Posted on 12/09/2024 12:06:12 PM PST by marcusmaximus
DRAMATIC new footage shows Ukraine’s “Sea Baby” marine drones using on-board machine guns to pound and damage Russian military helicopters in a ferocious battle.
Watch as the armed drones also shoot at Russia's Su-30SM warplanes during the battle in Kerch Bay, close to Vladimir Putin's £3 billion Crimean Bridge.
Footage from the view of the unmanned Ukrainian attack boats - first deployed in 2022 - shows the scopes being trained on airborne Russian helicopters and planes.
The video shakes violently as Ukrainian soldiers remotely spray rounds of bullets at the aircraft swooping in the skies above.
The Ukrainian SBU security service said today that intercepted Russian communications suggested the Sea Babies had left Russian soldiers “dead and wounded” on the Mi-8 helicopters.
A SBU statement said: “The Russian pilots considered themselves hunters and counted on easy hunting, but they became the prey, because the naval drones opened fire in return,”
“The latest Sea Baby [drones] were equipped with large-calibre machine guns with ballistic programmes for automatic guidance and auto-capture of targets.
“Intercepted Russian radio communications indicate that there are dead and wounded on board the helicopters.
“The helicopters themselves received significant damage and now require major repairs.”
The battle happened on December 5 and 6 and was the first major drone attack in five months close to Putin’s Crimean Bridge - which Ukraine has vowed to destroy.
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To me it doesn't. Many of us don't have a "side" in this issue. The Ukraine and Russia are two of the most corrupt countries in the world. For me, it is kind of like a fight between the Bloods and the Crips- I want to stay informed but I don't want to be drug into it.
I try to stay current because I am trying to figure out the secondary and tertiary effects of these conflicts.
For me, the most fascinating part is the quick advancement of “small-tech” warfighting solutions and how pressing consumer tech into warfare is changing how wars need to be fought. Take these sea drones for instance. It’s only a matter of time until someone rigs them with remotely-launchable MANPADs. The implications for asymmetric warfare alone are enormous let alone how they’re affecting battlefield operations. I’m especially concerned about what notes terror groups are taking.
And, 20% seem to be whatever nonsense was spouted that day on the View.
Equally irritating.
Robots with machine guns. What could possibly go wrong with that?
I guess we’re ARE living in interesting times.
I do believe that we don't need manned fighter planes anymore, we just need to figure out how decrease the communication time lapse between the human controllers and the drones. Maybe manned aircraft 100 miles behind the drones?
The USAF is already talking about having a single manned aircraft coordinating many AI-enabled “wingmen” that take the kind of risky missions that we wouldn’t want to risk a highly-trained pilot on.
I don’t know about you, but anytime we put an aviator in a position where someone can shoot at him, it is risky.
Of course it is, but not as risky as the kind of missions that they’re contemplating for the drones to undertake. That’s the point: to limit risk to pilots.
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The weepers are spamming the living daylights out of free republic.
That was pathetic.
Are they getting desperate for attention, or you?
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