Video 046 / Baltic bureau
Field Report: Baltic Live-Fire Filmed by S. Novak · 11:52 · 2026-08-24
An autonomous interceptor clears its first contested live-fire window. Our camera team tracked the trial from the radar mast to the after-action review.
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0:00 · Novak The trial window opens at dusk, when the sea clutter is worst — that is deliberate. 0:12 · Range officer Track is machine-assigned. We confirm classification, we do not assign it. 0:27 · Novak Two interceptors leave the rail inside a second of each other. 0:41 · Range officer Second round is the audit. It exists so we can prove the first one was not luck. 0:58 · Novak In the after-action room, the argument is not about accuracy. It is about the log format. 1:16 · Analyst If you cannot replay the decision, you cannot certify the system. That is the whole programme now.