Drones are rapidly changing military strategies, particularly in the challenging Arctic environment where NATO countries are keen to enhance their capabilities amid increasing geopolitical tensions with Russia and China. While unmanned technologies show great promise for monitoring regional threats, analysts highlight significant obstacles due to the harsh climate, specifically the severe effects of cold on battery performance and difficulties in GPS communication. Ongoing military exercises, like those by the UK's 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group and the US 10th Mountain Division, aim to assess and innovate drone usage in extreme conditions.
In late April, the UK's 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group said it had been testing the limits of drone technology in extreme cold weather training in Norway, as well as testing new models there.
Military analysts told Business Insider that drones could be crucial in any military confrontation in the region.
The challenge of using drones in the Arctic comes down to the region's harsh environment and its lack of connectivity.
What we found was battery life was significantly degraded in the cold and affected the flight times of the drones.
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