Inside Ukraine's war robot revolution
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has ignited an unprecedented uncrewed arms race, transforming what began as a brutal artillery war into a new mechanized nightmare of drones and robots that can hunt, strike, and kill. On a recent trip to the embattled country, Business Insider was granted inside access to the next phase of Kyiv's robotics revolution, offering a glimpse into the future of modern warfare.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has ignited an unprecedented uncrewed arms race, transforming what began as a brutal artillery war into a new mechanized nightmare of drones and robots that can hunt, strike, and kill. On a recent trip to the embattled country, Business Insider was granted inside access to the next phase of Kyiv's robotics revolution, offering a glimpse into the future of modern warfare. You can find all of their dispatches examining the changing nature of warfare at the end of this article.Watch our documentaryUkraine's military, intelligence agencies, and defense industry are firing on all cylinders, with hundreds of local companies building weapons for the war effort. But much of what is coming off the production lines is not traditional military hardware, such as tanks and artillery.As we saw during visits to factories, training facilities, and testing sites inside Kyiv and beyond, Ukraine is swiftly building a first-of-its-kind arsenal for a changing war, arming its forces with drones, robots, and autonomous interceptors designed to find and attack Russian threats with less human involvement.With far fewer troops than Russia, Ukraine is increasingly turning to drones and robotic systems to close that critical gap and pull its soldiers back from the front, where even a short, routine mission can become a death sentence.Some machines haul supplies.
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- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has ignited an unprecedented uncrewed arms race, transforming what began as a brutal artillery war into a new mechanized nightmare of drones and robots that can hunt, strike, and kill. On a recent trip to the embattled country, Business Insider was granted inside access to the next phase of Kyiv's robotics revolution, offering a glimpse into the future of modern warfare.
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