The Pentagon’s new defense strategy places homeland security above countering China, but Russia’s war in Ukraine is more interconnected than they realize. Moreover, Moscow reportedly supplied submarine reactor modules and other propulsion components to help North Korea build a nuclear-powered attack. These drones are proliferating across the same network of states now working with Russia — Venezuela, Iran, North Korea, and China — the very axis of powers aligned against the West. Indeed, Chinese components are key to sustaining Russia’s drone industry and the Russia-China drone alliance is booming. READ MORE:From Alaska to Ukraine: Russia’s Empire of Imagined ReturnsSecurity Guarantees and Peace in UkraineWhile Trump Arms Ukraine, US Firms Arm Russia