Drone warfare has revolutionised the battlefield – it is urgent that regulatory barriers to training are modernised. Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UASs or drones) are now the principal weapons in the Ukraine War, accounting for an estimated 80% of all casualties there, (although it is widely believed that artillery would play a larger role on the Ukrainian side, if it were not for a shortage of suitable ammunition ). This has already transformed the battlefield, and yet the capabilities of drones are developing at bewildering speed – with the recent remarkable attacks on the Russian strategic bomber fleet by what the Ukrainian SBU declared to be partially autonomous drones carried by civilian trucks. Article is here
A Vital Springboard: The Future of University Officer Training Corps, Julian Brazier and Lt Col Henry Sugden
The British Army faces a crucial decision on officer training, with a danger that the wrong response to short-term pressures on RMA Sandhurst and University Officer Training Corps may damage both the Army Reserve officer pipeline and the capacity for long-term force expansion . See article here