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Ukrainian drone owners are using their drones in a range of ways to resist the Russian army. There is a great risk involved if your drone is from China, as it has a special feature that allows the operator of the drone to be easily located. However, there are workarounds that all but eliminate the problem. The drones have been used for a variety of missions, including being used as drone suicide bombers.
The pattern is emerging for how retail drones come into play in any conflict, starting with earnestness in Syria and reaching new strategic expressions over the skies of Livya, where Turkey emerged as a drone superpower, along with China. Today, Turkey is arming the Ukrainian military with the now legendary Bayraktar,
The future of war is drones. The future of self-defense is drones. The future of associative defense is drones. The Ukraine War is becoming an inexact proving ground for the ability of drones to either defend or propel offenses in a modern conventional war. My supposition is that drones are leveling the playing field for the smaller, defensive, or insurgent powers, which could be a great opportunity for liberty to emerge, or great risk for any short-term return to stability.

Ukraine Drone Enthusiasts Form Flying Fury Force To Thwart Russian Forces

From amp.hothardware.com
2022-03-07 20:34:59

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Drone enthusiasts in Ukraine have volunteered to use their flying skills in an attempt to combat Russians forces. This is a major shift from flying their drones as a hobby, to flying them to save potentially save lives. One retail store in the capital city of Kyiv has emptied its stock, as it has given out some 300 DJI drones for the purpose of war related missions. Others throughout Ukraine are attempting to get their hands on more drones from friends and colleagues in Poland and other places throughout Europe.

“Why are we doing this? We have no other choice. This is our land, our home,” stated Denys Sushko, head of operations at Kyiv-based industrial drone technology company DroneUA. Before the war, the company sold mainly to farmers and energy companies.

 

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The United States Navy is well in the process of developing new platforms that are unmanned, autonomous.  Now, the Navy has announced plans to develop an autonomous code standard that will enable more rapid development of autonomous platforms, but also help retrofit legacy platforms with autonomous features.

The code is to be called Unmanned Maritime Autonomous Architecture, UMAA.  It is being developed by the Navy’s Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab.

Navy Setting Stage for Influx Of Autonomous Systems

From www.nationaldefensemagazine.org
2022-03-02 00:53:35

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The Navy — which is pursuing an ambitious unmanned systems plan through a mixture of air, surface and underwater platforms — is working to test and mature those autonomy systems through multiple programs.

These include efforts such as new autonomy standards as well as the standing up of its Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab, said Capt. Pete Small, program manager for unmanned maritime systems at Naval Sea Systems Command.

Updating legacy platforms with new autonomy software codes can be an arduous process, he said during a briefing at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference. To combat that, the Navy is developing an autonomy standard for code development called the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture, or UMAA.

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A Republican-led Senate Report suggests that the hasty Biden evacuation of Afghanistan ended up leaving perhaps thousands of Americans behind.  The Senate Committe on Foreign Relations’ GOP Members issued the report, which was called “Left Behind: A Brief Assessment of the Biden-Administration’s Strategic Failures during the Afghanistan Evacuation.”

Senate report estimates thousands left behind in Afghanistan

From www.christianpost.com
2022-02-07 19:42:16

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A new report from U.S. Senate Republicans estimates that the Biden administration left hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans behind in Afghanistan, casting doubt on the official statistics compiled by the U.S. State Department.

The Republicans on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, led by Ranking Member Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, released a report last week titled “Left Behind: A Brief Assessment of the Biden Administration’s Strategic Failures during the Afghanistan Evacuation.”

The report elaborated on the consequences of the Biden administration’s withdrawal of the remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan last summer, which followed nearly two decades of consistent military…

 

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Even as the Ukrainians gather to train for war, from soldier to store clerk, the Foreign Affairs Department is downplaying both the concerns for an invasion (though preparations must continue) and the potential outcome for Russia should she tangle with Ukraine.

Ignore ‘apocalyptic predictions’ on possible Russia invasion, urges Ukraine foreign minister

From www.cbc.ca
2022-02-06 17:45:04
The Associated Press
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Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged people on Sunday to ignore “apocalyptic predictions” about an imminent Russian invasion, saying his country was strong and had unprecedented international support.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said a week ago that Ukraine was not a sinking Titanic, and he accused Washington and the media of fuelling panic that weighed on the economy when there were “no tanks in the streets.”

“Today, Ukraine has a strong army, unprecedented international support and Ukrainians’ faith in their country,” Kuleba said on Twitter.

“The enemy should be afraid of us, not us of them.”

A day earlier, two U.S. officials said that Russia may be ready for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by mid-February, as it had in place about 70 per cent of the combat power it believed it would need and was sending more battalion tactical groups to the border.

 

 

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