9 October 2017

Russian Robots: Fear Jammers, Not Terminators

By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.

Despite a few grandiose claims and snazzy videos of robots shooting guns, Russia remains behind “the Chinese, Iranians, and the Turks” in developing armed unmanned systems, let alone the United States, CNA expert Samuel Bendett said this morning. The bad news, Bendett said, is that Russia’s notoriously bureaucratic military-industrial complex is finally getting its act together on robotics, with massive new investment and significant innovation. Worst of all, the one area where Russia isahead is the invisible high ground the US Army ceded 20 years ago: electronic warfare.

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