The drone tech is absolutely frightening
by SEE (2024-01-29 20:12:09)
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Swarms of autonomous drones immune to EW that can simply hunt you down.







I’m alarmed by the number of grunts who dig fox holes
by airborneirish  (2024-01-29 20:56:37)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

And don’t conceal them from above or add hasty chicken wire to their overhead canopy.

Of all the ways to go out, getting grenaded from above by an incel drone operator sounds the worst to me.

Watching some of the UKR and RUS drone bombers
by 88_92WSND  (2024-01-29 22:49:26)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

in some cases, all the overhead cover does is contain the explosion. Even a bunker with an opening on the reverse face of the trench is vulnerable to a quadrotor swinging around and flying right in.

Saw footage today from an observation drone. Russian soldier sitting in a shell hole with some dirt piled up, some branches pulled over it. Rifle at his feet, looked like he was eating lunch. Small first person video drone with probably an RPG warhead comes in from behind him, hits him on the shoulder. When the smoke cleared, the shell hole was empty.

How the hell do you deal with that? I mean, historically you had a chance of catching a bad break when a mortar shell with your number came down, but this is freaking aimed right at you. It will follow you. It will come back again if it misses. That's just malignant. And that's just while it's still got a human in the loop. When it goes full autonomy with IR/thermal sights...fuuuuuu
There's a PBS Frontline about wall Hamas penetrated.
by flapjack  (2024-01-30 16:58:57)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

Hamas was using simple drones to take out the automated sentry towers along the wall.
Read “Ghost Fleet”
by IAND75  (2024-01-29 20:39:49)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

I’ve recommended the book before. The descriptions of being hunted be swarms of drones are terrifying.

This was an excellent recommendation, and frightening *
by catripledomer  (2024-01-30 17:00:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

It took awhile to find out just what the “ghost fleet” was.
by mkovac  (2024-01-30 23:08:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

But when the reader finds out, it’s very interesting.
Read this on the board’s (maybe your) recommendation
by IrishintheD  (2024-01-29 21:37:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

Interesting read and recommend any interested in future warfare to read as well. I’d be even more fascinated to read a book written today prognosticating on the future of warfare with technology like this.
Bob Newhart saw our future back in 1962
by mkovac  (2024-01-29 20:26:38)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply