George Barros
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And there's a coherent table of equipment for how many ATVs, how many buggies, how many motorcycles should these tactical units have? And the concept of operations is this, Mike. Because a armored personnel carrier has a big signature and it moves relatively slowly than a drone, it's an easy target for a drone.
And there's a coherent table of equipment for how many ATVs, how many buggies, how many motorcycles should these tactical units have? And the concept of operations is this, Mike. Because a armored personnel carrier has a big signature and it moves relatively slowly than a drone, it's an easy target for a drone.
And there's a coherent table of equipment for how many ATVs, how many buggies, how many motorcycles should these tactical units have? And the concept of operations is this, Mike. Because a armored personnel carrier has a big signature and it moves relatively slowly than a drone, it's an easy target for a drone.
But if you could put a guy on a motorcycle, with two guys on a motorcycle, and if they can blitz a line very quickly, if they can simply get to a glintage or a field fortification, like a trench or something, then there's about a 50-50 chance that those Russian infantrymen can take the trench.
But if you could put a guy on a motorcycle, with two guys on a motorcycle, and if they can blitz a line very quickly, if they can simply get to a glintage or a field fortification, like a trench or something, then there's about a 50-50 chance that those Russian infantrymen can take the trench.
But if you could put a guy on a motorcycle, with two guys on a motorcycle, and if they can blitz a line very quickly, if they can simply get to a glintage or a field fortification, like a trench or something, then there's about a 50-50 chance that those Russian infantrymen can take the trench.
And so, what they're doing now is they're trying to use vehicles that enable less protection, but more speed to carry a fewer number of people, but in a dispersed manner. That is the Russian tactical innovation, which is interesting. Mixed success rate, but it's the bleeding edge.
And so, what they're doing now is they're trying to use vehicles that enable less protection, but more speed to carry a fewer number of people, but in a dispersed manner. That is the Russian tactical innovation, which is interesting. Mixed success rate, but it's the bleeding edge.
And so, what they're doing now is they're trying to use vehicles that enable less protection, but more speed to carry a fewer number of people, but in a dispersed manner. That is the Russian tactical innovation, which is interesting. Mixed success rate, but it's the bleeding edge.
And then for the Ukrainian side, for their own tactical innovations, they are currently working on how to have machine vision for drones. how to have it so that you no longer need to have a physical pilot that will take out the enemy vehicles and enemy targets.
And then for the Ukrainian side, for their own tactical innovations, they are currently working on how to have machine vision for drones. how to have it so that you no longer need to have a physical pilot that will take out the enemy vehicles and enemy targets.
And then for the Ukrainian side, for their own tactical innovations, they are currently working on how to have machine vision for drones. how to have it so that you no longer need to have a physical pilot that will take out the enemy vehicles and enemy targets.
They're working to develop drones that are trained on AI models so that they can identify, hey, this is what an enemy tank looks like, this is what an enemy vehicle looks like, and then have a drone in the terminal phase take out the enemy object. This already actually exists in part for drones in air defense. This is not just land warfare.
They're working to develop drones that are trained on AI models so that they can identify, hey, this is what an enemy tank looks like, this is what an enemy vehicle looks like, and then have a drone in the terminal phase take out the enemy object. This already actually exists in part for drones in air defense. This is not just land warfare.
They're working to develop drones that are trained on AI models so that they can identify, hey, this is what an enemy tank looks like, this is what an enemy vehicle looks like, and then have a drone in the terminal phase take out the enemy object. This already actually exists in part for drones in air defense. This is not just land warfare.
The Ukrainians are using quadcopter drone interceptors with light payloads to intercept Iranian Shahed drones that the Russians use to strike across Ukraine every night. And they've gotten to it by putting specialized sensors on these drones. They're able to have the drones partially lock onto the Iranian one-way attack drones, and then a
The Ukrainians are using quadcopter drone interceptors with light payloads to intercept Iranian Shahed drones that the Russians use to strike across Ukraine every night. And they've gotten to it by putting specialized sensors on these drones. They're able to have the drones partially lock onto the Iranian one-way attack drones, and then a
The Ukrainians are using quadcopter drone interceptors with light payloads to intercept Iranian Shahed drones that the Russians use to strike across Ukraine every night. And they've gotten to it by putting specialized sensors on these drones. They're able to have the drones partially lock onto the Iranian one-way attack drones, and then a
FPV drone pilot being assisted by an automated radar will help guide the drone interceptor to take out the drone. That's very interesting because you're now in a place where you can take out an Iranian with a relatively cheap Ukrainian drone as opposed to a very expensive shoulder launch missile like an Igla or a Stinger or an even more expensive Patriot interceptor. So that's really fascinating.
FPV drone pilot being assisted by an automated radar will help guide the drone interceptor to take out the drone. That's very interesting because you're now in a place where you can take out an Iranian with a relatively cheap Ukrainian drone as opposed to a very expensive shoulder launch missile like an Igla or a Stinger or an even more expensive Patriot interceptor. So that's really fascinating.