'UGVs are the new future of warfare' — Inside the Ukrainian unit set to become the world's first…
- Ukraine deploys robotic units to reduce frontline soldier exposure
- Ground robots now handle logistics and combat battlefield roles
- Commanders see machines replacing nearly a third of the infantry
More than four years into this grinding war, remote-controlled ground robots are fundamentally reshaping the battlefield.
Ukrainian commanders and engineers now assert that unmanned ground vehicles represent the next major phase of modern combat.
The future of warfare has already arrived, they argue, and it moves on tracks rather than legs.
A unit built around machines rather than men
Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade intends to replace roughly 30% of its infantry with Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs).
“The logic is simple: where the risk to a human is high, a robot should be used. Because the life of an infantryman is priceless, and robots don’t bleed,” Mykola Zinkevych, commander of the “NC13” Strike UGV Unit.
“We’re working toward a model where UGVs...
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