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Russia is trying to operate deliberately below the threshold that they think will trigger Article 5 in a NATO context... The problem with that reasoning is that these so-called 'below the threshold' attacks could quickly escalate, and so they could easily miscalculate."

Justin Bronk, an aviation analyst at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank, said he believed Ukraine could force “periodic closures of Russian airports on a semi-regular basis” by relying on an element of surprise. It could do so by flying small waves of drones at short notice, though trying to close an airport permanently would be difficult, he said, because a sustained attack would become predictable and easier for air-defence systems to halt.

Hijacking takes spoofing to the next level. So you've gained access to a missile or drone and at that point you actually try to take over control of that weapon and then fly it where you want, or get it to behave exactly how you want...It's something that the countries who are capable of it do not really want to talk about and share in the public domain."