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Samuel Bendett

@sambendett · joined 27 Oct 2010

Analysis of military robotics, drones/UAVs, AI and Russian military weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own. @sambendett.bsky.social

49 768Followers
3 914Following
40 446Posts total
28.7KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

These activities no doubt involve sharing drone/counter-drone warfare lessons learned, and teaching interested parties UAV/UxS tactics and concepts... 717 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Useful analysis: How software modifications affect drone warfare – The Russian example https://t.co/9SeRv1h2HL 1.3K views · 15 likes · 7 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
1/3 Apparently, Russia reached an agreement with China's Kangji International Investment to establish the "Kangji Zhilian" technopark in the Vladivostok Free Port to mass-produce industrial and humanoid robots designed to automate enterprises in Russia's Far East. https://t.co/0M
4.2K views · 29 likes · 8 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
@sambendett Sounds like he would be better at standup comedy than as the Head of Modernization in the Drone Age. https://t.co/rANKRdOJx5
31 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
No Real Rear Area: Drones, Logistics, and the Transformation of Operational Depth https://t.co/L9Hl7aXi8Z 8.1K views · 55 likes · 20 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
6/ Finally, the article does not mention EW/CUAS activities - hope that tech was present and used. Thanks to @chrispanella_ for highlighting this drill. 1.2K views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
5/ Bradley IFVs shown in the article photos apparently lack basic CUAS physical protection such as cages and nets as a key defense against a possible large-scale use of tactical UAVs by an adversary in an urban fight. 1.3K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
4/ Blackhorse OPFOR units should have used FPVs to make it difficult for any advancing units to try and get inside a city. https://t.co/hslmnMn5N8
607 views · 11 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
3/ Both sides in Ukraine war also use small UGVs packed with explosives in kamikaze missions in an urban environment - an opportunity for these Army units to practice how to defend against such threats was not undertaken in this exercise. 718 views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
2/ ...such a concentration of manpower would be a prefect target for an FPV drone/quadcopter drop, as often happens in Ukraine war. https://t.co/4mYg6AsjFA
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1/ QUICK TAKE on a recent USARMY urban warfare exercise. I really like that this exercise took place - we should have more such drills. A few comments: the photo in the article shows a tightly packed squad following armored vehicle... https://t.co/XlO9We5l16 9.6K views · 58 likes · 12 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 218this account968median for 10K–100K
Reach, %2.45%this account3.43%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %0.98%this account1.91%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post1 2189681.26×
Reach (views ÷ followers)2.45%3.43%0.71×
Engagement rate0.98%1.91%0.52×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

9.6K6 Sep
1K
718
607
1.3K
1.2K
8.1K
317 Sep
4.2K
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717

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.77%6 Sep
1.27%
1.67%
2.14%
1.02%
0.99%
0.98%
0.00%7 Sep
0.96%
1.72%
0.42%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.91%.

What the audience does

Likes60.2%215 in total
Reposts14.0%50 in total
Replies2.2%8 in total
Quotes2.2%8 in total
Bookmarks21.3%76 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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