Putin plots to wipe out world’s infrastructure from space

During the Napoleonic incursion of 1812 or the Nazi German assault in 1941, anywhere behind the mountain range that divides Russia’s European part from Siberia seemed far enough for the evacuation of civilians and military factories.

As Trump reels from criticism over the Iran talks, the US moves to build training ranges that mimic Ukraine’s battlefields and eyes a massive kamikaze‑drone buildup.

For most of the war, two pillars have done the heavy lifting, one black, one glistening.