Innovations in Combat - Drone Activity in the Russo-Ukrainian War - Seapower Conversations

The Naval Warfare Studies Institute presents the latest in their series of Seapower Conversations highlighting innovations in combat demonstrated on the battlefield during the Russo-Ukrainian War, providing officers and faculty with insights into how warfighting concepts and capabilities are evolving in the 21st century.
In this presentation, Dr. Don Brutzman, Associate Professor of Information Sciences, Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation (MOVES) Institute, discusses the successes and failures with the use of autonomous systems in the Russo-Ukrainian War, as well as the opportunities for NPS to capitalize on lessons learned and advance U.S. capabilities in unmanned systems.
This presentation was captured on Dec. 5, 2023.
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The biggest change I have noted is "cutting of the cord" or not having to plug in anything anymore that is battery powered. Given how tight the confines of offending agressing by Russia still deep inside Ukraine in fact is the effectiveness of such "free range weapons" which may not even require an internal combustion engine anymore hard to overstate that as a huge deal ("long Lance torpedo.") In other words distances of travel for combat operations in Ukraine remain only a few miles. If Ukraine has the ability to counter that by even if only one way 50 miles the effect upon the entire Putin Russia effort would be devastating. Picture a Tesla Cybertruck full load out with a range of 100 miles whilst towing good luck trying to reign that in!