Colonel Simon Wouda, who has led the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands’ Task Force Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, stated that drones will become an integral part of the armies of the future.
He expressed this view in an interview with a Ukrinform correspondent in The Hague.
“I believe we are still only at the beginning of understanding how to integrate all these unmanned systems into our traditional military concepts and tactical approaches to warfare. Ukraine is far ahead of others in this regard because it has real battlefield experience. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are learning every day. Even for them, this is only the beginning of developing a new concept of warfare in which manned and unmanned systems must be effectively combined and their interaction properly coordinated. I am convinced that drones will become an integral part of the armies of the future. There is no doubt about that anymore. They will play an extremely important role. At the same time, unmanned systems will not replace main battle tanks or other traditional weapon systems. Rather, they will become an additional element of military capability” said Wouda.
According to him, “there is still much to learn. We are only beginning to understand the full range of possibilities that unmanned technologies offer. The sector is evolving at an extraordinary pace. Industry is constantly improving drone systems, updating software and hardware, and adapting them to new challenges.”
