Jake Epstein
Senior Defense Reporter at Business Insider
Senior defense reporter @businessinsider covering national security and global military issues. Reach out: [email protected].
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3 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
Newly captured satellite imagery captures the aftermath of the wide-scale Ukrainian drone attack that targeted multiple Russian airbases on Sunday. The photos, taken on Wednesday by US commercial satellite imaging company Maxar Technologies and obtained by Business Insider, appear to show damaged and destroyed bomber aircraft at the Belaya airbase in Russia's central Irkutsk region, more than 2,500 miles from the Ukrainian border.
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3 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
What kind of rifle are elite Polish paratroopers jumping into combat with? A relatively new homemade gun that they say offers flexibility and mobility needed at a time when modern warfare is showing that light infantry has a key part to play. Poland's 6th Airborne Brigade previously carried the 96 Beryl, a rifle developed by the Polish firearms manufacturer FB Radom in the 1990s. Now, the brigade is fully armed with FB Radom's newer MSBS Grot, a family of modular rifles.
The Ukraine war is showing Polish paratroopers that light infantry skills still matter, general says
4 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
In a war where tanks struggle to move without drawing the attention of a drone, missions sometimes fall more to small, agile, light infantry units. That's one of many lessons that NATO militaries are taking from the Ukraine war. A top Polish general overseeing the country's paratroopers said that a big takeaway is that light infantry skills, like those brought by airborne forces, still matter. Brig. Gen.
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4 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
Finnish soldiers are training with basic navigation tools — paper maps and compasses — to make sure they can operate in environments where enemy activity means GPS isn't available to them, a top military officer told Business Insider. Col. Matti Honko, the commanding officer of Finland's Guard Jaeger Regiment, said that an important lesson from Ukraine is that the satellite-navigation tool known as the Global Positioning System, or simply GPS, is vulnerable to interference.
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5 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
Finland and Poland — two front-line NATO allies that share borders with Russia — are experimenting with new ways of war using drones, military leaders told Business Insider, noting the radical changes unfolding in Ukraine. Col. Matti Honko, the commanding officer of Finland's Guard Jaeger Regiment, said that one of the main lessons from Ukraine is that there is increased transparency on the modern battlefield because of drones, satellites, and other means of surveillance.
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