ABSTRACT Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) As of February 6, 2026, the perceived “Revolution in Military Affairs” (RMA) driven by Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is increasingly identified by intelligence architects not as a technological leap, but as a diagnostic symptom of institutional hollowing within state-level actors, specifically the Russian Federation. While drones provide high-precision lethality … Leggi tutto The Drone Paradox and Institutional Decay in Modern Conflict