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(Telegram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regarding the implications of Moscow getting its hands on a vehicle, Borsari says the technology isn\u2019t particularly sensitive. Still, there are some risks, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAccessing Western technology can certainly be useful, as it offers Russia alternative ideas or concepts on the engineering and design, and most importantly access to the type of sensors and communications-encryption technologies the system uses,\u201d Borsari said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although most manufacturers have mechanisms in place to prevent technology theft, the retrieval of any sophisticated components could allow for Russia to attempt to develop \u201ctailored countermeasures or simply improve its own systems,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analyst noted that in the event there is encrypted data or stored information found in the vehicle\u2019s systems, this could pose an immediate threat to the Ukrainian operators by potentially revealing their location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA big, immediate risk could be Russia trying to exploit encryption info or other stored data, provided there is any, to breach Ukrainian secure communications, or track Ukrainian operators and strike their location,\u201d Borsari said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of February, Milrem had provided 15 THeMIS unmanned vehicles to Ukraine, according to a Jan. 11 company statement. 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