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Western militaries training Ukrainian troops for war with Russia can’t rely on the usual cycle of periodically updated manuals because battlefield lessons are changing too quickly, a NATO commander told Business Insider.Norway is leading multinational training for Ukrainian troops at Camp Jomsborg, a purpose-built camp in eastern Poland, as part…
Western militaries are learning lessons on modern warfare through the training they provide Ukrainian troops, but one NATO commander says they need to distinguish between what Ukraine does because it works and what it does because it didn’t have a better choice.Norway is leading Operation Legio, a multinational effort to train…
The commander of a British Army battalion tasked with experimenting with new technologies said that his unit has tested out dozens of ground robots. He concluded that they can be useful, but only for certain missions. And they come with a long list of challenges.As Western militaries rush to absorb…
Ukraine is giving its missing troops a bonus for rejoining the war: The chance to choose their new area of deployment, commander, and job.Kyiv’s defense ministry said on Friday that it would allow troops who are absent without leave, or AWOL, to choose from over 70 units across its three…
Persistent surveillance over the modern battlefield is forcing NATO leaders to rethink command and control and disperse unnecessarily large troop formations that could be easy targets for enemy airstrikes.French Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, told Business Insider in a recent interview that constant surveillance and the growing…
The US military’s first-ever sea-drone strike, carried out in Iran earlier this month, is opening up a new way of warfighting for NATO, a top commander overseeing the alliance’s modernization told Business Insider.”I think it’s coming,” French Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, said in an interview this…
