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SALT LAKE CITY — There may be no place else in the world where the importance of technological advancements are as highlighted as on the battlefields of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
On the opening day of 47G’s aerospace and defense-focused Zero Gravity conference Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Dmytro Kushneruk, Ukrainian consul general, shared some insight into how his country is countering its exponentially larger and more powerful adversary in real time.
“Companies can build some military technology for how profitable it is, but Ukraine has to build because it is our survival,” Kushneruk said.
Ukraine’s ongoing defense of Russia’s invasion, which will mark its four-year anniversary in February, has evolved into the world’s first full-fledged drone war. Kushneruk explained how squads of Ukrainian soldiers now command mini drone air forces and are constantly modifying and adapting their flying weapons to counter Russian tactics and superior firepower…