World Focus from Brussels
The World Focus from Brussels podcast covers international politics, defence, security, culture and anything else of global interest. Policy analyst and reporter Sveinn Helgason dives into the latest on the international scene, speaking with experts and all sorts of people. In a challenging security environment it has never been as important to understand the world we live in, listening to top experts analysis. World Focus from Brussels gets to the heart of the matter, wherever an interesting story needs to be told and provides the necessary background. You can find World Focus from Brussels on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Deadly Drone War in Ukraine - An interview with Ole Kværnø Director of Danish Drone Centre
Drones have become increasingly important on the battlefields of the Russia-Ukraine war, as three years have recently passed from Russia's full-scale invasion. In this episode I interview Ole Kværnø, a retired Danish Brigadier General now the director of the Danish Centre for Defence Robotics and Autonomy. He says we are witnessing a military revolution, adding that innovation, matched with mass productions of drones, will be the deciding factor in who wins or loses this war on the frontlines. A war which has killed and wounded more than a million soldiers in all, according to Ukrainian and Western estimates. To underline the point made by Ole Kværnø, drones now kill more soldiers and destroy more armoured vehicles in Ukraine than all traditional weapons of war combined, including sniper rifles, tanks, howitzers and mortars, according to Ukrainian commanders and officials. NATO’s highest military officials are also drawing their lessons. “The war is a mix of World War I and World War III — what could be a future war,” NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, Admiral Pierre Vandier of France told the New York Times. The Russia-Ukraine war has therefore become a war of drones, a deadly cat and mouse game, playing out every single day. This is a compelling interview with Ole Kværnø who was recently in Ukraine and has seen first hand how Ukrainians are leading the way on the drone front.
See below the story about the appointment of Ole Kværnø as the director of the new Danish Drone Centre.
https://www.sdu.dk/en/om-sdu/fakulteterne/teknik/nyt_fra_det_tekniske_fakultet/tidligere-brigadegeneral-ole-kvaernoe-bliver-direktoer-for-nyt-center-for-forsvarsdroner