Iran is adopting Russian drone tactics, Ukrainian troops say www.defenseone.com/threats/2026...

US Navy launches new Golden Fleet-era USV program, terminates old one www.militarytimes.com/news/your-na...

Russian military has made some strides in recruiting women to become drone pilots - but with a caveat. My comments in @forbes.com, with info taken from public sources. www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Russia Launched Record 948 Drones at Ukraine in a Single Day, 906 Shot Down militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...

A Woman’s Place Is In The Drone War: How Technology Changes Attitudes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

An important investigation: Nordsint and The Insider Reveal the Scheme Supplying Russia with Critical Drone Components from China nordsint.org/2026/03/24/g...

Russian MOD: The military plans to train more than 70,000 specialists for the Unmanned Systems Forces this year. tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...

State Department launches Bureau of Emerging Threats abcnews.com/amp/Politics...

A superpower goes offline: Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet — and what comes after. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Russia's Unmanned Systems Forces are testing the Courier UGV mine countermeasures system equipped with an electromagnetic sweep: "The system neutralizes and remotely detonates various types of mines—ranging from PMN-2/4 anti-personnel mines to barrier nodes and "mine barriers." t.me/stormdron/325

Russian state media report on the mandatory training at the Omsk Automobile and Armored Engineering Institute that includes the design and use of combat UAVs and UGVs. t.me/stormdron/319

A reminder that if this info is true, the Iranian intelligence remains a capable adversary. Questions remain why would the targeted individual divulge so much secret information... militarnyi.com/en/news/iron...

Russia Switching Military to Closed Communication Systems and Banning Telegram militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...

Ukraine Moves Beyond the Black Sea With New Ocean-Going Drone Fleet, Zelenskyy Says united24media.com/latest-news/...

‘Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region, people familiar with the matter said.’ www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Russia's Rybar TG channel on the heavy attack drones vs. ground vehicles to destroy Ukrainian forces: "This does not mean that armored vehicles should not be ordered at all. It's merely a matter of the rational reallocation of resources in response to the changing combat realities." t.me/rybar/78597

New: ships hit by maritime drones (USVs) tracker www.hisutton.com/Explosive-US... #OSINT #Iran

1/2 The Ukraine combat reality has impacted UGV design away (for most part) from large, sophisticated vehicles towards smaller, cheaper and more attritable UGVs. This is Russia's Uran-3 - a smaller "sibling" to a larger Uran-9. Uran-3 is undergoing testing by the Rus military. iz.ru/2057968/roma...

An interesting article about humanoid combat robots - and an unsurprising admission that this "Phantom" robot was taken to Ukraine (for evaluation?): "...What he discovered upon taking Phantom to Ukraine was “really shocking. It’s a complete robot war." time.com/article/2026...

Invisible, Lethal, Affordable, Unmanned: Reshaping Naval Warfare cloverops.substack.com/p/invisible-...

Another timely graphic from @covertshores.bsky.social, showing Ukrainian drone interceptors www.hisutton.com/Ukrainian-In...

Ukrainian Naval Carrier Drone Downed Russian Ka-27 Using FPV militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

Green Berets hone drone proficiency with advanced training www.army.mil/article/2909...

Ukrainian military and industry held combat/logistics UGV races outside Kyiv militarnyi.com/uk/articles/...

About to start listening to this really relevant and timely discussion with Michael Kimmage, @hannanotte.bsky.social and @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social on the Russian angle in the war against Iran.

Logging on to social media today is like...

Here we go (again)...

Russian Defense Minister Belousov: "Approximately 80% of fire/strike missions in Ukraine combat are carried out using UAVs. The success of operations is largely determined by the effective UAV command and control." tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...

Russian universities now have a quota for "supplying" students (especially STEM-educated and tech-savvy ones) into the country's Unmanned Systems Forces. Full story: theins.ru/news/289730

‘We don’t have infantry’: Ukraine’s war machine evolves into machine war www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

On February 12, 2026, I spoke on the Russian "People's VPK" - the ecosystem of volunteers/tech startups that supports the Rus military - at the #Russia Seminar hosted by the Finnish National Defense University. I start at 1:55:50 www.youtube.com/watch?v=T30T...

Blast from the past: is this comic book still relevant? breakingdefense.com/2018/04/russ...