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Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Eaton, Commander of the British Army Training Unit Suffield - the author of the headline quote.
Lt Col Eaton is not alone.
He has lots of company, present and past.
Nobody pays enough attention to Rumsfeld's "Unknown unknowns".
And we do have to plan for those and make allowances through greater contingency and research budgets.
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"“The technology now, where drones are being controlled by fibre optics, 25 kilometers fiber optic cable, who’d have thought that [this] would have been the technology?”"
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"Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Eaton, Commander of the British Army Training Unit Suffield, said militaries are being forced to adapt quickly."
"...the lessons from Ukraine have taught us that a $200 toy RR drone can defeat a multi-million dollar tank,” Eaton said.
"Eaton said that the shift is changing not just equipment priorities, but how soldiers are trained to understand threats in every direction.
"“With the technology that you’ve got now. Most soldiers [are] now on a three-dimensional threat,” Eaton said.
“They’re not just looking at what’s in front of them; they need to look at what’s above them now.”
"Drone technology is evolving at a faster rate than traditional procurement systems can keep up with, as Eaton said the technology changes “on a daily basis.”
"He said the solution is that testing and experimentation need to be more flexible and faster-moving than in the past, as drones are moving from surveillance tools to active weapons systems."
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"Eaton says the pace of change is driving a new model of military development at Suffield, where equipment is tested, refined, and rapidly integrated into service, including a shift toward smaller, more mobile trial teams working in isolation before systems are scaled up"
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Lt Col Eaton is not alone.
He has lots of company, present and past.
Nobody pays enough attention to Rumsfeld's "Unknown unknowns".
And we do have to plan for those and make allowances through greater contingency and research budgets.
....
"“The technology now, where drones are being controlled by fibre optics, 25 kilometers fiber optic cable, who’d have thought that [this] would have been the technology?”"
...
"Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Eaton, Commander of the British Army Training Unit Suffield, said militaries are being forced to adapt quickly."
"...the lessons from Ukraine have taught us that a $200 toy RR drone can defeat a multi-million dollar tank,” Eaton said.
"Eaton said that the shift is changing not just equipment priorities, but how soldiers are trained to understand threats in every direction.
"“With the technology that you’ve got now. Most soldiers [are] now on a three-dimensional threat,” Eaton said.
“They’re not just looking at what’s in front of them; they need to look at what’s above them now.”
"Drone technology is evolving at a faster rate than traditional procurement systems can keep up with, as Eaton said the technology changes “on a daily basis.”
"He said the solution is that testing and experimentation need to be more flexible and faster-moving than in the past, as drones are moving from surveillance tools to active weapons systems."
...
"Eaton says the pace of change is driving a new model of military development at Suffield, where equipment is tested, refined, and rapidly integrated into service, including a shift toward smaller, more mobile trial teams working in isolation before systems are scaled up"
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Increased military testing activity expected at CFB Suffield as base takes on larger testing role
Canadian Forces Base Suffield, west of Medicine Hat, is expected to assume an expanded operational role this s...
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