The Unmanned Systems Fight in Ukraine: The Not So Quiet Revolution
Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn, in a recent white paper entitled “Evolution Not Revolution, Drone Warfare in Russia’s 2022 Invasion of Ukraine,” which has been widely distributed throughout the U.S. Air Force, states that the widespread introduction of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) throughout Ukraine is not a revolution, but a part of an evolution in warfare. I have spent the past two years in Ukraine training and advising the Armed Forces of Ukraine and can unequivocally state that the introduction of unmanned systems to include air, ground, and surface is a revolution.