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How Russia Learned to Adapt to Drone WarfareSamuel Bendett, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told me the creation of a dedicated Unmanned Systems Forces branch in late 2025 reflects th...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukrainian Midrange Drones Reshape the Battlefield by Targeting Russian Supply Lines“They’re ensuring that the Russians are constantly pressured along their supply logistics lines and that they are unable to supply certain parts of the front so that the situa...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russian Drone Makers Preparing for ‘Great War With NATO’The meeting is typically well-attended by Russian government officials, and all attendees are vetted by Russian security services, like the FSB, before they are able to go, Sa...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukraine Wants Robots To Fight Its Ground WarSamuel Bendett, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said Russian forces are fielding UGVs for logistics, casualty evacuation and combat roles, ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Why Russia Is Mobilizing Its Women for WarAccording to Samuel Bendett, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, the Russian military’s expanding drone forces are creating demand for a new ty...
By Samuel Bendett
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Sea Drones Emerge as Crucial Weapon to Counter China’s Power“They’re the kind of thing we need more of — distributed, survivable, relatively affordable systems that can help deny China the ability to use the seas around Taiwan and the ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Frustrating Israel, Fiber-Optic Killer Drone Technology Has Arrived in Southern Lebanon“Hezbollah is one of the most sophisticated non-state actors in the world. But when it comes to FPV’s drones, they’re learning themselves,” Samuel Bendett, a military analyst ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Inside the Ukrainian Deep-Strike Campaign That Has Moscow on the Back Foot“It’s bringing the war home in a way that it hasn’t been brought home before,” Samuel Bendett, a drone expert at the Center for Naval Analyses and an adjunct senior fellow at ...
By Samuel Bendett
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No Concerts. No Air Shows. No Tanks on Parade. Ukraine’s Drone-and-Missile Campaign Spooks Kremlin Planners“It's likely that many public events were canceled or scaled back because of the drone threat but in reality, it also done for other reasons, such as minimizing the appearance...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia Is Turning More of Its Shaheds Into Operator-Guided Drones That Can Hunt Moving Targets and Dodge DefensesSamuel Bendett, an expert on Russian drones with the Center for Naval Analyses and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Business Insider th...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia Is Arming Attack Drones with New Electronic Defenses to Fight off Ukrainian InterceptorsSamuel Bendett, a Russian drone expert and advisor with the Center for Naval Analyses, a US-based research organization, and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New A...
By Samuel Bendett
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How Ukraine Is Taking the Fight Back to Russia in CrimeaUkraine has continued to target the bridge and its supporting infrastructure. “Despite numerous Russian attempts to secure the peninsula-based assets, Ukrainian drones still m...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukraine Inks Defense Agreements with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, with UAE to Follow“Ukraine has been countering Shahed/Geran drones for years, [and] all features of this defense are of interest to the Gulf: identifying incoming drones (SIGINT/ELINT); sharing...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia’s New KVS Drone May Be Designed To Restore Reach In The FPV WarBy Samuel Bendett
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Russian Female Drone Pilots Flying Against The Wind Of Tradition“Russia’s traditional attitude towards the general role of women may preclude a wider acceptance of even professional drone pilots across the force,” Samuel Bendett, an expert...
By Samuel Bendett
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Iranian Drones Challenge Gulf’s Air Defenses
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Iran unleashed hundreds of drone strikes this weekend on Gulf Arab states, damaging U.S. bases and critical infrastructure and presenting a serious challenge to the Middle Eas...
By Samuel Bendett
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Iran Strike Marks First Time U.S. Used New One-Way Attack Drones in Combat
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As part of its wave of airstrikes against Iran this weekend, U.S. Central Command confirmed that it had launched its new low-cost kamikaze drones, the first time the weapons h...
By Samuel Bendett
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Starlink Shutdown: Musk Throws Russian Forces Into Chaos
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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
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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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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
