Analysis of military robotics, drones/UAVs, AI and Russian military weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS.
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2/ the most interesting characteristic of the system... is that until the moment of target identification, the drone is also vulnerable to electronic warfare on its control channels. Therefore, there is no absolute and ultimate solution against electronic warfare yet..."
2/ "I will now say something for which hundreds of influential and high-status people in our country may be offended. But I will still say it. Not in order to humiliate someone, but so that we as a society learn this terrible lesson. Do you know what unites all the leaders...?"
2/ At #AUSA2024
2/ "In our tactical contour of medium observation UAVs (Zala, Orlan, etc.) and strike UAVs like Kub and Lancet. Lancets are expensive and there are few of them, so the authorities give the go-ahead to destroy only "fat" targets. I will keep quiet about Kub..."
2/ "Accordingly, the "gray zone" will grow, and mortar crews and enemy logistics will often be in the area of active drone use. Second, practice has shown that a drone should work "out of the box": fixing it right there in the trenches is extremely difficult..."
2/ ...trends in the development of electronic warfare systems and FPV-type strike multicopter UAVs; tactical experiments as a refection of limited combat experience; studying Ukraine's experience in managing the "Drone Army"; myths and misconceptions about swarms; and a view from abroad at the SVO: visible problems, proposed solutions.
2/ "It so happened that in recent years I (Aleksey Rogozin) have been communicating daily with both private developers - startups, small design bureaus and inventors - and with the heads of Russia's large industrial enterprises supplying products under the state defense order."
2/ "Many problems of a military and political nature are directly related to the cult of the Great Patriotic War (WW2). About 20s ago... I would not have said this, but now, from the height of my current experience, it is obvious."
2/ "...for the step-by-step advancement of his armored columns under his own EW coverage, while perfectly understanding that our drones in this direction would be few in numbers. Second, he did what we had only planned (but not executed)..."
2/ ...also run for just 3 days rather than a week-long expo in years past. Unsurprisingly, ARMY-2024's main topic will be the war in Ukraine and technologies and systems deployed there or developed for this invasion. The Aug 12-14 forum will also feature volunteer R&D. 
2/ ...RIA edited the original article so that he was quoted saying that the "number of FPV drones on the line of contact has sharply increased to 4000 per day" (see screenshots above). Russia's Lenta media outlet did not help either - it has him saying that every day, "4,000 FPV drones are delivered to the front in response to the wish of one of the soldiers to have a certain number of drones in each detachment."
2/ "For example, now UAVs are flying higher than before, and they are difficult to land. Countering drones is always reactive, not proactive. In terms of counteraction, the future lies with kinetic methods of destruction."
2/ "...Ukrainian forces are establishing a connection between UAVs, communications and electronic warfare; they have a unified management system, applied tactics and gains from experience; and they strive to get maximum effect on the battlefield from using cheap weapons."
2/ "They work with UAVs systematically, and understand very well that drones are a cheap way to win a war. We realized this later on as well. That’s why we created our own schools, where we train drone operators, who, after completing the training..."