“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818.

“War is chaos. It always has been. But technology makes it worse. It changes the fear.” Pierce Brown, “Golden Son,” 2015.

Drones – and artificial intelligence – have reshaped the modern battlefield and are about to do so again.

Nowhere is that more evident than in Ukraine.

Invaded by Russia in 2022, outmanned and outgunned by one of the world’s strongest militaries, Kyiv quickly proved that drones – in the air, on the ground, and at sea – could hold off a Russian victory that many expected within weeks, if not days.

Cheaper and easier to build than manned vehicles, and in some cases more effective, drones are a military planner’s dream – and grea

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