Do you know what is now the main trend in the development of military weapons?

Attack drones. The Israeli company Israel Aerospace Industries developed several ones. I want to tell you about the «Harop», which appeared 15 years ago. Mostly it is know as "suicide drone" or "bombers drone." The reason is that in it’s warhead are situated 15 kilograms of explosives, so hitting the target drone deletes itself. For example, with its help it is easy to get rid of a hostile radar or truck. For the first time in a real combat conflict «Harop» was used by Azerbaijani armed forces during the recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Now Ukraine is only establishing the production of shock drones. So far, there are no such drones as «Harop». But this does not mean that there are no ideas. "Suicide drones" here are easier, though such developments, to my mind, surely will grow in the future.

For example, there is a flying explosive, called "Gaydamaka" M-49. The device was developed in 2014 by experts of scientific and production center of unmanned aircraft "Bend" at the National Aviation University. One person can easily carry the drone; it is used mainly for exploration. If we fill the "Gaydamaka" with two pounds of explosives, it can deliver a powerful punch. Another development is called "Scimitar-2", this UAV was established by the United Alliance "New Energy of Ukraine". The device is also small, the military can launch it directly from his hand. In addition, it can be installed on infantry combat vehicles.

Unfortunately, these developments are not taken to mass production. Despite this, the NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov promised that impact Ukrainian drones will be launched! Now they are produced on the facilities of the State Enterprise "Antonov". It is not suicide drones, but I am sure that this is only the first steps. Ukrainian army will see their own UAV next year, and if the experiment will be successful, the development will be continued, and armament of Ukraine will reach a new level.

I have already told you that in Israel the first drones appeared same way as in Ukraine - because of military tension and by volunteers. Years passed, and the development of the UAV is still taken very seriously. Today, personnel management of IDF openes a new training program for academic provision. It is called the "Silo". Within the program the best students will be learnt how to maintain and develop unmanned aerial vehicles at the expense of the army. Training will last 4 years, after that students will pass the officer training and afterwards they will serve in the research centers of the Ministry of Defense and the Air Force. This is the future of Israel's defense, because in the next decade UAV will become the center of the military development.

I am sure that Ukraine is used to think about the development of the production of drones for ten years ahead. The development, that have been already run in the country should not be ignored, it should be fully supported and developed. Then the defense capability of Ukraine will increase rapidly.