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Russia Says It Will Fast-Track Testing of Tank-Killing Robot in Ukraine
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Currently, there are just five Markers in existence, and according to Rogozin, four of them are being sent to the Donbas region of Ukraine. “What’s interesting is that Marker...
By Samuel Bendett
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Mass-Market Military Drones Have Changed the Way Wars Are Fought
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By 2016, ISIS had modified DJI Phantom quadcopters to drop grenades. These weapons joined the arsenal of scratch-built ISIS drones, using parts that investigators with Conflic...
By Samuel Bendett
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Bargain Basement Bombers: Ukraine’s Homemade Drones Hit Russian Forces
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Samuel Bendett, an expert Russian drones and adviser to both the CNA and CNAS, told me that in addition to flying commercial quadcopters, both sides are building drones. “Russ...
By Samuel Bendett
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All-Out Drone War in Ukraine Points to Future
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But the degree to which they are being used by both sides in Ukraine -- and the benefits they bring, as well as the threats they pose -- highlights the importance for militari...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukraine Suicide Drone Closer to Induction by Year’s-End
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Citing drone expert Samuel Bendett, Forbes wrote that Ukraine has only a handful of Swifts left, limiting their further use. However, he added that the introduction of the new...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia’s Story on the Mysterious Explosions That Rocked Bases Housing Strategic Bombers Acknowledges a Glaring Weakness
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Russia's story in the wake of mysterious explosions at two air bases acknowledges an embarrassing weakness in its ability to defend its military installations. It argued that ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia's Deadliest Drones Not Designed for Winter Cold, Ukraine Claims
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Samuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that the Tachyon is adve...
By Samuel Bendett
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A Drone Made Out of Sticks? In the UAV Space, Anything Flies.
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The drone is a reminder that such devices can actually be pretty simple. “I think the biggest benefit of this design is that once key materials are available – a battery, a re...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russian Videos Reveal New Details Of Its Loitering Munitions
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Back in July we reported that Russia urgently needed more loitering munitions for battlefield use. While the larger Shahed-136 kamikaze drones supplied by Iran are mainly targ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Not Even State Media Believes Kremlin Claims That a Russia-Only Internet Is Ready to Go
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A series of late 2019 tests caused slowdowns and service disruptions, reported Meduza, an independent Russia-language news site. Even CNews acknowledged that the results “were...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russian Forces Unprepared to Protect against Drones, Lack Adequate Command and Control, Panel Says
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Samuel Bendett said recent sea drone and unmanned aerial system swarm attacks have the potential to seize “the show going forward.” He added that buying commercial drones – pa...
By Samuel Bendett
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Iranian Kamikaze Drones: An Economical Solution for Russia Instead of Cruise Missiles
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But analysts speculate that the main reason for Russia using them now to attack cities like Kyiv is that the fighting has gone on for much longer than Russia or Putin ever ant...
By Samuel Bendett
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Hundreds of Russia’s Top Software Developers May Have Left the Country
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By the same token, the loss of so many tech workers could be a significant blow to Russia’s long-term prospects. “Their permanent departure from the Russian labour pool or fro...
By Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Has Viewed Wreckage of Kamikaze Drones Russia Used in Ukraine
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The drones pose a significant problem, analysts say. Many defensive systems capable of defeating them are costly, designed mostly for bigger threats like jets and helicopters,...
By Samuel Bendett
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Explainer: Killer Drones Vie for Supremacy over Ukraine
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According to the Ukrainian online publication Defense Express, which cites Iranian data, the delta-wing Shahed is 3.5 meters (11½ feet) long, 2.5 meters (8 feet, 3 inches) wid...
By Samuel Bendett
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Here’s What We Know about Why Russia Is Reportedly Using ‘Kamikaze’ Drones, and Where They Are Using Them
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The incessant buzzing of the propeller-driven Geran-2 drones — dubbed "mopeds" and "lawnmowers" by combatants — can induce terror for anyone under its flight path because no o...
By Samuel Bendett
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What to Know about the Iranian Kamikaze Drones Russia Is Using to Attack Ukraine
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Iran’s government has denied it is supplying drones to Russia to use in Ukraine but their deployment has already been widely documented since September. Ukrainian troops regul...
By Samuel Bendett
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What Are Kamikaze Drones? Here’s How Russia and Ukraine Are Using Them
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Unlike many other attack drones, they do not use weapons to destroy their targets. They are the weapon. The kamikaze drones used by Russia are believed to be imported from Ira...
By Samuel Bendett
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Drone Boats Are Joining the Ukraine War. But Will They Matter?
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Samuel Bendett, a member of the Center for Naval Analyses’ Russia Studies Program and an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, is curious to see whether Uk...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia-Ukraine war: Algeria could face weapons crisis due to conflict, say analysts
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Russian weapons sales to Algeria are likely to fall as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, but the North African country is so heavily reliant on Moscow for its military hard...
By Samuel Bendett
