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Starlink Shutdown: Musk Throws Russian Forces Into Chaos
In The News
The Russian invasion force is in disarray following the deactivation of its Starlink satellite communications. Meanwhile Ukrainians are rushing to get their terminals whitelis...
By Samuel Bendett
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2025 Proved the Case for Drone Defense
In The News
As mass-produced strike and FPV drones reshape battlefields from Ukraine to the Red Sea, the United States is scrambling to bend the cost curve, scale affordable interceptors,...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Campaign Against Russia’s Shadow Fleet Goes GlobalUkraine has struck a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea, signaling a significant expansion of Kyiv’s long-range maritime campaign against Moscow’s sanc...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
How Ukraine Became the World’s Most Recorded War—and a Laboratory for AI-Driven CombatSamuel Bendett, CNAS adjunct senior fellow, is a leading analyst of Russian military technology, with a focus on drones, robotic and autonomous systems, and artificial intelli...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Inside Zelensky’s “Mega-Drone Deal” with the U.S.Often lost in the Trump administration's on-again, off-again offer to deliver Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine is the proposed deal that would see Kyiv supply military technology ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Drone War over the Black Sea Is Heating UpUkraine has turned to drones and asymmetrical warfare to counter Russia’s superior firepower, but nowhere has this strategy been more effective than in the Black Sea....
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Behind Russia’s Battlefield Drone Surge in Ukraine? Chinese Factories.China has materially helped Russia gain a key battlefield advantage in its grinding war against Ukraine, dramatically increasing exports over the summer of key components need...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Sea Drones Are Now Launching Unjammable Fiber-Optic DronesA new kind of Ukrainian sea drone may be accelerating the evolution of naval warfare....
By Samuel Bendett
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Exclusive: Chinese Drone Experts Worked with Sanctioned Russian Arms Maker, Sources SayChinese drone experts have flown to Russia to conduct technical development work on military drones at a state-owned weapons manufacturer that is under Western sanctions, acco...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Ukraine War Accelerates the International Drone Arms RaceRussian drones entered Polish airspace early on Wednesday, leading NATO aircraft to shoot them down. This incident was the first time that NATO forces had to directly engage R...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Is NATO Prepared for Autonomous Warfare?In a clear sign of the Kremlin’s ambitions, nineteen Russian drones crossed into Poland’s airspace in an attempt to test NATO’s resolve. Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russian Drones Have Entered Several NATO Countries’ Airspace. Far More May Be Within Their RangeThe latest massive aerial attack on Ukraine hit a new milestone in the continuing escalation of Russian bombardments, after Poland announced that it had closed airports and do...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Ukrainian Soldiers Race To Transform The War With RoboticsIn an old Soviet-era warehouse just miles from the front in Donetsk Oblast, sparks fly from a welding torch as Ukrainian engineers crouch over the metal frame of a ground robo...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Ukraine Unveils New 'JET MAX' Bomber Drone: What To KnowUkrainian developers have unveiled a new "bomber drone" designed to target Russian soldiers and armored targets like tanks, according to local reports, as Moscow works to catc...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia-Ukraine Naval Drone Arms Race Could ‘Usher In a New Era of Warfare’After a string of devastating Ukrainian strikes that crippled much of its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is now turning to naval drones in a bid to rebuild its presence and adapt to ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Ukraine Bets Big on Interceptor Drones as Low-Cost Air Shieldhen President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said at the end of last month that Ukraine needs $6 billion to fund the production of interceptor drones, setting a target of 1,000 a day, he...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia’s Rocket-Powered Kamikaze Drones Are Now Hitting Kyiv — Here’s Everything We KnowRussian rocket-powered Shahed-type drones were used the massive aerial attack on Kyiv overnight on July 31, news outlet TSN reported, citing Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko....
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
How The Marine Corps Is Preparing For Drone Wars — And What’s MissingA new 1st Marine Division handbook shows how the Corps has modernized its thinking and is preparing to fight a drone war. It also reveals how far there is to go, not just in d...
By Samuel Bendett
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Military Experts Weigh In on China’s New Mosquito-Like Spy DroneLast month, China's National University of Defense Technology unveiled a new spy drone designed to look like a mosquito. Showcased on the state-run CCTV-7 military broadcaster...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia Is Ready to Begin Its Summer OffensiveVladimir Putin appears increasingly confident that Russia will ultimately prevail on the battlefield in Ukraine as Moscow wages a bloody summer offensive....
By Samuel Bendett
