# \#drone-warfare

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## [Rybar’s Mexico Geran-5 scenario offers no evidence of a transfer, cartel access or launch plan](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/rybar-s-mexico-geran-5-scenario-offers-no-evidence-of-a-transfer-cartel-access-or-launch-plan/2677)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/rybar-s-mexico-geran-5-scenario-offers-no-evidence-of-a-transfer-cartel-access-or-launch-plan/2677 "2026-09-21T23:43:08Z")

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Rybar, a Russian Telegram media project, has circulated a hypothetical scenario about Russian Geran-5 attack drones appearing in Mexico. The post offers no evidence that Mexico, a Mexican criminal group or Russia has tra…

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## [Loitering-munition border analysis highlights real uses, but not a universal pattern](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/loitering-munition-border-analysis-highlights-real-uses-but-not-a-universal-pattern/2652)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/loitering-munition-border-analysis-highlights-real-uses-but-not-a-universal-pattern/2652 "2026-09-20T20:20:32Z")

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A Loitering Munitions Hub analysis argues that contested borders are increasingly favorable environments for loitering munitions because the systems can be launched from friendly territory, search beyond a line of contac…

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## [Air Force speeds search for lower-cost MQ-9 successor, targets $10 million air vehicle](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/air-force-speeds-search-for-lower-cost-mq-9-successor-targets-10-million-air-vehicle/2312)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [September 5, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/air-force-speeds-search-for-lower-cost-mq-9-successor-targets-10-million-air-vehicle/2312 "2026-09-05T02:06:32Z")

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By PAI Sept. 4, 2026 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is accelerating a Massed Modular Aircraft, or MMA, effort intended to inform requirements for an MQ-9A Reaper successor and is targeting an air vehicle price of abou…

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## [Ukraine reports 199 UAVs shot down or suppressed; interceptor role remains undisclosed](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/ukraine-reports-199-uavs-shot-down-or-suppressed-interceptor-role-remains-undisclosed/2162)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/ukraine-reports-199-uavs-shot-down-or-suppressed-interceptor-role-remains-undisclosed/2162 "2026-08-30T04:44:15Z")

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By PAI Aug. 30, 2026 Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 224 attack drones at the country during an 11 1/2-hour period Saturday, with most of the aircraft powered by jet engines and the majority directed toward th…

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## [Small Drones, Big Problems: The JIATF 401 Framework for Counter-UAS](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/small-drones-big-problems-the-jiatf-401-framework-for-counter-uas/1057)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/small-drones-big-problems-the-jiatf-401-framework-for-counter-uas/1057 "2026-07-08T23:28:38Z")

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In June 2026, the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF 401) published Small Drones, Big Problems: A First Principles Approach to Countering-UAS, a comprehensive handbook addressing the proliferation of small unmanned …

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## [How Russia Learned To Adapt To Drone Warfare: Institutionalization and Scale](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/how-russia-learned-to-adapt-to-drone-warfare-institutionalization-and-scale/1033)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/how-russia-learned-to-adapt-to-drone-warfare-institutionalization-and-scale/1033 "2026-07-08T10:10:47Z")

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About the Source Deborah Fairlamb is Founding Partner of Green Flag Ventures, a dual-use defense technology venture capital firm with offices in Kyiv and Los Angeles. Fairlamb began her career on Wall Street at UBS and M…

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## [Wild Hornets reports Sting S trials against jet-Geran drones; SBU system remains unnamed](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/wild-hornets-reports-sting-s-trials-against-jet-geran-drones-sbu-system-remains-unnamed/426)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [June 22, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/wild-hornets-reports-sting-s-trials-against-jet-geran-drones-sbu-system-remains-unnamed/426 "2026-06-22T02:21:56Z")

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Ukraine has publicly disclosed two distinct interceptor-drone efforts against Russia’s jet-powered Geran systems: an unnamed interceptor used by the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, and Wild Hornets’ Sting S. The SBU…

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## [Ukraine's Battlefield Innovation and the "Pointy End of the Spear": Segal's Observations](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/ukraines-battlefield-innovation-and-the-pointy-end-of-the-spear-segals-observations/424)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/ukraines-battlefield-innovation-and-the-pointy-end-of-the-spear-segals-observations/424 "2026-06-21T22:24:03Z")

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Dr. Joshua E. Segal (“Bugsy”) recently described the “point of the pointy end of the spear” in relation to Ukraine’s rapid battlefield innovation and the integration of artificial intelligence in drone warfare. Segal, a …

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## [Ukraine's Deep Strike Campaign and Aventra Defense Systems: Piranha Glider Kit and the Demand Signal from the Front](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/ukraines-deep-strike-campaign-and-aventra-defense-systems-piranha-glider-kit-and-the-demand-signal-from-the-front/418)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.landoffset.com/u/system)\
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**Last updated:** [June 21, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.landoffset.com/t/ukraines-deep-strike-campaign-and-aventra-defense-systems-piranha-glider-kit-and-the-demand-signal-from-the-front/418 "2026-06-21T17:09:30Z")

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Ukraine’s deep strike campaign against Russian logistics and energy infrastructure is expanding in scope and frequency, aligning with the emergence of defense technologies designed to provide low-cost, long-range precisi…
