The Big Five - 17 August edition
The Big Five - 17 August edition
My regular update on conflict and confrontation in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Pacific, accompanied by recommended readings on the character of modern war and planning for future conflict.
The major story of the past couple of weeks has been Ukraine’s Kursk offensive and the seizing of over 1100 square kilometres of Russian territory in the past ten days. This has been a stunning change in the direction of the war. At least five Ukrainian brigades, or elements of those brigades, and possibly more have seized the initiative and remained on the move since surprising the Russians in their initial crossing of the border into the Russian Kursk oblast.
I admit it's not a field I'm familiar with, but I didn't realise there were actually legged UGVs in use. That's so interesting.
I like how they put up a net so when the drone explodes, their body parts are retained for quick and easy cleanup