S8 Ep797: 13. Headline: Russia's Drone Expansion: Recruitment Loopholes and Remote Warfare Guest: John Hardie Summary: Russia is aggressively expanding its Unmanned Systems Forces, targeting 165,000 personnel by year's end. A recruitment drive at Alabuga Polytech o

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Russia is aggressively expanding its Unmanned Systems Forces, targeting 165,000 personnel by year's end.

13. Headline: Russia's Drone Expansion: Recruitment Loopholes and Remote Warfare Guest: John HardieSummary: Russia is aggressively expanding its Unmanned Systems Forces , targeting 165,000 personnel by year's end. A recruitment drive at Alabuga Polytech offers high pay and conscription exemptions to workers producing Iranian -designed Geran-2 drones, promising service in the rear to minimize personal risk. 13 1962 YEMEN

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Host: John Batchelor

Guest: John Hardie

Topics covered

• drone warfare
• military recruitment
• Russia
• unmanned systems
• remote warfare

Keywords

• Russia
• drones
• military
• recruitment
• Alabuga Polytech
• Geran-2
• unmanned systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alabuga Polytech

Products: Geran-2 drones

Places: Russia

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