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This is CBSI. In The World. I'm John Bats with Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang, and we're very

pleased to welcome General Blaine Holt, United States States Air Force retired, who helps us with matters to do with the air war in

Eurasia. And by that, I mean not just the piloted aircraft, the famous F-16s, but also the drone

war underway.

Blaine, a very good evening to you.

In recent days, we've had an explanation of sorts from the Ukrainian authorities who launched the successful attack against the Russian bomber fleet, strategic weapons,

as far away as Erkusken-Mermansk. And the explanation we're given as to how

they did it is, first of all, the Russians were anticipating long-range drones. So they had

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