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Samuel Bendett says, “Of course, ISR recon remains the main role for drones in Ukraine. I don’t think we have reached the ceiling of sophistication.”

Steven Wills says it will need to return sometime soon if the Navy wants to keep to maintenance and deployment schedules.

Elizabeth Wishnick writes, China's path to technological self-reliance comes at a high environmental cost to its water resources. As we prepare to launch next Tuesday the Hinrich-IMD Sustainable Trade Index, which among other measures ranks economies on wastewater treatment and energy intensity, we survey the sustainability of industrialization on essential resources.

Samuel Bendett says that the use of shields can save armored vehicles from heavy damage if properly installed, but their effectiveness depends on the type of craft used in an attack.

Samuel Bendett says, “There are signs that the Russian defense industry is ramping up Lancet production, along with improvements that lead to more advanced designs.”

Elizabeth Wishnick says, “They are doing the same thing they did with Ukraine.” She said that such stands contrast with Beijing’s pledges to play a constructive force in global affairs.

Samuel Bendett says, “It is interesting that Russian military is trying to divert Ukrainian attention from their counter offensive in the south by pushing at the Ukrainian forces  in the east. There have been a number of Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions.”

Elizabeth Wishnick says, the latest round of Israel-Palestine conflict would “contribute to the fracturing of the international community”.

Samuel Bendett says, “Even if you know about the threat, you still need to prepare for it. Ukraine has shown that you need sophisticated, multilayered defenses to stop these—you still don’t down them all.”

Vladamir Putin is looking for a signed agreement on the Power  Two Siberia gas line.

Samuel Bendett says, “It’s a natural evolution of this FPV technology,” 

Jonathan Schroden says, “America’s way of warfare is vastly more aligned with conventional warfare than with irregular warfare.”

Zack Gold says, "So, certainly one of the priorities for the U.S. [forces] flowing in is making sure that groups other than Hamas, groups outside of Gaza -- and of course their overall state sponsor, Iran -- stay out of the fight," 

Dmitry Gorenburg says, “It increases Russia’s options in terms of where it can place its ships, but I don’t think it’s going to lead to any kind of a sea change in overall balance of power or in Russian strategy in the region.”

Dmitry Gorenburg says, “I would expect the move to be long-term, until the Russian military determines at some future point that the danger has passed."

Samuel Bendett says, “TB2 was a successful drone at the early stages of the war when the Russian military’s air defense and EW [electronic warfare] was relatively disorganized."