Ett vapensystem som fungerar idag kan vara verkningslöst om sex månader. En taktik som ger effekt denna vecka kan nästa vecka vara överträffad av motståndaren. Krigets utveckling i Ukraina visar därför inte bara betydelsen av drönare, telekrig, innovat…
Författararkiv: Michael Winberg
Flugan som vägrar dö
En återkommande kommentar kring drönarkriget i Ukraina, eller kriget i sin helhet, är att vi ska vara försiktiga med att dra slutsatser eller för den delen att kopiera för mycket. Framför allt har det diskuterats hur drönare snart kommer att möta sin ö…
ISTAR 2.0 – Där öppna källor och sensorer tillsammans bildar ett dödligt nätverk
De senaste årens krigföring har visat för världen hur kommersiella farkoster, hemmabyggda telekrigssystem, sociala medier och digitala plattformar inte bara kan korta ner en verkanskedja, utan också bygga ett motståndskraftigt verkansnätverk där sensor…
How software modifications affects drone warfare – The Russian example
In previous articles, I have covered how Ukrainian forces have utilised and adapted open-source applications and commercially available products (e g, FPV drones). However, developments on the Russian side of the war have not been covered to the same e…
Militärhistoriens roll för framtida innovationer
Hunden har sedan förhistorisk tid varit en lojal följeslagare till människan, även under krig. Att hunden har fungerat som vakt, sensor och vapen känner de flesta antagligen till. Men hunden har även fungerat som budbärare, bärare av underhåll i form a…
Drönarskyddet kring våra flygplatser
Den senaste tidens rapporter kring drönarobservationer i Danmark, Norge och Tyskland har återaktualiserat diskussionen kring det skydd som finns, eller snarare inte finns, vid Europas flygplatser. I Sverige förekommer det årligen rapporter om olika for…
The first cyberpunk war and its consequences
The title of this article is a quote from a Ukrainian drone operator whom a news crew interviewed in a video documentary from one of the Ukrainian drone units.[1] It is also the title of a news article describing how the war in Ukraine is a mix of inve…
Social engineering and warfare
It has been called “morbid”[1] and “macabre”[2]. The point scheme that Ukraine utilises to maximise the overall effectiveness of its drone forces. However, the gamification of the war in Ukraine is less about war mixing with gaming mechanics than socia…
Breaking free from the Chinese dependence.
“The US innovates, China replicates, Europe regulates” – Unknown author. In the Swedish part of the military “Twitterverse,” there is a continuous debate about whether smaller remotely piloted aerial systems (RPAS) should be considered ammunition or at…
Unmanned warfare in Ukraine – What to expect during 2025
Like in previous years, this year has shown the potential of unmanned systems on the battlefield. The war in Ukraine has also shown us that there is still a lot of potential to be uncovered in unmanned warfare. With unmanned warfare, I am not only refe…
Winter is coming. What to think about conducting drone operations in cold weather.
As the first snow has started to fall in Ukraine, writing something about drone operations in cold weather seems fitting. This article will highlight some challenges of operating class I[1] unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in cold weather, predominantly c…
Dispersed UAV operations – a possible future path for Sweden
Sweden has a long and proud history of building and maintaining an air force capable of dispersed operations. Launching fighter jets from hidden bases using ordinary roads has been considered critical to surviving in a war against an enemy that outnumb…
The forgotten I in ISR and the challenges it presents with Unmanned Systems
Drones and ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) have, since “the First Drone Age”[1], become intertwined. In some instances, ISR is used as a synonym for remotely piloted aerial systems using an electro-optical payload, and the military-…
Unmanned systems in Kursk – Shaping the Battlespace and denying the enemy access
The Ukrainian offensive into Kursk Oblast has taken many by surprise, especially the Russians. Not only because the operation was daring but also because it may have shown that it is still possible to surprise an adversary on an otherwise transparent b…
The evolution of unmanned systems in Ukraine
Although drones are on everyone’s lips, and some think that small unmanned aerial systems will lose their advantage soon[1], a lot is still happening regarding technical development and the evolution of tactical procedures that a modern military needs …
Unmanned systems are more than just a “thing.”
The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 and the swift victory by the Azeri military, largely thanks to loitering munitions and tactical UAVs, put the spotlight on how unmanned aerial systems (UAS) could help win not only batt…
Personnel Recovery and Unmanned Systems – Some examples from Ukraine
When I was writing my article[1] about unmanned systems and personnel recovery during the summer of 2021, I couldn’t imagine that we, not even a year later, would experience a war between states in Europe – in particular, being able to witness the use …