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
good stuff...
Very Interesting, good find, Chode!
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.
A stupid, meaningless slogan, that has nothing to do with the subject or video - but hey, whatever. Its a semi-free country.
thx, check out his channel, i’ve been watching him couple years now
your views?
Another stupid reply from another meaningless Putin supporter.
Thanks for the post very interesting.
welcome
Did. Pretty good!
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.
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?
We have entered the age of drone wars.
i see jammer rifles, but not enough
yup, i have the same dji/FPV racing drone some of them are using and it’s a riot...
“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.
don’t think they’ll get much take from the middle of nowhere where i fly
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