Development of unmanned aerial systems as a case study in nagorno-karabakh and Ukraine

Author: 
Darko Ščavničar and Andrej Jesenovec

More than a century after the first aircraft were used in combat, drones are fundamentally changing the modern battlefield, offering a huge comparative advantage to the armed forces that own them. Over the last decade, they have played an increasing role in armed conflict and modern warfare. The mass and low cost of use have led to a veritable revolution in the design of the modern battlefield. Drones lower the cost of war and can provide even a small country air superiority during war. The Nagorno-Karabakh battlefield is a landmark battlefield where a side in a conflict has achieved a battlefield advantage by using new technologies, and the Ukrainian battlefield is no exception to the use of advanced technologies.

Paper No: 
5001