The Ukraine war has seen drones go from next frontier of parcel delivery to cutting edge of warfare technology, with the rapid development of AI set to accelerate things even faster.
on Tuesday night looked extremely suspect - the Kremlin is a fortress, with multiple layers of air and land defences, and a slow-speed UAV should never have made it through.
Regardless, the incident demonstrated the broad utility of drones, both as a weapon of destruction, and of deception.Why would Russia attack the Kremlin?As early as 1794, observation balloons were used as an aerial platform for gathering intelligence and spotting artillery, and in World War One, Royal Flying Corps aircraft took the opportunity to drop hand grenades on enemy trench positions.
Although the United States has the lead in high-end UAVs, the global leader in the mass market is China, and when coupled with the rapid advances in AI capability, UAVs look set to become a mass-market, high volume, cost-effective military capability.
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