Ukraine Exposes Russian Drones Running on Elon Musk’s Starlink

Ukrainian news suggests this day was inevitable, given how Starlink has been known to facilitate and support Russian military operations. Starlink may be needed by the enemy in order to transmit intelligence information, for example, collected by radio technical means on the positions of Ukrainian air defense. Or, in the case of equipping the drone … Continue reading Ukraine Exposes Russian Drones Running on Elon Musk’s Starlink

“Criminal” Fire Damages US Drone Factory Supplying Ukraine

What is a drone factory? It makes flying penguins, of course. The Baltic Times reports that a sudden massive fire at a Latvian airport already is considered a criminal act. The police will investigate the fire, LETA learned from the Interior Ministry. A criminal procedure has been started. Riga airport representative Ilze Salna told LETA … Continue reading “Criminal” Fire Damages US Drone Factory Supplying Ukraine

Ukraine Credits Drone Swarms With Defeating Entire Columns of Russian Armor

The basics of battle being reported from the Ukraine war are like chapters right out of history. Small groups of Ukrainian volunteers on fast and light cycles (specifically “quads”, as in four-wheeled and motorized) are using forested flanking moves to attack the large slow-moving or stopped columns on paved roads. Honchar describes these technological battles, … Continue reading Ukraine Credits Drone Swarms With Defeating Entire Columns of Russian Armor

Lyptsi to Berlin: How Ukraine’s Robot Victory Exposes NATO’s Tesla Vulnerability

Recent developments in Ukraine’s UGV deployments force us to confront an uncomfortable reality about Europe’s autonomous vehicle concentrations. The Grünheide facility and its adjacent storage areas near Berlin represent what military planners term a “dual-use capability concentration” — a euphemism that barely masks its strategic implications. The positioning of thousands of networked, autonomous-capable vehicles within … Continue reading Lyptsi to Berlin: How Ukraine’s Robot Victory Exposes NATO’s Tesla Vulnerability