In a 14-minute explainer, Anders Puck Nielsen discusses how “NATO has missed the drone revolution” youtu.be…. The R word is thrown around far too easily in military studies, just as it is in tech; however, Nielsen’s argument is no mere cliché. Drones don’t just supplement other military hardware. In the large quantities in which they now appear, they change the very nature of battle. Wars of movement are once again giving way to wars of attrition, albeit in new ways.

See also the short piece by Valerii Zaluzhnyi that Nielsen talks about in his video: “How drones, data, and AI transformed our military—and why the US must follow suit,” defenseone.com….

It seems western armies cannot afford any arrogance vis-à-vis Ukraine. They need to learn from that countryʼs armed forces, just as the latter will continue to benefit from our armaments.