At least half of NATO’s 32 allies have committed to buy American weapons for Ukraine and 19 total member states expressed readiness to provide Kyiv with military assistance at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels on 15 October. At the meeting, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came outContinue Reading
Russians are known for trying to jam up Ukrainian air defenses with decoy drones, but the Ukrainians are using the same tricks against their invaders. Russian Telegram channel Dva Maiora (Two Majors) on 5 October posted pictures of what appears to be a grounded, fixed-wing UAV, claiming it was discoveredContinue Reading
Key points Ukraine’s brigades each have their own “battlefield lab” to conduct R&D in partnership with drone developers This approach is done out of necessity, as Ukraine lacks the capacity for timely, centralized R&D This allows units to stay agile in response to the changing battlefield, but Ukraine as aContinue Reading