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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This reminds me of WWI dogfights. Slow, clumsy, inaccurate. Give it twenty more years and these things will be death machines

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

20?

I'd say the US has them.

We have flamethrower robo-dogs already.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'd say the US has them.

Wouldn’t be surprised. Probably being a little too slavish to my analogy with the figure

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was thinking for now you need a ptz gun with a separate human controller from the human flight controller.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was thinking for now you need a ptz gun with a separate human controller from the human flight controller.

Well, Pan and Tilt, maybe not Zoom.

But potential modification: have a detachable PT turret, and just use this drone to drop the turret off. Now you've got the ability to do things like cut off roads by dropping one of these aimed behind along them or seal off bunkers by dropping one aimed at its door.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Lol, all guns have zoom

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Short of full on AI controlled, I imagine in the near future we'll see AI handling the target tracking and shooting once aquired and a human will authorize the targets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Once they are completely autonomous with no man in loop, the scalability is limitless. We already see INS on stormshadows where they can fly to their target with complete loss of contact.

Scary stuff when they're unhackable

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I think that's partially why even though they can, they still require a human to make the kill decision.

Once the drone makes the decision itself it's a whole other game.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Handles recoil better than I would have expected...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

/c/noncredibledefence is leaking

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Is it just firing blindly? I can't make out anything that doesn't resemble something I'd see in the distance in Minecraft.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks like it's more about demoralization, than actually hitting anything.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Still good, especially for distraction. I'd say make them look up and keep an eye on the drones while the rest of the battalion sneaks up to their position.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Seems not to be the most efficient weapon. 30 rounds fired without accurate aiming...

However I do applaud the ingenuity and skill involved in the making of this.

And maybe just maybe my keyboard warrior ass is plain wrong about the feasibility.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

how do they control these? I imagine each drone doesn't come with its own remote

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I Think a lot of these drones are consumer based drones so yeah they often do come with their own hardware to control it. Though I imagine the Ukrainians are hacking the drones somewhat to rewrite things to shoot them.

I’ve also seen simple tech like the steam deck get used which is interesting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Well if it's anything like radiomaster controllers, you can program certain buttons to do whatever you'd like. I'm assuming pulling a trigger for a gun is possible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

FPS Russia is on the phone. He wants royalties

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Enemy MQ-25 Dragonfire above!