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Ukrainian unit commander predicts drone warfare will be truly unmanned in a matter of months and won't need human pilots

New drone technology is being developed and tested rapidly, Robert Brovdi says, and soon drones may be hunting on their own across the battlefield.

Brovdi said the Ukrainian soldiers who'd been at the forefront of employing unmanned systems in the war had garnered years of experience and would be able to help train NATO militaries in drone warfare. Drones have drastically changed what the modern battlefield looks like and pushed Western armies such as the US to further prioritize the development of unmanned systems and options for eliminating them in combat. Earlier this year, the Pentagon updated its directive on autonomy in weapons systems, a move the deputy secretary of defense, Kathleen Hicks, attributed to "the dramatic advances in technology happening all around us."

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