Ukraine drones may grab all the headlines, but armed drones are enabling lethal force around the globe
Posted: 22nd February 2023
President Zelensky stand with a ‘suicide drone’ in Kyiv, Oct 2022
As we reach the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, you could be forgiven for thinking that the on-going conflict in eastern Europe has become the epicentre of the use of drones.
However, while the use of UAVs by Ukrainian and Russian forces has been very significant, it is important to be aware that there are real and important differences between the use of mainly small drone systems by parties in that conflict, and the use of large armed drones by other states such as the US, UK, Israel and Turkey even since the beginning of 2023.