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Russia's Shturm robot tank fails during Putin parade debut

Original: Russia's uncrewed robot tank fails during debut military display in front of President Putin Russia’s new Shturm uncrewe

Russia's new Shturm uncrewed assault tank malfunctioned during its debut at the Tsentr-2026 military exercise, with repeated command-link failures forcing organizers to switch to a human driver in front of President Putin. The embarrassing stumble has drawn attention to questions about the reliability of Russia's unmanned combat vehicles and the gap between advertised capabilities and real performance.

Why now: The highly public debut of an autonomous weapon failing in front of Putin makes it a widely shared embarrassment for Russia's military tech ambitions.

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• Russia's uncrewed robot tank fails during debut military display in front of President Putin Russia’s new Shturm uncrewed assault tank reportedly suffered repeated command-link failures during its Tsentr-2026 debut, forcing organizers to use a human driver before the vehicle… · techwire@gamefan.net · 4

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