Episode Details

How do you smuggle attack drones into one of the most heavily surveilled countries on earth, conceal them until the moment, and launch them from inside the perimeter? This episode unpacks the three-phase logistics of Israel's reported Operation Rising Lion: smuggling components disguised as industrial parts, assembling them in a covert workshop near Tehran, and activating them to strike Iranian missile launchers. We explore the "IKEA approach" to covert operations — shipping flat-pack death, assembly required — and how the drone revolution's dual-use supply chain makes it possible.