Ukraine has transformed modern warfare by successfully combining high-precision weapons with their large-scale deployment for the first time.
This view was expressed by Christopher Coates, former commander of Canada’s Joint Operational Command, in an interview with Ukrinform.
“Precision strike existed before this war, but Ukraine has combined precision with scale. Drones have not replaced traditional military power; they have added a new layer to it. And the cycle of innovation is now moving at extraordinary speed: technology, counter-technology, counter-counter-technology - almost in real time” Coates said.
He emphasized that “the key lesson is not simply “buy drones.” What Ukraine demonstrates is how quickly warfare can evolve when technology, adaptation, and mass come together” the general explained.
Coates added that “Western defence systems were largely designed around expensive, low-volume precision weapons. Ukraine is showing that low-cost systems used at mass can create serious strategic problems for those older models. That has implications not only for militaries, but for the entire defence-industrial system in the West,” he concluded.
