I am guessing that Russia or Iran will be making a bunch of autonomous hunter-killer drones to protect against stuff like this.
just a newer form of weapon that has traditionally not been used, but will be used in most future combat situations.
you are going to end up seeing huge swarms of ai powered drones where the idea is that an enemy cannot down them all.
Yep but there is also the risk they could be hacked and come right back at you. I'm glad I'm too old for combat, infantry and armor has never faced such opposition.
When I see videos of Russian and Ukrainian solders trying helplessly to hid from these new weapons, I can't help but to feel sympathy for their plight and the hopelessness of their situation.
All so corrupt old men can fight for who gets to sit on the thrown of rubble and bones.
I sure hope the US military in on top of this new reality.
The problem with autonomous hunter-killer drones is that heat/radar sensors will be expensive, especially those sensitive enough to lock on to FPV drones. They will also have to carry their processing with them.
The FPV ones use humans for the back end of their sensors and “processing” power. Their targets also arent as tiny and elusive as the hunter-killer drones.
In this case the offense has significant inherent advantages.
Better option I think is signal jamming. Im pretty sure this can be improved. Big area jammers are not so good, they tend to be big targets for artillery/HIMARS. Small point defense ones may be better, so every vehicle can have one.