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Jens Flottau
September 10, 2026
Credit: Jens Schlueter/Getty Images
A watershed moment occurred on Aug. 4, when an explosives-carrying drone was found near an Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft on the tarmac of the international airport in Leipzig, Germany (see photo). It was sheer luck that the flying bomb did not detonate as planned and was defused. A bus driver who…
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