In the light of your question I think it was a Russian success and the US is yet to achieve such achievements. During that time when the Cold War is in the climax between the two superpowers both competed not only in arms race but technological advances trying to outwit each other. The Russians gain the upper hand because they were able to make the things stated above before the United States but in the end the US was able to make also such things in their own ways and successfully outwitting the USSR in economy and world power.
I believe that finding the balance of drones would be putting a limit on how many drones a country can use at one time. I'm not sure on the other 2 questions.
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giving these islands statehood would result in better rights for the people living there and we like controlling the island nation's for as long as we can.
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Too much work
