This was in the mega thread, but that is less visited than it once was. Thought I would deposit this here. Terrifying video.
Drone warfare against NK troops in Ukraine - the stuff of nightmares
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Man's ability to innovate new ways to kill each other is truly inspirational.
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Probably still better than living in North Korea.
In the not so distant future, wars will be fought by swarms of disposable drones. The country with the best AI and drone technology will have the global advantage. The need to use humans to fight for us on the battlefield will be greatly reduced.
Horrifying and I'm not going to watch.
Death to Putin!
Death to Putin!
I'm not sure about that. Fitting that a lot of this is taking place in sunflower fields. Fertilizer and such.
I'm beginning to think the terminator and matrix were written by people from the future (not really but the similarities are eerie).
This reminds me of every scene from matrix of the flying attack robots.
FYI, these are kamikaze drones. Transmission stops at or before impact. You do not actually see anyone blown up, but it obviously happens a split second later.
It’s freaking terrifying. Talk about PTSD.
I have to think we are hard at work developing anti-drone technology. Some sort of jamming or other approach that doesn’t require precision shooting.
I have to think we are hard at work developing anti-drone technology. Some sort of jamming or other approach that doesn’t require precision shooting.
EMP bombs and then trench warfare.
It’s like swatting a bee except these bees will blow you up. I can’t even imagine.
They are well into anti-drone technology work. The new frontier is also quantum computing, and being able to use and defend against it.
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/09...nd-the-alarm-on-quantum-threat-to-encryption/
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/09...nd-the-alarm-on-quantum-threat-to-encryption/
And these are the early days.
Elon predicted this over four years ago. Tesla or SpaceX will likely produce autonomous drones in the future.
Recon drones.
Attack drones.
Defense drones.
Intercept drones.
There is a >0% our military has been developing them all for years.
Ok, but this has been envisioned forever.
What a visionary! I can't believe anyone could have possibly foreseen this!
If this were so obvious, why did NATO allies not have stockpiles of drones lying around to provide Ukraine in their defense?
It wasn’t obvious to the US nor NATO. These stockpiles didn’t exist in 2022.
Clearly they didn't see the video that you linked until two years ago!
Edit: Do you regularly watch shit like that video? It's like something my 9 year old would watch about Pokemon. WTF is this narration LOL
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After having some jackass park a drone outside my office window ~10 years ago, I have little patience for the "hobbyists" that use them for anything other than personal use on their own land. I am going to laugh at the whining when the top maker of drones used in the US (DJI, a Chinese company) gets banned.
Inspirational? It is really too bad. But since we have 1000's the thermonuclear warheads out there and we can incinerate the Earth it seems we have the worst weapons already
This one is more terrifying. Imagine hiding for hours listening to this. There are several videos of Russians being stalked blowing their brains out or sitting on a grenade before it attacks because the just can’t take anymore.
At least at the start of the war it was low tech shotguns. From the beginning Ukraine was requesting shotguns.
Lot of articles and forums debating the effectiveness of shotguns against drones. The vibe tended to be not very effective but better than their service rifles.
There was a Newsweek article in May 24 which contrasted Ukraines request for F-16 fighters vs Russian infantry urgent plea for shotguns to deal with drones.
I'm pretty good shooting trap but I'd hate to have to try and save myself from a drone with my 870.
😂. Define “not for long,” and let me know what you think the projected range and payload will be of these cheap/disposable drones. What is being planned to mitigate the other drawbacks? What is going to make them unsusceptible to communication disruptions? Everyone is contesting the same electromagnetic spectrum.
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