That does seem to be the story of this war, doesn't it? I bet all the major militaries are looking at stuff like this and investing in more drones for themselves, too.
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That would be stupid. Drones are easy to take out with cheap anti aircraft. they work today because it will take a couple yeas to develop and deploy and so they are useful today but it won't last.
there are good options for drones but based on something like the f35 with stealth or other things that make them harder and more expensive to shoot down. However those are not cheap.
Drone defence will be the big issue of the next couple of decades. There's no easy solution right now and it will be a constant arms race between better drones and better defences.
Like the Gepard? Hard to cover a large area with that kind of defense, and I assume it could also be overwhelmed with a swarm attack.
Automate it, and build so many they are cheap. Swarm attacks can work but we are learning how to counter them as well
Fair enough. I guess we'll be seeing it play out one way or another.
It's fascinating, but I'm not thrilled to see automated weapon systems proliferating like this. At least some soldiers have a good sense of morality and the ability to say no.
Interesting math lessons π€£
Those ruzzkis have a very expensive bridge, too π
Why do they always add the fake static right before the drone hits? They do it to every video.
That's actually happening, and isn't an effect. They're using analogue recorders because that's good/cheap enough to blow up after one use. There's a bit of a delay to process and transmit the signal, so it cuts out during the last bit of processing before it even registers the hit.
Which does make piloting it a bit tricky, too. And if you've ever flown any type of drone, you probably noticed it's faster than your reaction time, which makes these skilled attacks even more impressive to me. But I guess they also have a lot of practice, by now!
Analog video transmitters also work better at longer ranges, because a staticky signal is better than an "all or nothing" digital signal.
Couldn't that be a loss of signal due to adversarial jamming?
Maybe they don't want to let the Kremlin know how effective their electronic warfare systems are.
Does it transmit in HD until impact? Is it just barely able to hit the target?