Meet the future weapon of mass destruction, the drone swarm

https://thebulletin.org/ ^ | April 5, 2021 | By Zachary Kallenborn |

[RomanSoldier19]

ccp

[P.O.E.]

Mosquitoes had that figured out 400 million years ago.

Good article, thanks

[RomanSoldier19]

[dfwgator]

[The Antiyuppie]

Gravel shot cannons (low tech)
Radar controlled low altitude AA with programmable burst height (high tech)

[DannyTN]

Drone shark about to have a fricken laser mounted on it's' head.

[tlozo]

[Delmarksman]

Even with 12 guns, one still gets through, even though destroyed in flight.
https://youtu.be/AohmOrX0_LQ

[shooter223]

Seems like EMP would be a good defense, if it could be made directional. https://science.howstuffworks.com/e-bomb3.htm

[billyboy15]

“In theory, swarms could be scaled to tens of thousands of drones, creating a weapon akin to a low-scale nuclear device.”

A directed EMP defense could disable the lot of them instantaneously.

[RomanSoldier19]

Drones are equipped with robust metal shielding, filtering of signals, surge protection, and other EMP countermeasures.

[steve86]

I don’t think my own hobby drones would appreciate being thrown out of an F18 at 200 knots. Have to read the article and see how they dealt with this.

[Dahoser]

Or just crank Sabotage at 57.7 MHz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PaUTnk9k9Y.

[Mariner]

Two words: Bird shot

[Mariner]

That was a fake video.

[Wonder Warthog]

Atchafalaya Swamp Mosquito...

[billyboy15]

Cool!

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

The Armenia Azerbaijan war was fought with drones. Can’t say *all* future wars will be but probably all future wars where at least one party is reasonably technologically savvy. Suspect it’s a whole new era in warfare.

[dfwgator]

"Wonder weapons?" My God, I don't see the wonder in them. Killing without heroics. Nothing is glorified? Nothing is reaffirmed? No heroes, no cowards, no troops, no generals. Only those who are left alive and those who are left... dead. I'm glad I won't live to see it."

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Cept that he started in cavalry and finished with tanks.