{"podcast":{"title":"Silicon Curtain","slug":"silicon-curtain-5936295","podcast_index_feed_id":5936295,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/a2dc0f30/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@SiliconCurtain/featured","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/27223308/27223308-1672150380433-f8bd61637bdca.jpg","author":"Jonathan Fink","episode_count":1576,"summary":"Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/subscribe A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias. 1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:18:14.673670+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295"},"episode":{"title":"1091. Ukraine's LONG RANGE and MIDDLE STRIKE Capabilities are Giving it the Edge in War!","slug":"1091-ukraine-s-long-range-and-middle-strike-capabilities-are-giving-it-the-edge-in-war","published_at":"2026-06-14T19:25:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295/1091-ukraine-s-long-range-and-middle-strike-capabilities-are-giving-it-the-edge-in-war","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/episodes/1091--Ukraines-LONG-RANGE-and-MIDDLE-STRIKE-Capabilities-are-Giving-it-the-Edge-in-War-e3kpecr","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/a2dc0f30/podcast/play/121468763/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-14%2F426127337-44100-2-bf8dae8ce9d2.mp3","summary":"Dr Alex Fergusson is a UK-based composites and unmanned-systems specialist, Ukraine supporter, and prominent NAFO figure. He is best known in the Ukraine-support community as “Nother Alex Fergusson Fella” and describes himself online as a NAFO SquaDrone Leader and Fella, an “ardent supporter” of Ukraine, and a mechanics-of-composite-materials / nanocomposites specialist. Professionally, Fergusson’s background is in advanced composite materials, aerospace structures, and drone/UAS design. He is a PhD-level lecturer at Imperial College London, founder of FAC Technology, with publications in composites and material characterisation.Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Fergusson has become an outspoken advocate for Ukrainian victory, with a particular focus on the fast-evolving role of FPV drones, autonomous systems, electronic warfare resilience, composite airframes, and UK–Ukrainian defence-tech cooperation. In LinkedIn posts, he has discussed FAC Technology’s “Ghosts of The Few” and “Ghost Squadron Leader” UAS concepts, including Ukrainian-made versions, larger FPV drones, EW-hardened communications, and work with Ukrainian partners such as Drone Space / Dronarnia.----------LINKS: https://x.com/nother_fella2https://www.instagram.com/alexanderfergussonhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-Fergussonhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/alexander-fergusson-9b95021_kseniia-kalmus-alex-fergusson-drone-event-activity-7261031593681567744-4fZ5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J31yASWIQvo&vl=en "Ukraine's fastest-evolving weapon: drones explained ..."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3K9me18dVo "Kseniia Kalmus & Alex Fergusson Drone Event"----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconc…","meta_description":"Dr Alex Fergusson is a UK-based composites and unmanned-systems specialist, Ukraine supporter, and prominent NAFO figure. He is best known in the Ukraine-…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2042,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/silicon-curtain-5936295/episodes/1091-ukraine-s-long-range-and-middle-strike-capabilities-are-giving-it-the-edge-in-war/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-curtain-5936295/1091-ukraine-s-long-range-and-middle-strike-capabilities-are-giving-it-the-edge-in-war.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}