation like Swarmer’s It marks a before and after: a company that works in a suburban garage, financed with US capital, produces a war capacity with international implications. The ethical dimension. Plus: the growing autonomy From weapons it generates a deep debate: to what extent does the decision to attack and kill? Swarmer He affirmed to the WSJ that a human continues to authorize The final shotbut the intermediate process (location, allocation of objectives and coordination) is already in the hands of machines. In fact, the United Nations He has asked for regulation On lethal autonomous weapons, while Washington and its allies maintain the requirement that there is a human operator in the “death chain.” Even so, the Ukrainian precedent accelerates the dilemma: the more effective these systems are shown, the greater the temptation to reduce human supervision to maximize speed and surprise. A border to redefine. In short, the conjunction of drones and algorithms It opens a land in which the quantity and artificial intelligence weigh more than individual sophistication. Ukraine, forced to innovate by necessity, is placed at the forefront of A historical change In the art of war, with implications that reach the great powers and the ethics of future conflicts. If you want also, the “swarm” has ceased to be a laboratory concept to become a real combat tool, transforming not only the tactic into the front, but also the worldwide reflection on how far the autonomy of machines should reach the machines in life or death decisions. Image | Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine In Xataka | We had seen the drones of Ukraine do everything, but this is new: they are arriving lost to countries outside the war In Xataka | Ukraine has entered a phase so deranged with the drones that his drones are knocking themselves to themselves

In his plan to put Europe against the strings, China has a master plan: attack the French alcohol

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China has imposed tariffs of up to 34.9% for five years to Brandy from the European Union, exempting the punishment of the main producers of French Coñac (Hennesy, Rémy Martin and Pernod Ricard, among others), under condition that they sell at a minimum agreed price. The measure It emerges a year after Antidumping research which China launched in early 2024. What happened. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce reported on Saturday of “anti -dumping” tariffs between 27.7% and 34.9% to Brandy imports from the EU. The new rates apply to all distributors, except for those companies with which minimum prices will be agreed. As long as the products of these companies are exported to China, fulfilling the agreed conditions, they will not be subject to anti -dumping rights. Why it is important. With this movement, China has ensured the commitment of 34 Brandy producers of the European Union. The country led by Xi Jinping is using French alcohol as a geopolitical control strategy, a pressure game in which it shows its ability to retaliate against European tariff policy. The context. New tariff rates to Brandy are no accident. China initiated its anti -dumping research at the beginning of 2024, three months after the European Union began a procedure on The influx of Chinese electric cars in Europe. It was investigated how the policy of “huge state subsidies” was translating into “artificially low prices.” Shaun Reingeneral director of the China Market Research Group based in Shanghai to Reuters, explained on those dates how the measures of the Asian country “are a shot to let Europe know that China can also plan hard measures against its growing protectionism.” The largest market in the world for brandy. China has occupied a historic role in European brandy imports. Before the growing tensions, the country was the second largest destination for world exports of French Coñac, only behind the United States. It is a market for which they earn by market value, not by volume, if not paying more for bottle. Why attack Brandy? Because France is, however much, The largest exporter of alcoholic beverage to China. Putting the focus on your product is the best way to attack Europe. China and European alcohol. Chinese predilection for European alcohol does not have brandy as the only pillar. Chinese investors have been with predilection for wines like Frenchhaving come to buy entire warehouses that years later they went on sale. Chinese groups found in European alcohol a diversification for their portfolio of assets in addition to that, as a country, China is one of the main wine consumers in the world. Despite this, this consumption has suffered an accelerated fall for about a decade. The truce. The tariff to alcohol arrives in full uncertainty about what will end up happening with the rates imposed by Europe in the Chinese car. Europe is opening the door to the elimination of themwith the aim of looking for a land price depending on the type of vehicle. The EU wants to prevent China from playing with a practically inevitable competitive advantage. With tariff or without it, The Chinese car is eating the European in front of our eyesand the destiny of the industry passes through Asia. In Xataka | The great alcohol crisis in Spain: how young people are changing their relationship with radically drink Image | Ambitious Studio | Rick BarrettABODI VESAKARAN

Melilla cyber attack points to a Russian cybercriminal group

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On June 25 we echoed the news: the Autonomous City of Melilla indicated that, since Sunday 22 of this month, Its computer services were interrupted by a technical incidence. Although the causes were not known, everything pointed to a cyber attack. And there are already those who have assumed responsibility. What happened. Last Sunday, June 22, the City Council of Melilla reported technical problems in their computer systems. The president trusted that “in two days” they were active again, noting that the technicians had been working on their restoration from dawn. From the beginning, the hypothesis of a cyber attack that could subtract confidential information from the administration and citizens was considered. Keep passing. Despite what The incidence was expected to last a couple of daysMelilla has been plunged into computer chaos for almost a week. The computer blackout has interrupted the operation of the administration servers of the Autonomous City, preventing access to their systems and suspending all electronic procedures. The attack. The Qilin Group, linked to Russia and the cybercriminal scene of Eastern Europe, The authorship of this attack has been attributed. The group claims to have “completely destroyed the administrative and network infrastructure of the city”, in addition to having taken information in a volume of 4 to 5 terabytes. “We have in our hands an almost complete list of the personal data of all the native inhabitants of Melilla. We also have in our power a significant list of data on tourists (their personal data). And the interesting thing is that the main reason why we are waiting for negotiators is another! The threat. The group, in addition to ensuring a database of practically each of the inhabitants of the city, threatens to reveal information about supposed inappropriate use of public funds, pointing directly to members of the administration. The answer. On Monday Juan José Imbroda, president of the city, claimed that the police would be alert to “Go against those malefactors” In case of being a cyber attack. Melilla has confirmed that the incident has been caused by “a computer attack of international origin”, and ensures that technical and cybersecurity teams continue to work to restore the service. At the moment, there is still no estimated date for the return to normal. Image | Jkijewski In Xataka | The “miracle” of the sixth vaccine: this is how Melilla has put 102.1% of the vaccines received and we could increase the available dose up to 20%

The US attack on Iran was a forceful message to the development of nuclear weapons. Less for North Korea

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It is very possible that a nation has been stuck to television by observing everything that happened in Iran. About 20 years ago, North Korea began Send engineers Specialized in the excavation of deep tunnels to Tehran. Two decades later, what was learned was tested through the greater furtive attack of the United States against Iranian underground nuclear facilities. A nuclear lesson. They had several analysts In the CNN than the recent ones United States bombings by deployment of b-2 bombersThey have caused an immediate shock not only in the Middle East, but also in Eastern Asia. For experts, this act of force launches a clear (and dangerous) message to North Korea: without nuclear weapons, You are vulnerable. For Kim Jong Un, which has been reinforcing for years Your atomic program As the Central Survival Pilar of the regime, the US attack confirms a long sustained narrative: nuclear deterrence is the only reliable shield against a regime change from the outside. Thus, far from determining proliferation, military action against Iran could accelerate Pyongyang’s arms expansion, in addition to strengthening its Strategic Alliance With Russia, which has become A military lifeguardtechnological and vital economy For the North Korean regime since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The Moscow-Pyongyang axis. We have gone counting. Since 2024, North Korea and Russia have Institutionalized your cooperation in a strategic agreement of broad scope. According to A report of the multilateral sanctions monitoring team, Pyongyang has sent More than 14,000 soldiers and millions of ammunition, including missiles and rockets, to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In return, has received Air defense systems, anti -aircraft missiles, electronic warfters, critical military technology and refined fuel. Plus: the ability to Build Shaheds. This exchange not only finances the North Korean military program, but allows you to access to advanced technologiesdirect experience in modern war and an alternative source of resources to Western sanctions. In the eyes of the North Korean regime, the pact is not only pragmatic but necessary in the face of international isolation, and the attack on Iran makes it even more indispensable. Examples feeding the paranoia. From that perspective, the strategic message could not be clearer to Kim: countries that do not have nuclear weapons are exposed to American intervention. Iraq was invaded without having weapons of mass destruction. Libya left his nuclear program in exchange for diplomatic normalization, just to see Gaddafi overthrown years later. Iran signed the nuclear agreement and maintained its enrichment below the arms threshold, According to the OIEAbut it was still attacked. Two certainties. In contrast, North Korea has already done Six nuclear testshe owns between 40 and 50 active heads and has developed ballistic missiles Intercontinental capable of reaching the United States. Its arsenal, which includes multiple launch vectors, makes Pyongyang an actor with real deterrence and radically differentiates it from Iran. For Victor Cha, from CSIS, American bombings to Iran reinforce in Kim two certainties: The United States does not have a viable military option against the North Korean nuclear program, and its decision to maintain and expand its nuclear arsenal was correct. First nuclear submarine of North Korea Tripartite deterrence. In addition, there is a difference against Iran: North Korea has a Triple Defense System that complicates any American military option. First, its own nuclear arsenal, second, the defensive alliance with Russia, which allows Moscow to intervene automatically in case of attack, and third, the legal and political need of Prior consultation With South Korea, required by the bilateral treaty with Washington, which converts any action into a regional and diplomatic high voltage issue. In this regard, Professor Lim Eul-Chul warnedfrom the Kyungam University, which attacking North Korea could detonate a Total nuclear wargiven your ability to respond. “It’s not Iran,” LEIF-AMER EASLEY emphasizesby Ewha Womans University. Pyongyang can Attack directly To the United States and, in addition, Seoul is shot from most of its weapons systems. Deterrence when rearma. The foreseeable consequence of the attack on Iran is a hardening of the North Korean position. The regime could Accelerate your tests Ballistics, advance in new eyes, experiment with long -range propulsion and expand your attack vectors. I would also do it under the mantle Russia protector and in open indifference to the resolutions of the UN Security Council, whose coercive effects have been reduced to a diplomatic formality. In strategic terms, North Korea’s reaction will probably not be defensive but expansive: Technological cooperation with Moscow, joint military exercises, transfer of ballistic knowledge and new forms of economic and military interdependence. The TNP. They remembered In The Conversation That the non -proliferation treaty, adopted in 1968, was a commitment between the five recognized nuclear powers (United States, Soviet Union, France, United Kingdom and China) to not transfer nuclear weapons and commit, at least formally, to disarmament. In return, other countries promised not to develop atomic weapons. The treaty, then reinforced with the additional protocol of the OIEA, endowed the nuclear inspection agency for broad powers for Verify peaceful use of atomic energy. It was the Oiea who first warned in 2003 about the suspicious enrichment of Uranium in Iran. And it was also this organization that, weeks before the recent bombings, denounced the Iranian breach for the first time in twenty years. A fragile pact. However, effectiveness of the TNP It has been undermined for decades. The nuclear powers never fulfilled their disarmament commitments. In the case of North Korea, He withdrew from the treaty In 2003, he performed his first nuclear test in 2006 and today could possess up to 50 eyelets. Israel, meanwhile, never formally joined, and maintains a unpacked arsenal. India, Pakistan and North Korea have stayed out or have been disconnected. In other words, the covenant has weakened by its own architecture that, although universal, is structurally vulnerable. Iran and North Korea. To all this, the professor of economics underlined Anthony Burke that Iran now has Two roads. 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To carry out its greatest attack on Russian soil Ukraine used a tool as old as wars: bribery

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On June 1, what seemed several mobile houses located at various strategic points of Russia were revealed as what They were really: camouflaged trucks with an army of drones prepared for covert operation. The so -called Spiderweb began, the greatest Ukrainian offensive on Russian soil, a devastating attack on the fleet of Moscow bombers. Now, almost a month after the attack, Ukraine has responded to one of the great unknowns: how the hell swarms entered into Russian territory. Redefining modern war. For more than eighteen months, Ukrainian intelligence services They designed meticulously an operation that culminated in an unprecedented attack on thousands of kilometers of its borders: An army of camouflaged drones in those prefabricated mobile houses, which were transported across international borders until they reach Russian strategic air bases. Now, Vasyl Maliuk, head of the Ukraine Security Service (SBU), has revealed the details of the operation in an extensive Interview with Washington Post where he assures that the attack destroyed at least 12 Russian aircraft, including Tu-95 bombersand damaged a total of 41 devices, some of them located More than 3,400 kilometers east of Ukraine, in Siberia. The satellite images analyzed by the post confirmed Partial destructionalthough some visual tests were limited by weather conditions, which suggests that part of the remains could have been removed by Moscow before being captured. How it was created. Maliuk explained That the design of the operation began in November 2023, in response to a new wave of Russian bombings on Ukrainian cities. The idea was to hide drones inside those houses Mobiles that simulate being standard housing units. These structures had to have autonomous energy systems (Solar panels and batteries special) to keep the vehicles unmanned loaded, even in extreme winter temperatures, waiting for the final order. Russian restrictions on the importation of technological components made a tactic as old as the wars themselves: The briberyin this case to customs agents to introduce the materials. No one knows (almost) nothing. Secretism, apparently, was total: each group worked with compartmentalized informationthe engineers who manufactured the drones ignored their real purpose, as well as those who assembled the prefabricated houses they did not know that they housed weapons. In Maliuk’s wordsit was “a tactical symphony” with multiple critical but autonomous parts. Surgical precision. Thus, the morning of the attack, 117 modified FPV drones with double explosive load They were activated from the mobile roofs of the camouflaged houses. Each artifact was directed by A selected operator Among the best in the country, who was assigned A specific objective: A specific plane, whose location and environment were studied with detailed models. Loads They were designed To penetrate the fuselage first and then detonate inside, maximizing damage to key points such as fuel deposits, missile launchers and electronic systems that Russia cannot easily replace. Although Maliuk avoided detailing the communication systems used to The remote guidanceconfirmed that they were multiple and sophisticatedspecially designed to avoid interference and guarantee success. Strategic consequences. The Spiderweb Operation It was just the first blow. Two days later, Ukraine He executed another offensive of wingspan against the Kerch bridge, symbol of the Russian occupation of Crimea, using submarine explosives of 1,000 kilos. Although traffic was restored, the coup had a clear symbolic and strategic effect. Russia replied With a massive wave of drones and missiles that reached civil areas of kyiv, leaving dozens of victims. Far from causing a decalized, the Ukrainian action confirmed A new level In the technological war and demonstrated kyiv’s ability to achieve very much within the enemy territory. According to MaliukSpiderweb is just a sample of the potential of Ukrainian intelligence to alter the rules of the conflict, and represents a logistics, technical and human effort “unified in a single structure.” The future of wars. It We have slipped On other occasions. In full Russian offensive, and given the constant pressure on Ukrainian cities, the Spiderweb operation Mark a milestone In the modern war. Not only because of the depth of scope (from bases in Ukraine to Russian facilities in Siberia), but also for The operational model: Fragmentation of knowledge between operators, bribes, use of civil camouflage, innovation in light armament and ability to launch high precision attacks without resorting to large conventional platforms. In words of Maliuk himselfthis is just “the tip of the iceberg” regarding the work of your agency with drones, networks of agents and undercover operations. In a conflict that is increasingly freed with bits and algorithms than with armored divisions, the offensive showed that the 21st century war is defined by who dominates the stealth, well above the brute force. Image | UKRAINE’S 93RD MEChanized Brigade In Xataka | We suspected that Ukraine drones attack had been destructive. Space images have revealed how much In Xataka | In 2024, Ukrainian trucks disguised as “house” entered Russia. Now they have dynamited their main air bases

Melilla has been with a total collapse of its computer systems for three days. The cyber attack is there

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Those responsible for the Autonomous City of Melilla indicated last Sunday night that the city’s computer services had been interrupted by technical causes. At the moment the origin of the problem is not known, but a cyber attack is investigated. Although that hypothesis is not confirmed, there is a reality: that Spain is the second most attacked country in the world by cybercriminals. What happened. On Sunday night the City Council of Melilla reported That “due to a technical problem in our computer systems, we inform citizens that, temporarily, it will not be possible to provide services through the OIAC (Information and Citizen Attention Offices).” The cyber attack hypothesis. As they point out In the Melilla lighthousethere is no official confirmation about the origin of the problem, but working on the hypothesis of a cyber attack. In that investigation, the Autonomous City has the support of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), with which maintains a collaboration agreement in cybersecurity. Collapse (almost) total. The fall of computer systems in Melilla has made the usual tasks of the administration cannot be carried out by computer. That has forced them to recover in certain cases Traditional processing methods as the manual firm to process the most urgent files. The Minister of Development, Miguel Marín, explained in statements to the media how “obviously this slows the work.” The municipal website, which allows citizens to be done through the Internet, is also falling. Three organizations are still operational. As they point out In News from Navarraonly three public bodies have been saved from the fall: the municipal housing and land company of Melilla (Emvismesa), the Promise and Immusa Economic Development Society, on which local television depends. There is no date for the recovery of systems. Both Marín and the president of the Autonomous City, Juan José Imbroda, pointed out that the priority is to recover the operation of the services. However, the initial objective of recovering them in two days has not been met, and there is no estimated date for computer systems to work normally again. Denunciation and investigation. Although there is no confirmed cause of the problem, there has been a formal complaint due to the possibility of a possible cyber attack. “The police are alerted,” said Imbroda, “we will try to find out what has really been and where it comes from.” Image | Trevor Huxham In Xataka | Carrefour received five identical cyber attacks and did nothing. Now it has a fine of 3.2 million euros

Not even the greatest US attack has achieved its goal in Iran. Nobody knows where is the great unknown of 400 kg

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After the first hours, and with them the Trump statements That the Iranian nuclear program had been “complete and totally annihilated”, senior US officials have recognized that, in reality, they do not know where the most sensitive Iranian element is, an unknown of 400 kilograms of reserve. A latent bomb. After the overwhelming offensive American Aeria on the main Nuclear facilities From Iran (Fordow, Natanz and Isfahán), the attention of intelligence agencies does not focus solely on craters, but on an invisible but crucial element: the, a priori, just over 400 kg of enriched uranium at 60%, very close to the military threshold, whose whereabouts remains uncertain. As we said, despite the Trump’s proclamations On Iranian nuclear capabilities, experts and officials recognize that the true unknown is whether the material was destroyed, transferred (they have had plenty of time since the conflict broke out) or disseminated in clandestine facilities. The difference between a neutralized nuclear and latent program It depends on the destination of that vital stock. The Shadow of Fordow. He counted In the Financial Times The former American official Richard Nephew, that the destruction of the visible facilities It might not have affected the most sensitive material, stored in dust Inside metal cylinders in deeply excavated tunnels. Fordowbeing hidden under a mountain, would have offered limited but not zero protection. However, there is a growing suspicion that they will move their uranium Before bombingwhich would represent an early strategic play. An informant of the Iranian regime declared that it would have been “very naive” to leave uranium in the attacked sites, and assured that the material It is still intact. Moreover, figures such as the director of the OIEA, Rafael Grossi, They take for granted After reviewing satellite images and logistic movements records near underground tunnels in Fordow, which Iran could have evacuated uranium days before of attacks. Silent withdrawal. Explained The New York Times that those evidence suggest that they will go displaced part of the uranium From Isfahán, its main storage center, towards still unknown sites. Although the centrifuging (key pieces of the enrichment process) could not be evacuated due to their size and complexity, the stored fuel would have been mobile enough as to be extracted in discrete vehicles. Satellite images showed At least 16 trucks Near the accesses to Fordow days before the attack, which reinforces the theory of a preventive evacuation. Natanz’s installation, on the other hand, It was devastated by Israel, which disabled the superficial enrichment center and caused a blackout that probably destroyed the centrifugators. However, Iran had already begun the construction of a deeper underground installation to the south of the city, although it ensures that it still It is not operational. Between deterrence and clandestine activity. Although Iran insists that his program It has civil endsthe partial destruction of its infrastructure and the selective murder of at least eleven nuclear scientists have fed voices within the regime they suggest Check the doctrine nuclear. International analysts fear that the coup catalogs a turn towards hidingwith the installation of new advanced centrifugers and the restart of activities in unstalled facilities. To the big question about those 408 kg of 60%uranium, Iran could in a matter of days refine it until reaching the necessary purity For nuclear weapons (90%) if you have the necessary technical team, although the miniaturization and assembly process would still take months or even a year. Precedents The cases of India, Pakistan and North Korea show that, even under international surveillance, it is possible to build a hidden nuclear capacity. Sima Shine, Mossad’s intelligence formerist, He affirmed in FT Being convinced that Iran has already relocated both their enriched uranium and part of their technical infrastructure, which would allow a quick reload if the political decision is made. In other words: despite the military coup, political will, scientific knowledge and industrial experience remain intact. Collapse of international control. We have counted before. The inspections of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are They have suspended Due to Israeli attacks, which has left a critical void in the verification of the Iranian program. Even before the offensive, Iranian cooperation with the agency had drastically decreasedand Tehran had already secretly built a third unstalled enrichment installation. Israel managed to damage Natanz and Isfahán, but acknowledged that he had no capacity to destroy Fordow without the help of the United States, which contributed His antibunker artillery more powerful inside its B-2. The big doubt. Thus, nobody knows exactly if we are facing an end point or A phase change. The emerging consensus between analysts is that the Iranian nuclear program has not been destroyed, but Your known form. If you survive, It will be transformed: either in a clandestine program aimed at obtaining weapons, or (in case of successful negotiations) in a purely civil version, devoid of the complete fuel cycle. Advisor Ali Shamkhani summed up with coldness: “Although the facilities are destroyed, the game is not over.” The capacities, material and determination are still there. Hence, the real outcome may not depend on visible craters, but on the dust stored in Some hidden place of the Iranian subsoil. And until you know where that uranium is, the “unknown” has only become more difficult to track. Image | Maxar In Xataka | For 125 airplanes and 14 bombs to reach Iran, the US used one of the oldest tactics of war: perfidy In Xataka | Russia recalled a threat that appears in the war between Iran and Israel: the possibility of a nuclear disaster

The US has started evaluating the risks that runs if you attack Iran. What worries you most is a fearsome bomb: yours

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While the United States, in Trump’s figure, leafless the Margarita on a possible intervention American military against Iran, several scenarios open, all uncertain, and a technical, strategic and symbolic obstacle: the difficulty of destroying The ForDow Uranium Enrichment Center, a underground installation excavated deep in a mountain. In fact and, as we will see, Washington’s main concern at this time is a bomb … yours. Weigh the risks. He Financial Times and the Washington Post have published two reports on that moment of Impasse that is lived in the administration. While Trump holds intense meetings in the White House crisis room to decide if the United States joins the Israeli offensive against Iran, US intelligence and defense services draw an exhaustive map of possible reprisals that Tehran could trigger. Among the explicit warnings of the Iranian supreme leader, Ali Jamenei (who has threatened to cause “irreparable damage” if Washington intervenes), and the strategic memory of previous cycles Of climbing, the White House faces a decision that could mark the turning point In the conflict. Iranian response options cover A broad spectrum: Direct attacks against American troops or embassies in the Middle East, cybernetic sabotages, terrorist attacks, undercover actions through allied militias such as Hezbollah or hutis, and, perhaps the most serious from the economic point of view, the Ormuz Strait closurewhere a third of the world’s maritime oil travels. The dilemma of deterrence. The United States currently maintains some 40,000 military troops deployed in the region, with eight permanent bases in countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Catar and Arab Emirates, in addition to operational presence in other eleven key enclaves, including Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Oman. The Udeid Air Base in Catar, headquarters of the American central command, houses 10,000 soldiersand other facilities such as the Bahrain Naval Base or the infrastructure in Kuwait house tens of thousands more. Although all have aerial defenses, their geographical proximity with Iran makes them Vulnerable objectives Before a ballistic or cruise missile attack, drones or even irregular command incursions. Iran has a significant arsenal of unmanned projectiles and aerial vehicles, many of them of their own manufacture or adaptations of Russian and North Korean models, and although their response would not be immediate, the internal debate in Tehran about when and how to answer It could be intensified If Washington actively participates in the campaign. The threat of the Strait. He Ormuz narrowneuralgic point of global hydrocarbons trade, represents a Strategic risk first order. Iran has demonstrated in the past (as in 2019when it managed to temporarily paralyze 50% of Saudi production through a combined missile and drone attack) that can seriously affect the world energy market. If you choose to undermine the strait, use fast boats, submarines or coastal batteries to block the passage, the impact on oil prices It would be immediate and global. It happens that they will also It depends on the Strait For its own crude oil exports, which introduces a structural contradiction: damage ormuz would harm both their enemies and itself. Even so, like They point out analysts From the pentagon, deterrence based on mutual vulnerability does not guarantee containment if the survival of the regime is at stake. The precedent of hutis in the red seawhich have managed to interrupt maritime traffic despite weeks of US bombings, demonstrates the effectiveness of sustained asymmetric tactics even under constant military pressure. The mystery of a bomb. And here we reach the main theme from the perspective of the possible attack of the United States. In the heart of deliberations about this possible military intervention against Iran is the difficulty of destroying the center of Uranium enrichment of Fordow, that underground installation excavated deep in a mountain. He counted exclusive The Guardian that Trump has already been informed that the use of the GBU-57 pump could, in theory, Inspore fordow During a limited period of time, but according to sources close to the conversations, the president is not convinced of his effectiveness and has conditioned any authorization to attack the guarantee that the objective can be eliminated definitively. B-52 launching a MOP during the tests, 2009 Reasonable doubt. Doubts feed not only for the tactical complexity of the operation, but also of the evaluation of the Department of Defense: several experts They have warned Not even a GBU-57 pump battery would be enough to completely destroy Fordow, and that only A tactical nuclear weapon I could achieve it with certainty. In this regard, the British newspaper stressed that the option, however, has not been considered Formally and was ruled out in the meetings held between Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegesh and the head of the Joint Chiefs, General Dan Caine. GBU-57 limitations. It We count this week. It is a 13.6 tons pump capable of penetrate underground structures reinforced, the same one that has been the center of multiple debates in the Pentagon since the beginning of Trump’s mandate. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DRA), responsible for testing and analyzing this kind of weapons, has pointed out that Fordow, about 80 meters underground, is beyond the operational reach of this ammunition without a PREVIOUS PREPARATION OPERATION that includes the destruction of aerial defenses, elimination of GPS interference and a possible saturation attack with conventional weapons to weaken the land. Even so, even under optimal conditions, the impact of a GBU-57 pump It could be limited to collapsing tunnels, sealing accesses and burying machinery under debris, but not to completely dismantle Iran’s nuclear capacity. The bomb, in addition, has never been used Under real conditions against an installation such as Fordow, which adds technical uncertainty to the already high political risk of initiating an open conflict. Absolute success or deterrence. The Guardian explained That for some high controls, the real problem is not the bomb itself, but the expectation of a “One and Done (unique and decisive attack) that does not conform to operational reality. The retired general Randy Manner, former Draw director, He warned that ForDow could be … Read more

The drones of the greatest attack against Russia lost the signal before reaching the target. Ukraine had an ace in the manga

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On June 1 and the agreed time, trucks parked for weeks in several points from Russia They opened their doors. A swarm of more than 100 advanced drones thus began a mission that was destined for several air bases in Moscow. Upon reaching the designated objectives, explosive loads were automatically activated. The mission was historic for The sophistication level in the Uncianned war. In fact, the drones even lost every signal before achieving the goal. And at that time the algorithms came into play. The face that changes the war. We had slipped it weeks agobut now it has been The Financial Times The one described that AS in the Ukraine manga so that the Spiderweb operation was a success. The war in Eastern Europe has entered a new phase marked by accelerated integration of artificial intelligence In attack and defense systems, and in “Spiderweb”, where the drones successfully attacked Russian military airfields even beyond the Arctic Circle, it was key. A new generation. The operation, carried out by the Ukraine Security Service (SBU), not only evidenced Kyiv’s technical and strategic capacity for enemybut exposed the growing importance of Automation On the modern battlefield. Behind the attack was a new generation of drones designed by the First Contact companydirected by Valeriy Borovyk, whose flagship, The Osastands out for its sophistication, high -end materials and autonomous navigation capabilities resistant to adverse conditions and interference systems. These devices, five times more expensive that conventional drones were scheduled to continue their flight following pre -established routes even After losing signal and automatically detonate when reaching the goal. SBU map that illustrates drone transports in trucks from Cheliábinsk to the five target air bases Assisted autonomy. He counted the medium that the development of these drones has not been exclusive to a single company. Yaroslav Azhnyuk, creator From The Fourth LawHe explained that both Ukraine and Russia are expanding their deployment capacity of autonomous systems in early stages, although still with partial human intervention in the terminal guidance. For a year, Adehnyuk He has delivered To the lines of the Front Systems with these experimental functions, and other Ukrainian companies have followed the same path. The idea of ​​delegating final decisions to AI in environments where signals can be easily blocked by the enemy has become a tactical need rather than a technological ambition. In parallel, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine recently announced the activation of carrying drones capable of Fly 300 kilometers and launch two free FPV, thus expanding the operational dimension of these tools in strategic depth. Invisible war. We had already talked about the term With optical fiber. In this war of wear, technology not only responds to advances but also to deficiencies. The lack of anti -aircraft missiles, artillery or ammunition has forced Ukraine to reinvent continuously. Civil foundations like The Prytula Foundationheaded by Bohdan Danyliv, they have contributed hundreds of fixed wing interceptors They have managed to demolish almost 250 Russian drones, demonstrating how improvised solutions have compensated for the shortage of traditional systems. Russia has not been left behind. He has identified Ukrainian drones and has counterattacked with improved modelsmany of them equipped with autonomous technology, optical fiber and even components from American video game consoles, According to services of Ukrainian intelligence. This evolution reveals a technological career in which the borders between civil and military are increasingly blurred. The Russian challenge. It We have explained: One of the most surprising turns has been the effectiveness of Russian drones connected by fiber optic cable, a seemingly rudimentary solution but brutally effective in front of Ukrainian interference systems. This technology, which allows operators to control drones without worrying about electronic blockages, has been decisive in the recent Russian offensive In the Kursk region, where they have made faster advances than at any other time since November. The Ukrainian reaction has been slow. Oleksandr Yakovenko, director of Taf Drones, recognized having underestimated the potential of this technique, and your company now tries to recover land by increasing production to 10,000 fiber optic drones per month, although he admits that they would need to manufacture at least 70,000 to match the Russian offensive capacity. New war balance. It seems clear that drone war It is no longer a complement to the conflict, but its central operating core. In an environment saturated with interference, scarcity of resources and geostrategic pressure, Ukraine and Russia face in a duel where innovation is not a luxury, but A vital imperative. Artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, improvised production networks and unexpected adaptations such as the use of cables or video games are redefining the limits of the possible. Seen, the question that looms over the coming months does not seem to be who has more drones, but who will adapt faster in a war where intelligence, in any of its forms, has become the decisive factor. Image | Ssu.gov.ua In Xataka | The Ukraine War is getting rid, first of all, with drones. And that is leaving an infinite fiber optic trail through the field In Xataka | We suspected that Ukraine drones attack had been destructive. Space images have revealed how much

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