How Ukraine Just REWROTE the Rules of WAR—Larsen Jensen BREAKS IT DOWN

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Larsen Jensen discusses the future of warfare with Mike Ritland, focusing on how drone technology is reshaping military operations. Jensen highlights a recent Ukrainian drone operation against Russian airfields as a historic special operations mission that eliminated risk to friendly forces. He argues that warfare will increasingly involve unmanned systems across all domains (air, sea, undersea, space) requiring major rewrites of military doctrine, and warns that both state and non-state actors can now afford drone technology that poses threats comparable to traditional weapons at a fraction of the cost.

Key takeaways

• Jensen describes a recent Ukrainian operation using truck-launched drones to strike Russian airfields as one of the best special operations missions in history, noting it achieved strategic results with almost no risk to friendly forces
• Jensen argues that future warfare will require a complete rewrite of military doctrine and tactics as affordable unmanned systems contest environments previously dominated by manned platforms like helicopters
• Jensen warns that drone technology is now affordable enough for any state or non-state actor to conduct mass attacks, and states the U.S. currently has no adequate defense against scenarios like swarms of thousands of drones targeting critical infrastructure
• Jensen predicts future special operations forces will be ’nerd warriors’—physically capable operators enabled by technology, goggles, and autonomous drones as disposable as mortar rounds

Episode details: published June 30, 2025 · 8.9K views · 18:09 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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