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Small Drones & Loitering Munitions in Ukraine - The terrifying rise of cheap precision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlpZf1hpQYM ^ | 2/12/2023 | Perun

Posted on 02/12/2023 9:39:05 AM PST by Chode

Description: While the news often focuses on the role of large, expensive systems in the Ukraine war (think of the attention given to tanks, aircraft, or MLRS and SAM systems in recent weeks and months) some of the most omnipresent and disruptive systems have actually been terrifyingly cheap and accessible.

Off-the-shelf commercial drones converted for military use have been deployed by the truckload, while some of Russia's more successful weapons have been comparatively cheap loitering munitions and kamikaze drones like the Iranian Shahed and Russian Lancet. Videos of equipment destroyed by drones that might cost a thousandth of the price have become image of the war across social media.

In this video, I examine the use of these (often civilian) systems in the war in Ukraine, look at international developments, and ask what lessons we can take from the terrifying rise of cheap sensor and cheaper precision on the battlefield


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 4shop; drone; droned
Perun has some of the best analysis on world events on the webs

good stuff...

1 posted on 02/12/2023 9:39:05 AM PST by Chode
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To: Chode

Very Interesting, good find, Chode!


2 posted on 02/12/2023 9:56:04 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
and ask what lessons we can take from the terrifying rise of cheap sensor and cheaper precision on the battlefield
Lesson 1: thug dictators shouldn't invade other countries.

3 posted on 02/12/2023 9:57:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Lesson 1: thug dictators shouldn't invade other countries.

A stupid, meaningless slogan, that has nothing to do with the subject or video - but hey, whatever. Its a semi-free country.

4 posted on 02/12/2023 10:01:56 AM PST by PGR88 (, )
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To: Navy Patriot

thx, check out his channel, i’ve been watching him couple years now


5 posted on 02/12/2023 10:14:11 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Travis McGee

your views?


6 posted on 02/12/2023 10:17:57 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: PGR88

Another stupid reply from another meaningless Putin supporter.


7 posted on 02/12/2023 10:26:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Chode

Thanks for the post very interesting.


8 posted on 02/12/2023 11:06:35 AM PST by Rappini (In hoc signo vinces)
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To: Rappini

welcome


9 posted on 02/12/2023 11:21:37 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode
check out his channel

Did. Pretty good!

10 posted on 02/12/2023 12:08:19 PM PST by null and void (You can’t have a police state without a state police.)
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To: Chode

I’m surprised both sides haven’t been more aggressive about developing electronic countermeasures to jam or defeat drone control.
Especially with modified civilian devices with known communications frequencies.


11 posted on 02/12/2023 12:38:42 PM PST by sjmjax
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To: SunkenCiv

Study human history. Alexander invaded country after country reaching all the way in India. Roman soldiers invaded Africa. Hitler invaded so many countries, including Russia. Bush invaded Iraq. LBJ invaded Vietnam. Britain invaded so many countries, the Sun never set on British empire at one time. Ottoman empire was not restricted to Turkey. Arabs invaded India and established an empire in India.

Human history is replete with invasions.
Were all those invaders thugs?


12 posted on 02/12/2023 12:38:48 PM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: Chode

We have entered the age of drone wars.


13 posted on 02/12/2023 12:42:23 PM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: sjmjax

i see jammer rifles, but not enough


14 posted on 02/12/2023 12:50:25 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: McGruff

yup, i have the same dji/FPV racing drone some of them are using and it’s a riot...


15 posted on 02/12/2023 12:52:44 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

“i have the same dji/FPV racing drone”

You do know DJI apps are deep spyware, right? They surreptitiously monitor ALL of your (and nearby) network traffic, phone home to china with the info. Doesn’t matter what their TOS say, or wether permissions are turned off. They do what they want, and are programmed by world class hackers from the chicom government.

All nearby (and networked) electronics, their make and model, IMSIs, MAC addresses, ping response times... everything theoretically possible, they gather and send home.

And they are used all over America.

The military has banned all things DJI them for a reason.


16 posted on 02/12/2023 7:01:04 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (THE FBI INTERFERED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!)
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

don’t think they’ll get much take from the middle of nowhere where i fly


17 posted on 02/12/2023 8:20:14 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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