is, are now going to become part of the concept of maneuver. you will no longer just talk about your air power. your fire support can maneuver elements. drones have become a uh, a technology that you know is involved in all 3. it provides long range recognizance, it provides target designation capabilities. it provides weapons delivery platforms . it becomes a weapon itself. it can be used for electronic warfare for jamming. and if you're not incorporating every aspect of drones into the total spectrum of warfare being waged and the enemy will have the advantage, because i can guarantee this, they're looking at it. they're adapting to it. there won't be a modern army down the road that isn't incorporating drone technology in a meaningful way into their overall concept of operations. and they will be looking at the rushing you trading and conflict as the case study upon which they draw the

lessons that they're being used to, to build their, their own capabilities. and how much more advanced control and technology get. well, most warfare conducted in the future be and as well, what's interesting we say unmanned vehicles. the key aspect of that is that we're not putting a pilot at risk, but we are a that's the nature of jerome warfare. one of the most dangerous jobs on the battlefield today is to be a german operator because you, in order to operate the drone, you have to have connectivity to that drone. that connectivity will at some point in time involving ariel link that can be detected and traced back in, targeted by the enemy. and so much of the advantages that are had by not putting a pilot in the plane directly into plane. so therefore you can take the drone into areas that you wouldn't risk a pilot. the pilot is still on the ground and the power is very much at risk, especially in the tac toe standpoint, where you have people near the ford edge of the battle area who can be struck

by artillery you know. but then the other thing is if you have a signal, the signal could be intercepted signal could be jammed. um, one way us to take a look at the, the american drawer that was called the beast of condo, har, i think it was the r q 179. 1 says i don't have the number exactly, but it was a self drone. iranians watch to take off and land from the american military installation and conduct our afghanistan, intercepting the, the satellite link that was used to control aircraft. and when the ground control, that kind of hard passed it off to the, to the operational controller who was based out of nevada. you know, the ronnie is detected that hand over figure it out intercepted. and when the drone of you did some covert reconnaissance over western, you're on the or the eastern, you're on, the iranians intercepted it to control the drone and landed it and got their own

technology. i bring this up to point out, that is good as drone technology is, there's a counter, the enemies developing counters right now. the people who are the soldiers on the ground. i have drunk guns that are used to jam the signals. just drop the signals, take control the drones capture the drones. so i think we need to be careful about saying that drones are going to become, you know, that, that, that's the future of words like any weapon. you know, you, you have to weapon, you learn to use the weapon, you incorporate the weapon, but like every other weapon, it has a counter. there are pluses and minuses and using this weapon. and i think the drones will have a major c on the battle for, but nothing in the id changes the reality that you have to have a boot on the ground in order to claim the ground. a drone cannot capture territory of infantry captures. territory armor captures territory, but a drone doesn't capture territory either more or less casualties. and these drone proxy wars than in traditional warfare depends how you use the drugs. um, i mean,

if you're, if you're a, if you're, if you're carrying out targeted assassination using a, a, a drone, it is easy. i mean, what do you compare it to because it's a different kind of war. uh, it's not like, you know, the time size, the saltado heavily fortified complex, so there's going to be significant casualties in that. you're going to suffer dozens, if not, you know, hundreds of casualties trying to take down the, something of that nature. um, you know, targeted assassination by drone is only about killing one person, maybe a couple, but you're not, it's not large scale warfare. however, if in support of that battalion, the salt on a $4.00 to $5.00 position, you have a drone overhead that is designating targets for artillery fire and they're helping increase the accuracy and therefore the authority of artillery fire then um, you know, your use, you've got a drone as a tool,

it depends how you use the tool and into what effect when it, you know, when you, when you're dealing with, with this, uh, you know, the idea of, of the salary. so let me, let me just say that the modern battlefield is extraordinarily lethal. a general can void the american commander of forces in europe, the supreme allied commander for nato in europe. recently, setting a defense for him and suite that the level of violence that's taking place in your trade was unimaginable by nato unimaginable by need of. that means that, you know, this, this military alliance suggested simply preparing for large scale ground combat. europe had no clue what the reality of large they'll grow large kilogram combat you're looked like. and as a result of the, the can't wrap their heads around the fact that you lose tens of thousands of men deal with in a very short period of time. so you know, the reality of the motor battlefield is extraordinary, least so i think drones make it even more leaf. thank you so much sky,

but please stick around. a scott ritter will be joining us right here after the break. and when we come back, nations have found a way to fight modern wars crafting cheaper, but more reliable drones will have more after the break, the

the welcome back to the cost of everything. why the us dominates and refuses to export high end product or family of drones. other nations have found ways around the tv to which is a turkish made aircraft from the bay car corporation, with a cheap, widely available drone that changed how smaller nations fight modern wars. a big hard turn to technology is readily available on the commercial market to make the tv to, from a mix of domestically,

native parts source from international commercial markets. there is a gps receiver made by trimble, a modem from bias that a garmin navigation radio, etc. now while the us reaper drone costs $28000000.00, the tv to only cost about $5000000.00. and the tv too has shown up in complex in as or by john livia, ethiopia, and now you crane. this is the 1st mass produced strong system that medium in smaller states can get a hold of and it is capable of coordinating long range attacks or releasing laser guided bombs on target. the same d g. i'm not a quad copiers of videographers, and youtube is used for filmy. have also now been deployed in conflicts and ukraine . other d g. i drones have been spotted and serious since 2013. and they have been modified to drop grenades and bombs. and finally, you have the or rainy and maybe she had $136.00 trunk which are cells that needing

drones, that only cost around $20000.00 because they're so cheap, intercepting them with a more expensive missile in cars, a cost to the defender. and these commie, because they drones have been used by russia and are difficult to shoot down when sent in large numbers. in response, u. s. has been sending the switch blade come because they drowned, t a crane to use and attacks. the drones have been used in afghanistan and iraq and are small enough to fit in a backpack and our launch from the 2 is why is the target area and usually is camera? the soldier can easily detect a lock on the target. while they're light in portable, they aren't exactly powerful basically the equivalent of a handful of 40 millimeter grenades that you can throw 10 miles away. a tommy causes a drones are becoming more popular in modern warfare, replacing missiles and multiple missions. they're also used more than normal

military drones firing one switch blade would cost around $4000.00 while firing one javelin anti tank missile would cost around $78000.00. because these drones are so cheap, they're disposable. which means that the switch ways can carry a warhead and drop it and not have to worry about making back a return flight. comparing this to the tv to or the re for drawing which costs over $30000000.00 losing a switch blade. it's not a big deal. and for more let's bring in again, scott ritter, former united states marine corps intelligence officer and author. right now scott, we're hearing a lot about hypersonic missiles being used by russia and that china has developed hypersonic technology as well. so what exactly is a hypersonic missile and how does it differ from the intercontinental ballistic missile, for example, or regular cruise missile? the key aspect of a hypersonic missile of survive ability um,

by traveling at the speeds that they do, they confound. and then the muse ability to detect a track and then put a weapon system on them to shoot them down. you know, so basically the russian hypersonic missiles that are being used in uh, in ukraine cannot be shut down. that means that a fresher fires. one is going to hit its target and this is a disconcerting for any potential enemy. how much especially disconcerting for the ukrainians who have to know that every time one of these kinds on missiles has fired the targeted saving that is going to go up in smoke. the chinese have developed similar technology and it's has the ability to overwhelm us. air defense is both to enter in terms of on ships and on the ground. and this means that the china wants to sink and us aircraft carriers is going to sink the us aircraft

carrier. if it wants to hit an american air base, it's going to hit that air base and there's no defense system for it. so that's, that's the advantages for that. it's a double edged sword though, because of the united states has busy tried to develop its own hypersonic, a weapons, and we've had some success on some systems be, for instance, our version of the kids or air delivered system has not been working. we just did a test recently and it failed. so it's difficult technology and sometimes the united states seeks to squeeze too much of a push too much into a given design. and when the, at the end of the day, the less is better, i mean, the russian design is very simple, very elegant, very effective, and it's being unemployed. the united states seeks to put too many bells and whistles on its toys, and they don't work. but you know, hypersonic a capability, especially when you add maneuvering that the and so coming at high speed, but now it's maneuvering. so there's no predictability and it's track,

makes it impossible for the air defenses, at least at this point in time, to, to attract him to target them and to shoot them down. well, hypersonic missiles become like this type of suicide drone technology we're seeing on the battlefield in the sense that they will become cheap for even poor nations to develop and use the think about most weapon systems is a pretty expensive when they 1st come out. but eventually, you know, once use especially we start mass producing them, you can get the cost down and as we become more experienced in this technology, you know, things that are cutting edge just become 2nd nature. and yes, at some point in time, this technology will make it down to nations and otherwise could not afford this technology. right now, it's a cutting it to cutting edge technology that i think those nations possessing it. what to retain the advantage of the cruise by having that weapon system,

especially if your opponent doesn't have it. but at some point in time is world starts to, you know, break up into various ideologically based factions, the us versus them mentality. we'll see that there might be, there might be pressure to push the hypersonic technology down to proxy forces to use because of the risk that's a, a crude when, for instance, the united states and russia fight directly, we don't want that. so we can't have a situation where us hypersonic, the russian hypersonic are being fired each other from, from, from the other side. but if russia is able to push hypersonic technology down to a proxy, and that technology is used against united states with the united states does the same and uses the technology against russia. you know that, that makes the consequences of this less. so i do think in the future that there will be

a trend towards getting at least some aspects of hypersonic technology down to proxy forces that can then use that against principles. like i said, either russian proxy against america, or an american proxy against russia, will arise and cheaper technologies level the playing field when it comes to the, the sense we seen in 20th century after world war 2. and even the earlier parts of the 21st century wars extraordinarily complex business. but at the end of the day, it's about killing people straight up. and so the question of whether or not the playing field is level it depends on answering to questions. what is your capacity to kill people? what's your capacity to absorb casualties? it doesn't matter what the about the specific technology on the bottom line is. if you can kill more people than they're willing to accept on the appeal. at the end of the day you went, if they killed more of your people than you're willing to accept, they went and drone technology be part of the killing factor. but um, no there's,

there's just no way of a smaller nation at the end of the day will be able to be on a level playing field. even if you ron in the united states went, the more while we run has certain, you know, things that, that enhanced their immediacy of their defense. and the fact is indeed i'd stage was to mobilize its total capability, non nuclear. we would be the wrong because it becomes this war of attrition. all work comes down to attrition. so you know, the question is, what is the political cost? can you run, make the political cost of war such that the united states would never seek to fully mobilize because there would be detrimental political price to pay at home? and i think that's, that's what we're looking at. but it's the end of the day the, the bigger nations can always have the advantage. thank you so much, scott. read or for joining us today. unfortunately,

military conflicts spring about the extremes and winners and losers. countries are faced with heavy casualties on both sides destruction of land, city and infrastructures, and losing all the progress that was made. now for decades high and precision strike american aircraft some dominated warfare to. however, the conflict and ukraine has changed everything, showing that low bunch of models made in china a ron or turkey are just as devastating their widespread usage has changed, how drone combat is waged and who can wage it. and while the tactical advantages are clear, what is also sadly clear is that these weapons will take and increasingly formal toll on civilian populations around the world. i'm christy, i. thanks for watching. i will see you right back here next time on the cost of everything. the

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allusions to ensure that there are no independent players in the world anymore. the do not forget the we're beginning to live in the ear of most people are both the shanghai corporation organization and briggs of visit, examples of proof that most people are teas coming. all the speaks with the russians farm industries, but swimming regarding the new well the, the, the why station on the conflicting you crate us during the 2nd day f, as in petersburg in to national economic for states you and with us for exclusive is ready on a reprimands an officer involved in the shooting of a 3 year old palestinian boy on the this month, claiming that the killing of a toddler was a mistake. operations. i say you are a p and cobalt and kaufman mining facility and the congo on suspended according to

the country's government funding. heavy environmental damage caused by the company policy speaks with the victims of the police said to me to charge you. did that happen to us? we haven't received any compensation today. i'm homeless. us mining must help the population by improving environmental conditions, the population doesn't know how to protect themselves from the river that flows through the whole city. the very welcome. this is also the international with the very latest world news uptake is great to have you with us. now, the 26th annual st. petersburg into national economics for him has and does it to the end of it 2nd day in russia's nolan castle. during all taint, we continue our special coverage of russia's biggest economic event throughout the week. the

theme all busy is for ms software and say that includes tech, culture and national traditions which all present at the various stands of attendees. all these spoke exclusively to russians, but our ministry spokeswoman almost goes cooperation with african nations. that was a big contingent of the 4 and this year are from africa. and when we have african guess on the program over talking about russia, they educate me the, the, the, they know so much about soviet african relations and ties. their memory goes back a long time in terms of, of russia, africa. because sergio of ralph has gone there a number of times this year already. what's the main goal? and all of must go on the confidence and where, where does that lead going forward? if it was shooting for us for a while, but it was for this is a very simple question that for the answer is simple as well. what corporation,

this is all countries, main task cooperation with the african continental economic, financial and investments in the exploration of natural resources and exchange of knowledge in the spheres of security. counter terrorism interaction on international platforms, humanitarian ties, tourism education and information essentially owns that. we're simply developing cooperation with the african continent where there's mutual benefit, right? yeah. why? because we have historical ties and there's potentials, i mean, we're interesting to each other. and the most important thing that guarantees the effectiveness of law corporation is a common opinion on how cooperation should be implemented without colonialism, new, colonial logistics, the and the other things please do not forget the, we're beginning to live in the ear of most people are c i think by the show high cooperation organization and briggs of visit examples of proof that most people are

tease coming up with these polls of very interesting and attractive for countries. the poll is not any, it's a graphical concept. little bit of fetch a one. the unites contract that will seem to be many of these polls. obviously they're being developed to overcome terrorism, financial, and economics challenges as it. nothing is split themselves around, $17000.00 people are expected to attend russia's biggest economic event, including leading economist companies, heads of states, ministers, finances and scientists around a $130.00 countries from around the globe. all participating, including those from the asia pacific africa and from latin america. ortiz, you to know now spoke with a valid di clubs, program direct to yvonne it timothy of who told us his perspective on the newly emerging multi polar. well, a t is that multiple, a world is a, is a relative which is coming. so it's uh how would you describe multiple are the

people perhaps just not a fail the term. so the polarity means the distribution of power between major players in the international arena. so we used to leave in their uni pull roles of to the end of the cold war after the collapse of wiping the system where united states. and you were to saw the major pools. so we went where the unit pull a moment, as we call it, when the united states used to be a hedge, the morning of our close entry, which concentrated most of the resources in this time. this is the kind of an objective process which develops regardless of the real well for those who would like to have a different picture of the rules. can the russian economy keep up with that acceleration? if there is demand, for instance, for fort more guests from china, for more and resources for india won't stop, come russia pivots out much. well, uh, russian economy and distinctions is

a huge surprise to many observers. uh, one of the major treatment is that to be managed to maintain open the financial system under the expensive pressure of financial things has to be managed to diversify our energy market. right. so we, uh 1st most is ride you through the law. so uh, you'll be in market the american market. right. but this notice have been quite successfully diminished by the um, the, but by creek the justification of the market in favor of china or india and other countries we have. and i don't think anybody's going to die that any more that there is a de dollarization. well, again, this is one of the dimensions of the emerging multiple letter to write. so them, the awareness of the position of the door is going off. and russia is a huge, less than to china to start with the speed of the organization

a little bit slow. we should not or estimate these and we should not expect the revolution tomorrow. but, but this process is going on. lead to all the rush and liberal democratic policy of law. the manager knows who died last year has come back to life. the money thanks to an artificial intelligence projects, a computer generated image of the politician shed its opinion on when the ukraine conflicts will end a know so quick the size, the communist quantity to getting all these you can of it also have questions based on previous speeches statements on the interviews given by here and on ski, highlights and clear. thank you. a delegation which is the guest of on the basis for russians. deputy prime minister also gave a speech with the head of the arab delegation, stating that the policies have discussed by laws while economic development and trade versus new with regions are also well represented. that the form with sons

dedicated to everything from price local produce to green energy. this all comes as many western companies less the russian markets onto the ukraine. conflicts began last year. the alt, easy to nobody else spoke with russia is minutes still all the can no make developments about the potential of the country's new regions and what the government is doing to facilitate correct to see which close cry me over sylvester pole gross points in the month of our country, we're talking about tourism supply chains, science, agriculture, and so on. the same goes for the new regions. they will become gross points. it won't happen tomorrow, there's still a lot of work ahead. now we're taking the 1st steps to integrate these regions into our economic environment. it wouldn't be easy because the special mental feel preparation has system invitations. but when we look at small businesses, we see how dynamic integration can be in just on the 6 months over 100000 small and medium sized companies have registered through russian systems. and we're also in

the middle of creating a publishing support system for small businesses. we're developing over the conditions they need for success. we're developing micro financial institutions that can issue loans from the federal budget. so we're creating a network of insurance organizations that can help them receive fund claims. the process is moving quickly, so there's lots of demand from the population in these regions. and it's our job to provide them with every tool they need to succeed. at the moment, concentrated with quite similar pull, some of the table continue with special coverage all be 26 in petersburg into a national economic for them throughout the week. stay with us with that the moving on that is way the soldier who was involved in the killing of a 3 year old palestinian boy has received a rep promoted for firing his weapon into the in direct violation of old as a recent statement from the is ready defense for was pauses judgments on the soldiers actions which took place while it was allegedly trying to stop seeing tara

suspects. as a result of the idea, as admitted it failed to maintain control over the situation. a big simulation revealed inadequacies in the commander's control and command over the incident. and during the reporting and communication between the personnel and the field, which led to incorrect decision making it to the idea of several days of investigation to confirm that the 2 and a half year old pa is seen in boy mohammed, somebody me was killed at his father heights and was a 100 officer. they were mistakenly, he's biased rarely forces when they were target as mohammedan hyphen were in the backyard of a house which is located not far from an israeli check. point at the entrance of the village of numbers sell a hen. they occupied dress bag. according to the idea of pro, to palestinian gunmen opened fire at these rarely troops at the check point. the forces returned fire. but due to the site intensification that oprah is miscommunication. with a.