Dear MEL Topic Readers,
How Russia’s drone attacks have reshaped the war in Ukraine: An
illustrated guide
A little over a century ago, World War I saw widespread use of new
technologies like poison gas, tanks, submarines, and airplanes, which dramatically
changed warfare. A few decades later, in World War II, radar, aircraft
carriers, and the atomic bomb appeared. In the following decades during the
Cold War, nuclear weapons, intercontinental ballistic missiles, jet aircraft, nuclear-powered
warships, and satellites were introduced, followed by GPS, guided missiles, countermissile
systems, and stealth aircraft in and after the Persian War. Then the world has witnessed
an extensive use of attack and reconnaissance drones since Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine in 2022. These unmanned, remotely controlled or autonomous vehicles have
significantly lowered the cost and casualty of war, both for attacks and
counter-attacks. For example, an autonomous attack drone can be produced at
just a few thousand dollars while a Patriot interceptor missile costs over
three million dollars. Russia has been launching hundreds of such drones per
night to attack Ukraine’s military, infrastructure, and town buildings, which obliterate
civilian morale. As technologies and counter technologies are advancing rapidly
and becoming less costly in warfare, the world is soon likely to see AI-operated
unmanned aerial vehicles flying in war zones. Then, when will we see laser
weapons and attack robots in war like in scientific movies?
Read the article and learn how drones are being used in the war in
Ukraine.
https://edition.cnn.com/world/russia-drone-attacks-ukraine-war-intl-vis
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