In one school of what is managed by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is located in the emblematic London neighborhood of Notting Hill, Children between 15 and 16 years old are taught to use combat drones.
The educational center is managed by and him mainly the children of Russian diplomats and spies attendalthough there is also a small number of students whose parents are not Russian officials.
As reported by the British media the school’s curriculum includes “a one-hour class on the fundamentals of technical preparation and communications for combat drones”.
Likewise, throughout this term, lessons have been taught at the school on fortification engineering, first aid on the battlefield and protection against radiological, biological and chemical weapons.
The classes are part of the course ‘Fundamentals of Security and Protection of the Homeland’
All of these classes are part of a course called ‘Fundamentals of Security and Protection of the Homeland’ (OBZR). It was introduced in Russian schools at the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic year.
The aforementioned course has replaced another called ‘Fundamentals of Vital Safety’which also had military elements but focused more on aspects such as civil risks and prevention.
Specifically, in that now extinct course, students learned to montar rifles Kalashnikov and also They simulated grenade launches in the yard using tennis balls.
However, in the OBZR course the training has been updated to enter the changes in war that have taken place as a consequence of the armed conflict in Ukraine, where three out of four casualties have been caused by .
In this sense, the curriculum document states that students have to learn combat methods with autonomous unmanned vehicles and the history of robotic systems.
