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The key learning from the Ukrainian conflict from a military standpoint is the use of hobby drones + old artillery. You can either drop artillery rounds or use
by ransom1538 4y ago
The key learning from the Ukrainian conflict from a military standpoint is the use of hobby drones + old artillery. You can either drop artillery rounds or use the drone as a way to direct artillery fire. This has totally changed the game. The switchblade is amazing, but, realistically they wont be built in any quantity to matter.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wa74hd/ukrainian_drone_drops_a_grenade_straight_into_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wa74hd/ukrai...
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wamxri/ua_drone_drops_a_whole_bunch_of_grenades_at/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wamxri/ua_dr...
- simonh 4y agoTo give an indication 4,000 of these things were deployed in Afghanistan since 2013, I'm not sure if that counts as a significant quantity. I've no idea what their manufacturing capacity is now, but that's an average of about 600 a year.
- SolarNet 4y agoI think the interesting question is how they will "compare". If they compare favorably to that key learning, as "this kind of thing, but a better iteration on it" it won't much matter the quantity. As the article points out, it's not about this conflict, it's about the next one.
- rr888 4y agoI think Ukraine and the Russians have learned to track consumer drone signals with aeroscope https://www.dji.com/aeroscope https://www.dji.com/aeroscope. There are a few videos out there of drones taking off then artillery shells arriving very soon after.
- dilyevsky 4y agoIt’s real easy to root device and disable aeroscope but there are jammers on the market that equally easy land/home your device
- dilyevsky 4y agoThis has been done in mass in syria and karabakh before and no not a game changer.