Know Your Enemy

Autor: Enno Lenze
ISBN: ISBN 978-3-95723-209-0
Verfügbarkeit: available
Umfang: 132 pages, 52 color illustrations, 19 x 12,5cm,
Preis: 16,00 €

How the Drone War Has Changed Ukraine—and the Future of Warfare

The war in Ukraine is the first drone war in history. In “Know Your Enemy,” Enno Lenze explains how a traditional war of movement involving tank columns has turned into a war of radio frequencies, jammers, and swarms—and why this concerns everyone in Europe. It all starts with his own story: a phone call from a friend asking him to come to Ukraine leads him to a topic that has stayed with him ever since.

Lenze dissects the drone battlefield down to the circuit board: the Molnia, a kamikaze drone costing about 10 euros per mission; the Zala reconnaissance drone, priced at 100,000 euros; jammers and scanners waging an invisible war across all frequencies, the mesh network of Shahed drones—and the surprising role that U.S. chips play in all of this, even in secret Russian FSB radios. He shows how this technology finds its way to Russia despite sanctions, how Nvidia AI is deployed in the field, and how much of it originates in the hardware store.

The book is based on more than 30 Russian drones that Lenze analyzed at the Berlin Story Bunker—evidence of Western technology in nearly every major drone. “Know Your Enemy” is a book for anyone who wants to understand how this war is actually being waged—and what it means for Europe’s defense capabilities. Published in German and English, with over 30 original drones on display at the Ukraine Museum.

German, Englisch und – Ukrainian free of charge