Ukraine’s drones take the fight to Russia

Ukraine’s long range drones are taking the offensive with daring infrastructure strikes deep into Russian territory, while holding off the Russians internally in a ‘no man’s land’ where individual soldiers and vehicles are picked off with ease.

Learning from Ukraine

Land wars of the recent past were shaped primarily by the industrial-scale production of tanks and artillery but today’s wars are now being determined by the capacity to produce and deploy large numbers of unmanned systems at relatively low cost.

Send in the drones

Expanding Australia’s fleet of autonomous and uncrewed defence and weapon systems will help the ADF keep the nation safe, support local jobs and harness Australian innovation.

Drone wars

Australia continues to weigh the value of spending billions of dollars on submarines which might take decades to procure when the immediate development of cheap drones might be far more effective.

On the frontlines in Ukraine

Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) have destroyed hundreds of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles, and this special report from the front lines of the war explains just how they are used in combat.

Drones over Ukraine

Ukraine has proved the worth of cheap, modified consumer drones on the battlefield against the Russian invaders.

Drone wars

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has revealed the criticality of drones as a weapon system for modern battlefields. Yet as other states rush to follow suit, there are some sobering realities to face from “high-tech” tools of warfare.

Drones won’t win the war for Ukraine

Ukraine has used cheap remotely piloted drones with great success on the battlefield against the Russian invaders, but these tactical weapons will not win the war, and Ukraine is still crying out for the major weapon systems – such as F16 fighters – which would sway the conflict in their direction.

Drone wars

Small, cheap, quadcopter drones have emerged as a major threat on modern battlefields from Ukraine to Yemen, so how can western armies shoot them down?

Drone wars

Ukraine has been forced to rely on remotely operated drones to take the battle to the Russian invaders, given the West’s reluctance to supply the modern jets the country needs, but these small, cheap craft have proven effective and are changing military thinking around the world.

Ukraine’s cardboard airforce

Australia has refused to send surplus F18 fighters to help Ukraine, but it has supplied low-cost cardboard drones to successfully attack enemy targets in Russia.

Seeds from the sky

More than 52 million hectares of Australia are now considered degraded land but the planting of native trees and shrubs by drones could help to restore them.