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Ukrainian Drone Swarms Are Overwhelming Moscow’s Air Defenses: Ukraine fired more than 350 drones at the Russian capital, starting on Sunday night, most of which were shot down by air defenses. This was the second consecutive night of massive drone swarms against Moscow.

Russia’s defense ministry claims to have shot down 926 drones in just the past day, as the Ukrainian military has brought increasing pressure on the air defenses of Moscow and other large cities, overwhelming them with sheer numbers.

Sukhoi Su-34 Heading Into the Sky. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

A new contract from the UK Ministry of Defence will see 60,000 British soldiers trained each year using AI and advanced analytics.

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Early in his historic baseball career, Ted Williams lost three full years while serving in the military during World War II.
Williams joined the United States Naval Reserve in 1942. Given a chance to fulfill his commitment by playing on a service baseball team, Williams declined. The well-known athlete didn’t want any special treatment from the military. He studied to become a pilot and was commissioned as a Marine Corps second lieutenant in 1944.

Unmanned aerial systems or drones have become the driving force behind military strategy. They’ve offered cheap alternatives to costly weapons systems, drained interceptor stockpiles and proven to be a powerful force multiplier on the battlefield. But the Department of Defense’s lead task force on drones says they aren’t a “silver bullet” when it comes to war. And now it put out what it called a “practical handbook” on how drones are used in warfare and how they can be deterred.

The United States and Iran spent the weekend striking each other over the Strait of Hormuz, with hundreds of targets hit inside Iran and Iranian missiles and drones answering against American bases across six Gulf states. The ceasefire is dead, oil is climbing, and the war has settled into a contest neither side can sustain indefinitely. Iran’s collapsing economy cannot survive long without oil revenue, and the American military is burning through interceptors it cannot quickly replace while its allies absorb an oil shock.

Brent D. Sadler, The National Interest
The strategic significance of the Arabian Sea and the South China Sea is not always served by the current structure of regional commands.

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Sean Andrews, The Strategist (ASPI)
At sea, drones are disruptive, but they are not decisive.

Daniel Terrill, Army Times
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