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Sep 3, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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1/ QUICK THREAD: While Russia was hosting Army-2022 military expo, Ukraine hosted its first international Drone Hackathon on August 26 in order to develop new ideas in military technology for the production of drones. thedigital.gov.ua/news/novi-tekh…
2/ According to official news, 150 participants took part in the development of new technological solutions for the Ukrainian military - among them are design engineers, radio engineers, drone operators and programmers. ImageImageImageImage
3/ Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov: "This hackathon is a unique opportunity to join the development of new digital solutions that will help our military. Our common goal is to raise the development of production and..." Image
4/ "...technical support for drones to a high level. And not only to buy drones from different companies around the world, but also to create them on an industrial scale in our country. Much depends on you (participants) in how we will develop new (UAV) military-tech projects." Image
5/ Leading Ukrainians and international IT specialists, military and economists joined the first Drone Hackathon as mentors and judges. kanaldom.tv/v-kieve-nachal…
6/ Dmitry Shymkiv, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Startup Fund: "We are looking for ideas that will make our innovations relevant for the military not in the future, but today. During these three days, we are looking for solutions together with the military." ImageImageImage
7/ "So that the ideas that teams come up with at this hackathon are implemented at the front as much as possible. For the Ukrainian Startup Fund, this is the first military-tech hackathon. There will be even more. For us, this is strategically important." Image
8/ Both Ukraine and Russia are racing to adopt civilian drone technology to combat, hosting events/trainings and hackathons. There is already considerable success in how such UAVs are used, with both combatants seeking an edge in applying DJI and other drones in more novel ways.

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Apr 29
1/ Russia's Rybar, pro-Kremlin TG channel, on the recent Ukrainian USV (and UAV) strike against Rus Black Sea targets: "A group of unmanned surface vessels was first detected as early as yesterday. Their exact point of origin remains unknown." t.me/rybar/79879Image
2/ "However, judging by their trajectory, the main contingent (5–6 USVs) appears to have departed from the Danube region, while two others approached from the direction of Zatoka. Early on the morning of April 28, they began maneuvering near the Shtormovoye gas condensate field."
3/ "One USV broke away from the group, approached Cape Tarkhankut, and was disabled by a Rus "Lancet" drone crew, guided by a "Skat" recon UAV. By evening, another five USVs headed toward the line between Yevpatoria and Sevastopol."
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Apr 14
1/ A Rus graphic on the challenges of resource allocation when it comes to maintaining existing air defense expertise vs. resources needed for training interceptor pilots against UAV threats. t.me/polyvoennaja/6…Image
2/ The general in the middle is caught between legacy systems/practices and new threats, and he is ambivalent about it: "Just give me a saber and a steed, and send me to the firing line! As for petty palace intrigues (budget and resource battles?) —that’s simply not for me!"
3/ "As we (Rus military) expand the number of FPV interceptor crews within air defense units, we are—unfortunately—forced to reduce the number of anti-aircraft missile crews (squads); in doing so, we lose specialists who have undergone extensive, long-term training."
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Apr 7
1/ QUICK THREAD: Alexey Chadaev, one of Russian key volunteers and the director of Ushkuynik Enterprise, on the domestic combat UGV developments: "This is curious - Ukraine is increasing the frequency of UGV deployment, while we are scaling ours back." t.me/chadayevru/4674Image
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2/ "And this isn't because we are physically short on them—thousands are sitting in our warehouses. The first key reason is communications. As long as Starlink was available, these units could operate almost anywhere. Now, however, losses often result..."
3/ "...not from enemy attacks, but simply from entering a "radio shadow" (which can happen in any low-lying area)—are extremely high. We (the "Ushkuynik" team) proposed a viable solution involving a wheeled platform tethered by a reinforced fiber-optic cable..."
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Apr 1
1/ QUICK TAKE by Rus mil bloggers who translated a paper on identifying and tracking fiber-optic drones in flight: "FPV drones utilizing fiber-optic links possess zero electronic signature, rendering them invisible to conventional electronic intelligence (ELINT) systems." t.me/VBiblioteka/17…Image
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2/ "However, a drone remains a physical object. It can be detected using passive radar techniques based on SDR receivers—which leverage ambient radio illumination from DVB-T, GSM, or LTE towers—as well as through the use of specialized short-range radars."
3/ "Under these conditions, the key tool for ID-ing is the analysis of micro-Doppler signatures. Traditional radar systems are unable to effectively distinguish small UAVs from birds due to their similar radar cross-sections (RCS)."
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Mar 30
1/ QUICK TAKE: a debate among Rus volunteers on how the country's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) "could have" developed - instead of the MOD creating the USF, they theorize Rus' National Guard/Interior Ministry-type forces or Iran's IRGC-type scenario. More info in the thread: t.me/chadayevru/4634Image
2/ "Who, exactly, said it was right to follow the path taken a little earlier by [the Ukrainian military]? Does this mean that unmanned forces had to be created within the Russian Ministry of Defense?"
3/ "After all, the Rus Ministry of Emergency Situations (FEMA-like organization once headed by Shoigu who became the DefMin) and the National Guard were once created from scratch. There has always been a Ministry of Internal Affairs; there is a Border Service within the FSB."
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Mar 25
1/ QUICK TAKE: Other Russian mil bloggers are echoing the points made in the quoted thread: "Drone warfare has ceased to be a mere "supplement" to artillery and reconnaissance; it has become the very medium of battle." t.me/barantchik/354… x.com/sambendett/sta…Image
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2/ "This is no longer a story about individual drones, but rather about how the front line has transformed into a zone under constant surveillance and constant fire—a place where any movement of vehicles, troop rotation, ammunition resupply..."
3/ "...or casualty evacuation is under threat. The share of combat losses attributable to drones surged from 10% in 2022 to 80% as early as 2025; the average time required for casevac in certain sectors has ballooned to over three days; and—according to enemy sources—ground robots alone executed more than 7,000 missions in January 2026."
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