| Description |
1 online resource (62 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- Types of drones used in the Ukraine war. -- Survey of the War's different phases. -- Coup de main decapitation strike February 24-28, 2022. -- Regrouping and reattacking March 2022. -- Refocusing on the Donbas, April-August 2022. -- Ukraine's fall 2022 offensive September-November 2022. -- Russia's winter 2023 offensive January-May 2023. -- Ukraine's summer counteroffensive June 2023-September 2023. -- The deep fight: strategic strikes February 24, 2022-September 2023. -- Types of drones. -- Military drones. -- Commercial drones. -- Kamikaze drones. -- Drone boats. -- Tactical battle networks and communications. -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This report concludes that drones have transformed the battlefield in the war in Ukraine, but in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary fashion. This report is part of a larger project exploring how drones are affecting great-power competition and a potential future war between the United States and China. It focuses on lessons learned from drone operations in Ukraine. It offers a novel typology for the widely varied drones available today—military, commercial, and kamikaze—to enable more precise discussion of their impact; it provides an overview of the Ukraine conflict to date; and it includes an in-depth analysis of major developments seen for each drone type in this war.Beyond this general assessment about whether a revolution in military affairs has occurred, this analysis yielded a number of insights about the war in Ukraine and drone warfare more broadly |
| Notes |
"February 2024"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-62) |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (CNAS, viewed February 18, 2024) |
| Subject |
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022 -- Strategic aspects -- Evaluation
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Air warfare -- 2022- -- History -- Evaluation
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Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles -- Ukraine -- Strategic aspects
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Uninhabited combat aerial vehicles -- Russia (Federation) -- Strategic aspects
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Drone aircraft -- Ukraine -- Strategic aspects
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Drone aircraft -- Russia (Federation) -- Strategic aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Center for a New American Security, publisher.
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