Robots

Russia’s Military Robots Are on the Move

Russian military and the nation's defense industrial concept are continuing to seek out ways to increase the use of what Moscow called "robotisized"- automated, autonomous and robotic - systems in the country's armed forces. Over the past several years, and especially with the advent of Russia's involvement in Ukraine and Syria, the nation's forces have been successfully using domestic and imported unmanned technologies such as surveillance and recon drones and unmanned mine clearing platforms, while its diverse defense industries are rapidly developing a wide variety of air, land and sea-based "military robots" to act as a force multiplier in ongoing and future militaryinvolvements. Despite limited numbers, Russia use of such new systems was successful enough to warrant real concern form America’s defense establishment, prompting closer reviews of Russian tactics using unmanned aerial vehicles andbeefing up various US anti-drone defenses.