Ukraine expects the war to see exponentially more ‘iron soldiers,’ or ground drones with guns that can fill troop roles

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Ukraine expects the war to see exponentially more ‘iron soldiers,’ or ground drones with guns that can fill troop roles

Ukraine’s intelligence chief predicted that ground drones in battle will increase “in the order of tens” this year.

Kyrylo Budanov said much of Ukraine’s impetus for these drones is to avoid sending troops to ****.

Some of Ukraine’s experimental ground drones, which it calls “iron soldiers,” can be fit with guns or explosives.

Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov expects the war to enter a new phase — one that will see far more land-based drones replacing soldiers on the front lines.

In an interview last weekend at the Yalta ********* Strategy conference in Kyiv, Budanov said the unmanned tech is new but progressing.

“These are just emerging things,” he said, per a translation provided by the conference. “In this calendar year, I think the number of those ****** systems will grow, grow immensely in the order of tens.”

Budanov said drone innovation was driven simply by a human ******* to not ****.

“People are hesitant to go into battle, so if you can send a drone, 10 drones, or one soldier, you’ll always choose to send 10 drones,” he added, per another translation from

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The intelligence chief foresaw both warring nations developing countermeasures to ground-based drones, but said it’s clear unmanned vehicles will be a “trademark” in military innovation for the next two to three decades.

“You can build another drone of 10, but lives are priceless. This is the most important thing,” he added.

Ukraine has been testing ground-based drones

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and

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, intermittently releasing footage of what it says can range from “kamikaze” vehicles to remote guns.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry

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that it had officially approved 10 “robotic complexes” for use in its military, mentioning “ground-based robotic platforms” that can be used to carry weapons or ***** them.

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An experimental drone being tested by Ukrainian forces, seen in a photo shared on August 28, 2023 by state-affiliated media. The ****** is mounted with two mortar shells.

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Dubbing the platforms

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the ministry said it aimed to have to drones fulfill combat orders for troops, and mentioned robots that can act as sappers, recon, **** platforms, and logistics assistants.

Russia has also been seen using unmanned ground platforms, such as

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spotted in March.

Ukraine expects to build

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after galvanizing production late last year. This is an exponential leap in production since the war began in early 2022.

Kyiv said it had produced 50 times more drones in December alone compared to the entirety of the war’s first year.

The war has, in recent months, also featured a smattering of new drone unveilings, including that of an 

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 and another equipped with an 

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Meanwhile, Russian leader Vladimir ****** said on Thursday that Moscow plans to

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in 2024, which would be about a 10-fold increase compared to previous years.

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