"The Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course is designed to help the US Army close gaps exposed by conflicts like Ukraine, where cheap, small drones have been reshaping how soldiers fight and survive, by teaching students how to operate small drones and understand how lethal they can be. But it's not just the practical skills of piloting a drone that US troops need."
"Maj. Rachel Martin, the course director, told Business Insider that instructors deliberately use drones against students so they understand just "what it's like to be hunted by another operator from an adversary force: what it sounds like, what it feels like, how often they need to displace in order to survive or not be observed." That matters because "the minute you're observed, you need to move," she said. "What follows that is usually fires of some capacity," such as artillery."
The Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course trains soldiers to operate small drones and understand their lethality, addressing gaps exposed by conflicts like Ukraine where cheap drones reshape combat. Instructors deliberately employ drones against students so soldiers learn what it feels like to be hunted by an adversary operator — what it sounds like, how often they must displace to avoid observation, and the need to move the moment they are seen. The training emphasizes that observation often leads to follow-on fires such as artillery and aims to ingrain treating anything overhead as a potential threat.
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