The German Defense Ministry announced on Monday the upcoming delivery of 4,000 sophisticated drones to Ukraine.
How do these weapons, controlled by artificial intelligence, work?
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Welcome help for the Ukrainian troops, in difficulty on the front. Germany announced on Monday that it would supply 4,000 sophisticated drones to kyiv. They will be “deliverable very quickly”said the executive. These devices, manufactured by Helsing, a European company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), are sometimes nicknamed “mini Taurus”, in reference to the German Taurus cruise missile, assures the newspaper Bild . A comparison rejected by the German Ministry of Defense, according to which “these drones are tactical drones with a limited range”. “The link made with Taurus […] does not exist”he asserts, while Ukraine is clamoring for Berlin to provide it with such missiles.
Concretely, these weapons, their real name HX-2 Karma, will be able to act over a range of “30, 40 km” in Russian territory and “to attack combat posts, logistical nodes and others”alleges Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. “These are drones controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) and which can disable the electronic defenses of opposing drones,” he further specifies.
Furthermore, according to Helsing, the “mini Taurus” is equipped with cutting-edge features that give it excellent precision and the ability to execute missions in areas where global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) are jammed or unavailable. The artificial intelligence-based software is also supposed to enable autonomous identification of targets and minimize collateral damage, reports the Army Recognition website. In other words, these drones represent “an important additional asset for the Ukrainian armed forces”summarizes Boris Pistorius.
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Unlike the United States, which has changed its mind on the matter, Germany refuses to deliver Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, fearing an escalation between Russia and the West. Olaf Scholz “clearly committed” on this issue and “will change more” position, once again underlined one of its spokespersons this Monday.
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