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Heart-stopping moment Sea Baby drones blast Russian helicopters with machine guns in daring raid on Putin’s bridge
Sun UK ^ | 12/9/2024 | Patrick Harrington

Posted on 12/09/2024 12:06:12 PM PST by marcusmaximus

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To: reasonisfaith
"Why does this whole thing look like satanists against Putin?"

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.

21 posted on 12/09/2024 2:17:20 PM PST by fini
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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.


23 posted on 12/09/2024 2:21:23 PM PST by Windcatcher
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To: cowboyusa

And, 20% seem to be whatever nonsense was spouted that day on the View.
Equally irritating.


24 posted on 12/09/2024 2:31:49 PM PST by Fireone (Americans have had enough. (build the gallows))
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To: marcusmaximus

Robots with machine guns. What could possibly go wrong with that?

I guess we’re ARE living in interesting times.


25 posted on 12/09/2024 2:33:18 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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I absolutely agree with you. To me drones on the battlefield is like the rise of aviation in WWI- a complete game changer. Yet we don't know the limits of the change. Remember after WWII there were a lot of really smart people that said air power was king and we didn't need as many ground troops or ships. That didn't work out.

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?

26 posted on 12/09/2024 2:34:40 PM PST by fini
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To: fini

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.


27 posted on 12/09/2024 2:37:12 PM PST by Windcatcher
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To: Windcatcher

I don’t know about you, but anytime we put an aviator in a position where someone can shoot at him, it is risky.


28 posted on 12/09/2024 2:41:35 PM PST by fini
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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.


29 posted on 12/09/2024 2:49:39 PM PST by Windcatcher
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To: kiryandil

😂😂🤣🤣


30 posted on 12/09/2024 5:11:33 PM PST by Allegra (Deplorable garbage)
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31 posted on 12/09/2024 5:17:25 PM PST by Allegra (Deplorable garbage)
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To: cowboyusa

The weepers are spamming the living daylights out of free republic.


32 posted on 12/09/2024 6:01:21 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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To: marcusmaximus

That was pathetic.

Are they getting desperate for attention, or you?


33 posted on 12/09/2024 9:00:08 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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