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Samuel Bendett says, “This technology needs a lot of testing and evaluation, this technology needs a lot of iteration, [and] many times the technology isn’t ready.”

Dmitry Gorenburg says, "They tried something, it worked even better than they hoped, with the Moskva sinking," and then they said, 'Oh great! And let's build on that!' and they've been working on that for the last two years."

David Broyles says, “The thing that typically comes up is, ‘Why can’t I have a little clippy on my machine that says it looks like you’re writing an email, you might want to classify this paragraph.’ It sounds easy in theory. And given all the cool things that we’re continually seeing being developed on the large language model stuff, you’d think this would be a slam dunk. It turns out, it’s really hard.”

Samuel Bendett says, “We are at a point where we have achieved a certain parity between tactics, weapons, and systems. But this parity does not always hold for long.”

Samuel Bendett says, “I have seen both claims since the MoD wants to promote this as an AI-enabled wonder weapon.”

Samuel Bendett says, “Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started, the use of commercial quadcopters was fairly widespread in many conflicts around the world, including the Middle East.”

The following CNA authors published an article based on research using CNA's Simulation Applications for Forecasting Effective Responses in Corrections, SAFER-C™, agent-based model:  Rebekah Yang, Tammy Felix, James Coldren, and Scott Decker. 

The following CNA authors published an article based on research using CNA's Simulation Applications for Forecasting Effective Responses in Corrections, SAFER-C™, agent-based model:  Rebekah Yang, Tammy Felix, James Coldren, and Scott Decker. 

Samuel Bendett says, "An AK-47 is almost 70 years old at this point, and has changed little. Simple submachine or machine guns have remain unchanged as well, like the M2 Browning still in use."

Samuel Bendett says, “Ukraine is not done for, but the ideas coming from on top, the military leadership, indicates that Ukraine needs to adapt to a very different approach to combating Russia, especially given the situation it finds itself in with the relatively stable stalemate. “

Samuel Bendett says that both Moscow and Kyiv are racing to find ways of operating their own drones during harsh weather conditions, like wind and sleet.

Ken Gause says, "If the Russians could actually accelerate the timeline" for North Korea to enhance its nuclear missile capabilities to target the U.S. and "hold U.S. cities hostage with their weapons," then the United States would feel it necessary to "deal with the situation."

Samuel Bendett says, “Rather than investing in more expensive combat capabilities, this shows it is cheaper to buy a drone and hope it either hits something or your enemy expends resources shooting it down.”

Samuel Bendett says that more fighting is taking place at night as more and more drones enter the fight.

Dmitry Gorenburg says that since Russia moved its warships further east, Ukraine’s air defenses now have more room to intercept sea-launched missiles targeting its cities and infrastructure.

Samuel Bendett says, "The recipe for a breakthrough is extremely simple. Increase the number of FPV drones by 4 times and concentrate them on a small area of the front. After the supplies and deliveries stop in a week, it will be simply possible to pick off the tired soldiers without much difficulty. And most importantly, to implement such a scenario, very small financial and time investments are needed."