The success of counter-UAS (C-UAS) defences often depends on a single factor: the ability of a human operator to correctly identify and react to a drone threat, writes Oleg Vornik, chief executive of DroneShield.

Russian forces have used “greyzone warfare” (cyber, unmarked troops, Wagner Group etc) both in Eastern Ukraine and around the globe extensively for a number of years now. Using drones is an extension of this strategy.

Small drones or small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) moved from a novelty to an everyday presence over the past decade across civilian day-to-day life

Modern warfare and tactics are regularly evolving, and asymmetric warfare is becoming a core discipline. Though this evolution raises the question of whether we are keeping up.

War is a fact of life for humankind. We have been constantly killing each other in increasingly deadly and larger scale ways for most of our history, with the last 60 years of relative peace being an aberration by historical norms.

Australia’s connection points to the global internet are vulnerable in this era of concern about increased hi-tech warfare. Undersea cables essentially carry all of the data to and from the country – without them, we go dark losing internet, phone, or other means to connect.

In recent years, the rise in public drone use has increased rapidly, and as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) become more advanced, they are now trickling into the general market as gifts for tech-lovers around the world.

With loose counterdrone laws and regulations surrounding UAS, it makes stadiums and commercial venues perfect for protestors, vandals, and even terrorists to fly over densely populated spaces without much recourse.

Drones allow nefarious individuals to spy on and perhaps even threaten people in their homes and places of work. From government officials to celebrities, business executives to foreign dignitaries, the security risks presented by the presence of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are a growing concern for many.

Drones for military operations are becoming a key technology in modern warfare and conflict. However, while military-grade drones are becoming more common, the use of publicly accessible Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has also increased