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Samuel Bendett says that Ukraine dominated FPV manufacturing earlier this year, but Russia has since expanded its own programs and sent large numbers of the unmanned vehicles to the front lines.

: Samuel Bendett says, “A drone’s connection to its operator “is a major vulnerability point, since it can be affected by E.W.”

Samuel Bendett says that Iran will likely be taking notes on how its drones are used on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Samuel Bendett says, “The situation has indeed become way more static now than in the spring and as Ukraine’s themselves have admitted as the Ukrainian military officials have admitted there is a stalemate and now we can say it publicly.”

Samuel Bendett says, “The Russians are intent on making Ukraine pay for the past two years. They are throwing a lot of soldiers, a lot of weapons, a lot of systems, especially land systems at the Ukrainians.”

Samuel Bendett says, “Autel drones are used both in combat and in training by both sides. In fact, Ukraine recently made a very large Autel drone purchase. It’s likely that DJI drones are still preferred, but Autel quadcopters are still highly valued.”

Samuel Bendett says that the shells resembled mortar rounds.”

Samuel Bendett says that it is better [for Ukraine] to use long-range drones to target Russian military sites, such as the main drone-production facility at Yelabuga. Ukraine now appears to be taking this approach: it recently attacked the Smolensk Aviation Plant, which makes Kh-59 cruise missiles.

Samuel Bendett says that the ease of producing the Bekas at scale — the factory claims to have spawned eight copycats — boosts Russia’s arsenal of kamikaze loitering drones significantly. “All of this obviously adds up.”

Samuel Bendett says, “There will be a huge demand for loitering munitions on the arms market starting next year.”