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Ukraine war turns 2: Lessons learned and what comes nextBreaking Defense | 23 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “The volunteers … are still complaining that the country’s defense industrial sector is not fully involved in FPV drone manufacturing.”
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How Ukraine’s defense companies have adapted to two years of warC4isrnet | 22 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “Given that anything that moves in the Ukraine combat will be observed, tracked and hit with a drone, many of these unmanned ground vehicle designs are very simple and inexpensive, DIY-ed at the front by units or delivered by volunteers.”
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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Feb 21, 24] Russia, Ukraine and the On-going ConflictDefense & Aerospace Report | 21 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “One of the more remarkable developments two years into this conflict has been our assessment of and how much we were probably off in that assessment in Russia’s ability to take casualties.”
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The revolution that wasn’t: How AI drones have fizzled in Ukraine (so far)Breaking Defense | 20 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “This technology needs a lot of testing and evaluation, this technology needs a lot of iteration, [and] many times the technology isn’t ready.”
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Ukraine pins hopes on home-made drones to counter RussiaKyiv Independent | 16 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “We are at a point where we have achieved a certain parity between tactics, weapons, and systems. But this parity does not always hold for long.”
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Russia’s Automated Killer Drones May Not Be Working As PlannedForbes | 14 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “I have seen both claims since the MoD wants to promote this as an AI-enabled wonder weapon.”
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Racing drones are being made into precision bombs. They will transform the future of warThe Economist | 07 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started, the use of commercial quadcopters was fairly widespread in many conflicts around the world, including the Middle East.”
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Russians Fume over 19th-Century Machine Guns, WW1 Rifles in UkraineNewsweek | 06 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, "An AK-47 is almost 70 years old at this point, and has changed little. Simple submachine or machine guns have remain unchanged as well, like the M2 Browning still in use."
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Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Feb 06, 24] Sam Bendett on Latest from Ukraine-Russia ConflictDefense & Aerospace Report | 06 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “Ukraine is not done for, but the ideas coming from on top, the military leadership, indicates that Ukraine needs to adapt to a very different approach to combating Russia, especially given the situation it finds itself in with the relatively stable stalemate. “
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What Is VALK-1? 'Powerful' Ukrainian Drone Fighting Russia in DonetskNewsweek | 05 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says that both Moscow and Kyiv are racing to find ways of operating their own drones during harsh weather conditions, like wind and sleet.
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Deadly, cheap and widespread: how Iran-supplied drones are changing the nature of warfareThe Guardian | 02 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “Rather than investing in more expensive combat capabilities, this shows it is cheaper to buy a drone and hope it either hits something or your enemy expends resources shooting it down.”
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Russian soldiers are most vulnerable when moving about during the long winter nights, but Ukraine's drone pilots often don't have the gear to hit themBusiness Insider | 01 Feb 2024
Samuel Bendett says that more fighting is taking place at night as more and more drones enter the fight.
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How The Luckiest Russian Alive Survived A Drone Hitting His WindshieldForbes | 30 Jan 2024
Samuel Bendett says, "The recipe for a breakthrough is extremely simple. Increase the number of FPV drones by 4 times and concentrate them on a small area of the front. After the supplies and deliveries stop in a week, it will be simply possible to pick off the tired soldiers without much difficulty. And most importantly, to implement such a scenario, very small financial and time investments are needed."
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Robots Are Fighting Robots in Russia’s War in UkraineWired | 30 Jan 2024
Samuel Bendett says, “The Ukrainian battlefield is saturated with aerial sensors that basically track and attack anything that moves. That includes other robots.”
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Ukraine Deploying Machine-Gun Mounted Robots to Attack Putin's TroopsNewsweek | 29 Jan 2024
Samuel Bendett says that both Russia and Ukraine are developing UGVs intended to "replace human soldiers in the most dangerous and casualty-intensive storming raids."
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Ukraine appears to be attacking Russia's oil-and-gas industry with small, cheap drones that can bypass its air defensesBusiness Insider | 27 Jan 2024
Samuel Bendett says, "Russia boasted of having layered defenses before the war, the sensor electronic warfare, different missile batteries, kinetic batteries, radars, that can sort of identify and interdict the threat."