Local Spies With Lethal Gear: How Israel and Ukraine Reinvented Covert Action

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1. When Israel launched its 12-day attack on Iran in June, a network of secret agents on the ground proved critical in crippling Tehran’s defenses. Some of the most secret operatives weren’t professional spies or commandos in camouflage. They were ordinary locals empowered by Israeli high-tech gadgetry.

   Weeks earlier, Kyiv had used a similar playbook to attack Russia’s strategic bomber fleet with explosive drones. Ukraine’s real-life version of James Bond, Artem Tymofeyev, is a bearded DJ who posted on SoundCloud under the name Tim and had worked at his father’s Russian flour mill. Tymofeyev and his wife, a tattoo artist, secretly prepared Operation Spiderweb from inside a warehouse they rented near a Russian state security office, according to Russian and Ukrainian officials.

2. If China does the same with the US, they would be calling these agents traitors and spies. If Russia and Iran are vulnerable, so is the US. A couple of drones could take out a US Destroyer.

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