artillery
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He ticks through a list: Russia’s economy is on a war footing; the country is stockpiling artillery shells and tanks; it’s looking to expand its ranks to 1.5 million men.
Drones can gather intelligence, serve as modern artillery, accompany manned fighters, and patrol the seas in search of targets, among other tasks.
From Barron's
Poland is buying tanks from South Korea, artillery from the Baltics and long-range missiles from Norway.
The serviceman said the innovation could have posed a grave threat to Ukrainian forces if the Russians had multiplied their use, endangering logistics, air defense and artillery, among other critical equipment.
"If we speak about unexploded ordnance in general - missiles, artillery shells, aerial bombs - the total number will be many times higher" than several thousand, Fox says.
From BBC
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