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Human conscription flagging? Learn the term ‘attritible drone’

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the war there has been impacted by relatively expendable (“attritable” in military jargon), cheap drones and a rapidly growing roster of unmanned and robotic systems. Collectively, these technologies are redefining how military forces can wage modern warfare.

With each side in this war rushing to secure a technological advantage, the Ukrainian battlefield istransforming into a clash between conventional forces that are both backed by growing numbers of autonomous and remote-controlled systems. Each adversary has steadily poured more and more resources into developing this technology, bidding to be a step ahead of the other.

Ukraine’s battlefield experience reflects a shift toward unmanned systems that augment or attempt to replace human operators in the most dangerous missions, and against an enemy willing to send more and more manpower into large-scale frontal assaults.

After so many autonomous and robotic systems were fielded over the past three years by Kyiv’s forces, Ukrainian officials started to describe their country as a “war lab for the future” – highlighting for allies and partners that, because these technologies will have a significant impact on warfare going forward, combat in Ukraine offers the best environment for continuous testing, evaluation and refinement of such systems.

Many companies across Europe and the United States have tested their drones and other systems in Ukraine. At this point in the conflict, those companies are striving to gain “battle-tested in Ukraine” credentials for their products.

For example, US defense tech company Anduril recently started selling its new autonomous drones after successful tests carried out in Ukraine

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