As drones dominate battle space in the Ukraine-Russia war, the biggest take-home for Australia is to turbocharge innovation and shake off its risk-averse, dawdling military acquisition process.
Delays and cost blowouts have long plagued major Australian defence projects but the game-changing nature of drone warfare in Ukraine must be a wake-up call, retired Australian Army major general Mick Ryan warns.
He's travelled to Ukraine to analyse drone warfare and characterised Australia's present drone capability as "limited".
