Three months ago, as Ukrainian troops were struggling to advance against Russian forces in the south, the militaryโs headquarters in Kyiv quietly deployed a valuable new weapon to the battlefield.
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It was not a MLRS, cannon or other kind of heavy artillery from allies. Instead, it was a real-time information system known as Delta โ an online network that military troops, civilian officials and even vetted bystanders could use to track and...
Image a US C2 center
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Image a US C2 center
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... share desperately needed details about Russian forces.
Ukraine unveiled the Delta situational awareness system in October of 2022 during theย NATO TIDE Sprintย closed event in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
Images a Ukrainian Hermes-C2 system.
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Ukraine unveiled the Delta situational awareness system in October of 2022 during theย NATO TIDE Sprintย closed event in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
Images a Ukrainian Hermes-C2 system.
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The software, developed in coordination with NATO, had barely been tested in battle.
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But as they moved across the countryโs Kherson region in a major counteroffensive, Ukraineโs forces employed Delta, as well as powerful weaponry supplied by the West, to push the Russians out of towns and villages they had occupied for months.
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The big payoff came Friday with theย retreat of Russian forces from the city of Khersonย โ a major prize in the nearly nine-month war.
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