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Mar 7 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
Capt. Malakhov, commander of special-forces battalion in Lyman said that rather than sticking to Soviet playbook that led RU troops to series of defeats early on in war, they are now finding weakest point of #Ukrainians & focus there, probing enemy lines.
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…
2. He stated that #Russia's shelling appears to be growing more accurate, something he believes could be a result of captured Ukrainian artillery officers being forced to show Russians how to use specially designed targeting apps.
3. Can't help but wonder have #NATO/allies shared too much over the past year? Too much information about their ambitions, too much about what equipment they are sending, their battle tactics and what they believe UKR troops should be doing that Russia noticed and applies this

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Feb 20
🧵First #IDEX2023 coverage: Counter-drone manufacturers say they are increasingly miniaturizing & simplifying systems to meet rising demand for man-portable weapons, as recent conflicts have emphasized importance of mobile capabilities. But this is risky:
defensenews.com/unmanned/2023/…
2. Warren Brown, Fortem Technology VP of Marketing explains that the purpose & ways portable drones interceptors are used today have changed over the last decade "Historically, security detail & protection of major events, key infrastructure has been focused on fixed solutions."
3. More recent conflicts in the Middle East and #Ukraine have shifted the focus to ‘on-the-move’ systems that provide advanced radar detection capabilities, ease of deployment and portability, low overall cost of operation as well as low per-use cost,” he said.
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Feb 14
🧵Loved working on this one - The widespread use of #Starlink by Ukrainian troops in defending against Russia is accelerating development of drone warfare, according to experts. Here are the benefits, risks & legal challenges of its militarization:
c4isrnet.com/battlefield-te…
2. While SpaceX likely never ruled out potential military use, it was not a case they emphasized. Today, there's no question that Starlink’s prominence in #Ukraine war has militaries all over the world considering & looking to make greater use of it.
3. Currently, Starlink antennas are too large/too heavy for small drones. However, there has been momentum from the defense industry to experiment. In Nov. #Canadian company RDARS, announced that it had successfully integrated Starlink equipment to its Eagle Nest ground station.
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Feb 12
1/ Even as a defense reporter, I'll be the first one to admit that I have SO many questions and confusion regarding this “an unidentified object” shot down above Canada on Saturday Feb 11.
2. To summarize what is known at this point (from what I have gathered): #Canada incident was a small, cylindrical object smaller than the balloon shot down above Alaska. Was it a balloon? Wall Street Journal reported that it was a small metallic balloon with a tethered payload
3. One confusing statements I came across was by an official to the Washington Post: “All of the objects are similar in certain ways and then dramatically different in certain ways. What we don’t yet understand is what sorts of technology are in there.”
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Jan 14
🧵One of the most fascinating topics I've reported on: Unmanned technologies (both UUVs and UAVs) could offer the West an opening to catch up with #Russia, bogged down in Ukraine, in establishing a foothold in the warming #Arctic, according to experts.
defensenews.com/global/europe/…
2. The West is fairly late to the game against #Russia’s long-standing presence in the region (key to its national security and economic development), where experts agree it has succeeded in maintaining military superiority over the last decade.
3. The Kremlin has secured its #Arctic military capability primarily by banking on a “superior number of ice-breakers, its pioneering of Arctic-capable military drones, upgrading off-shore bases, missiles, runways and radar systems,” says @DrJamesRogers.
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Jan 13
🧵Don't send the fighter jets: I speak to drone experts & Hanwha Defense to make sense of the reasons behind #SouthKorea's failure to shoot down the North's drones on Dec 26. and what it must do to ensure this doesn't happen again. Latest for @defense_news
defensenews.com/unmanned/2023/…
2. While it’s unlikely the South’s military was unaware of NK drone development efforts, the “sophistication of the systems as well as their ability to swarm and evade detection” did come as a surprise, said Ken Gause from the US-based Center for Naval Analyses.
3. Gause said that this suggests “NK has benefitted from outside technology, potentially from Russia or Iran.” @David_Hambling also noted that #Russia’s use of Iranian drones against UKR “is likely to encourage NK to 📈 efforts in this direction, posing an asymmetric threat."
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Jan 13
🧵Weeks ago I set out on the quest to find out concretely what European states are doing to restock national ammo stocks in the face of growing shortages. Here are 4 trends that emerged from Czech R, Norway, UK, Germany, France, Romania, Slovakia & Poland
shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfa…
2. Based on interviews/research: states have opted to 1) hire more workers to increase production levels of national factories and overall workforce; 2) are placing long-term orders to European ammo producers to expand their production capability; 3) adding manufacturing lines.
3. Amongst the ones to have opted for the 1st option is #Czech Republic, who announced recently that it would be welcoming “thousands” of #Ukrainian experts and workers into the country to raise manufacturing speed and military capacity.
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