NATO learns as Ukraine's 'creativity' changes battlefield

Monday, June 09, 2025

Ukraine's "creativity", including its massive "Spider's web" drone attack deep inside Russia, holds profound lessons for Western militaries, the top NATO commander overseeing battlefield innovation told AFP.

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... "What the Ukrainians did in Russia was a Trojan horse " and the trojan horse was thousands of years ago," French Admiral Pierre Vandier, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, said in an interview.

"Today, we see this kind of tactic being reinvented by technical and industrial creativity."

Vandier said the operation showed how crucial innovation and adaptation were for victory, as modern warfare changes at lightning speed.

"It was a real coup." ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-09 01:39 AM | Reply

Drones, like cyber, are the next warfare.

imo.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-09 02:10 AM | Reply

Drones, like cyber, are the next warfare. imo.
#2 | Posted by LampLighter

Yeah, nuts how quickly they've rendered tanks into a liability. And now they have 12+ mile fiber optic cables, rendering electronic jamming a non-concern. Troops responding by carrying scissors to clip the wires. All of this to be further enhanced with onboard AI, which means no more humans needed to make those split-second calls.

Ukraine to Make 10 Million Air, Land, Sea Drones a Year
At the forefront of combat drone technology and production, Ukraine's UAVs account for 80% of battlefield engagements " and total number will soon grow significantly, says Kyiv.
www.kyivpost.com

Imagine hundreds of millions, or a couple billion, of autonomous drones setting off China's invasion of Taiwan.

#3 | Posted by censored at 2025-06-09 07:14 AM | Reply