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NEWS | June 9, 2025

Former commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command discusses war in Ukraine

"The Army Reserve needs to think differently about how to survive and win on modern and future battlefields," according to Lt. Gen. Robert Harter, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command.

Discussing the war between Ukraine and Russia, a former commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command says Ukraine's recent drone assault on Russian strategic bombers "signals the obsolescence of conventional military thinking."

"Ukraine's operation shattered ... assumptions by demonstrating how small commercial drones, deployed with sufficient creativity and operational security, can penetrate the most sophisticated air defenses," Charles Hamilton said in a commentary for Defense One.

To read more of Hamilton's article, visit the Defense One website: https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/06/ukraines-daring-drone-raid-exposes-american-vulnerabilities/405854/DISCLAIMER: Link goes to non-DOD website.