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New Report: Ukraine Drone Losses Are ‘10,000 Per Month’ (web.archive.org)
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As Watling himself puts it: “Unhardened UAVs are disposable tools like munitions and get consumed very rapidly. You need them in your force and you need them to be cheap.”

For decades, Western armies have relied on a few expensive, 'exquisite' high-tech platforms, and that includes drones. This conflict of disposable drones may lead to a radical change in military procurement towards the many and the cheap.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

RUSI? Tried to look them up to see if theysharee more than just letters with Russia. Found this great assessment from 2019 UK would be 'outgunned' in Russia conflict - think-tank

So if not biased just incompetent?