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Samuel Bendett says that the Ukrainian government will have to go all-in on a few select models of drones.

Samuel Bendett says, “One of the biggest issues in this war has been how far can each side strike the advisories position, how far from the contact line and how far beyond the line of combat can they reach.”

Samuel Bendett says that Israel could use its reconnaissance drones and kamikaze drones, like the Harop, among others to attack targets on the ground as well.

Samuel Bendett says, “It’s possible that numerous commercial drones like [Chinese] DJIs may be used by Hamas for ISR and combat against Israeli ground forces. But overall, wars are still fought by ground forces since wars are about holding territory, clearing out the adversary and controlling captured populations.”

Samuel Bendett says, “Of course, ISR recon remains the main role for drones in Ukraine. I don’t think we have reached the ceiling of sophistication.”

Samuel Bendett says that the use of shields can save armored vehicles from heavy damage if properly installed, but their effectiveness depends on the type of craft used in an attack.

Samuel Bendett says, “There are signs that the Russian defense industry is ramping up Lancet production, along with improvements that lead to more advanced designs.”

Samuel Bendett says, “It is interesting that Russian military is trying to divert Ukrainian attention from their counter offensive in the south by pushing at the Ukrainian forces  in the east. There have been a number of Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions.”

Samuel Bendett says, “Even if you know about the threat, you still need to prepare for it. Ukraine has shown that you need sophisticated, multilayered defenses to stop these—you still don’t down them all.”

Samuel Bendett says, “It’s a natural evolution of this FPV technology,” 

Samuel Bendett says, “TB2 was a successful drone at the early stages of the war when the Russian military’s air defense and EW [electronic warfare] was relatively disorganized." 

Samuel Bendett says, “It’s a revolution in terms of placing this precision guided capacity in the hands of regular people for a tiny fraction of the cost of the destroyed target.”

Samuel Bendett says, ” Once the Russian military got its act together, it was able to down many TB2s.” 

Samuel Bendett says, “Ukrainians are continuing to make their advances in the south slowly but surely. This is a very tactical-level fight right now, and both forces are digging into the ground. As we have mentioned earlier, Russians have built a lot of fortifications, but no physical obstacle is insurmountable. “

Samuel Bendett says, “Ukrainians have reached some of those fortifications and continue their slow advance through them. Of course this leads to the question as to whether or not this is the breakthrough that everyone was waiting for. Everybody is exercising caution and trying to analyze this simply because Russian defenses in the south are so prevalent and well-organized.”

Samuel Bendett says, "If this strike happened as it did, it probably confirms that this particular drone may have been operated by Russia's Special Forces, who are Lancet's regular users."