Russia begins mass deployment of autonomous AI-equipped drones in Zaporizhzhia
Russian forces have begun mass deployment of an autonomous version of the Molniya strike drone equipped with artificial intelligence in Zaporizhzhia.
Source: Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister and a radio technology expert on Facebook
Quote: "This is the AI-enabled autonomous version of the Molniya that I wrote about. The Russians have begun deploying them en masse in Zaporizhzhia."
Details: Flash posted an image which shows the autonomous AI modification of the Russian Molniya drone.
"A UAV detector no longer saves you – stay alert," Beskrestnov added.
He also said the Ukrainian military will quietly identify countermeasures against the new threat, adding that his primary aim is to raise awareness of it.
Background:
- Flash previously reported that a Russian Molniya UAV had attacked a Ukrainian facility without a control antenna. He said the drone had only a camera and a computer, with navigation, target acquisition and attack potentially becoming fully autonomous in the near future.
- It was also reported that autonomous target selection systems are undergoing initial stages of combat testing in both Ukraine and Russia.
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