Drones: Why Ukraine is Just the Start.
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00:00 Introduction
01:49 The first true drone war
04:38 Drone combat before 2022
07:55 The Five phases of the frontline
12:53 Defining Ukraine’s drone revolution
19:15 Contemporary/recent innovations
21:23 An anti-drone revolution?
23:50 Implications
Sources
Pre-Ukraine
https://icct.nl/publication/comparative-study-non-state-violent-drone-use-middle-east
https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/JEMEAA/Display/Article/2329510/the-revolution-in-drone-warfare-the-lessons-from-the-idlib-de-escalation-zone/
https://ctc.westpoint.edu/ctc-perspectives-the-islamic-states-drone-documents-management-acquisitions-and-diy-tradecraft/
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/01/drones-isis/134542/
https://archive.ph/yDYWf
https://www.mei.edu/publications/turning-tide-how-turkey-won-war-tripoli
https://jamestown.org/program/the-strategic-implications-of-chinese-uavs-insights-from-the-libyan-conflict/
https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/libya-use-lethal-autonomous-weapon-systems
Drones in the Nagorno-Karabakh War: Analyzing the Data
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/january/new-wrinkles-drone-warfare
https://www.csis.org/analysis/air-and-missile-war-nagorno-karabakh-lessons-future-strike-and-defense
https://archive.ph/NCk08
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/12/10/how-armed-drones-may-have-helped-turn-tide-in-ethiopia-conflict
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/world/africa/drones-ethiopia-war-turkey-emirates.html
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2024/03/05/horrific-civilian-toll-ethiopia-combat-drones-local-insurgencies
Ukraine
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/the-return-of-the-tactical-crisis/
https://archive.ph/mjtkI
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/no-return-to-1991-borders-former-ukraine-1747937054.html
https://www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2025/04/25/7509135/
https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2024/08/28/7472212/
https://archive.ph/kjmjI
https://kyivindependent.com/lacking-manpower-to-hold-back-russia-ukraine-turns-to-its-crack-drone-units/
https://kyivindependent.com/the-counteroffensive-inside-ukraines-historic-first-all-drone-assault-on-russian-positions/
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia-ukraine-drone-war-innovation-frontlines-and-beyond Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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