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Samuel Bendett

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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.

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..."

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."

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."

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."

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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Samuel Bendett

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Mar 13

1/ QUICK TAKE by a Russian mil blogger on retaking the Kursk region and Sudzha, and the role of UAVs and drones in "isolating the battlefield". The TG post is obviously subjective, so usual caveats apply - translation in this short thread below. t.me/rusengineer/67…

2/ "Our troops began moving towards the village of Novenkoye. And then video footage appeared from the Sumy-Sudzha highway, with a bunch of burnt (Ukr) equipment. Then the information field exploded with Operation Truba... The heroic actions of our soldiers made it possible to significantly influence the resilience of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

3/ "Thus, to summarize, it can be said that the Russian army has mastered a tactical technique of "isolating the battlefield" by modern means in modern conditions. With the help of drones, the supply of the Ukrainian Forces was cut off, and they had no options but to retreat."

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Samuel Bendett

@sambendett

Feb 20

1/ THREAD on recent Russian assault tactics - assault teams now bring FPVs with them to launch at the shortest distance possible at targets: "To achieve an effect similar to suppression by artillery fire (almost continuous explosions on the defending enemy's position)..." t.me/unfair_advanta…

2/ "...preventing them from emerging from cover to fire at the attackers), the following method that has become standard for many is used: Assault infantry, moving to the initial position to carry out an attack, lays out on the ground (roofs of buildings, roads) their FPV drones and turns them on."

3/ "The drones are laid out in places that are most appropriate from the point of view of subsequent support for the attack. This allows the drone takeoff sites to be brought closer to the enemy's position, which reduces their flight time."

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Samuel Bendett

@sambendett

Feb 20

1/ THREAD: A Russian mil blogger on tracking fiber-optic cable back to drone operators to take our UAV crews: "The Ukr tracks our UAV crew operating on fiber-optics by the light and reflection of the fiber optic cable. There is a video and it's not clear if they hit the crew." t.me/filatovcorr/46…

2/ "In any case, an analog FPV kamikaze is flying (at their position), which means there must be video interception systems. At least to warn of danger. In their videos, the Ukrainian Forces admit that the Russians have few video interception systems."

3/ "Video 2. Our soldiers film fiber optic threads in the field, demonstrating the number of arrivals of this type of UAV. The first video, from the enemy side, confirms my hypothesis that a fiber optic drone can be tracked by the thread it leaves behind, just as I once tracked an enemy ATGM near Avdiivka." t.me/filatovcorr/46…

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Samuel Bendett

@sambendett

Feb 18

1/ QUICK TAKE from a Russian mil blogger on the importance of domestic microelectronics and "military IT" that Russian generals still don't get: "It is important to understand that technical progress today is driven..." t.me/filatovcorr/46…

2/ "...not only by the military mega-corporations, but also by the small civilian sector... Or rather, the rapidly growing microelectronics sector. Civilian electronics can carry so much computing power with relatively low energy consumption, that if you..."

3/ "...write target recognition and capture systems, you can "rivet" as many of these systems in the garage as you like. And a projectile from an RPG or flamethrower screwed to a civilian FPV is equal in power to the ATGM, only much more maneuverable."

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Samuel Bendett

@sambendett

Feb 8

1/ QUICK THREAD - an account of the Ukrainian UGV-UAV combined assault on Russian positions in December 2024: "The mission itself involved complex logistics and communications requirements. No drone swarm technology was used..." counteroffensive.news/p/the-first-ev…

2/ "...which meant that each individual drone was piloted by an individual pilot. Less than 100 soldiers were involved in the operation, including pilots, logisticians, planners and support staff – all to launch an assault of around 30 drones."

3/ "About a half a dozen kamikaze and machine-gun-mounted ground drones were used. Also involved in the assault were several FPVs, including one with a mounted assault rifle. Large quadcopter drones dropped munitions..."

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Samuel Bendett

@sambendett

Feb 1

1/ QUICK TAKE from a Russian military blogger on counter-UAV issues/problems: "The general principles of armed struggle have not really changed much - in this case the functionality of classical manned frontline aviation has largely "migrated" to small unmanned aircraft systems.

2/ "The organization of a systemic struggle for dominance in the "lower skies" in our current circumstances obviously stumbles not only on the significant shortage of normal material resources and trained human resources (although, of course, this factor plays a huge role)."

3/ "Perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't see that the very need to organize such a struggle has been clearly reflected by the (Rus) military leadership. Accordingly, there is no clearly defined task for its organization with an understanding and development of ways to accomplish this task."

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