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Firing traditional artillery makes you vulnerable to counter-battery radar. Since rockets, mortars, howitzers, etc all fire in a predictable ballistic trajector
by wildzzz 3y ago
Firing traditional artillery makes you vulnerable to counter-battery radar. Since rockets, mortars, howitzers, etc all fire in a predictable ballistic trajectory, you have to quickly move or risk being shot at before your rounds even hit their target. An anti-personnel drone can move in any direction and can operate much lower to ground to avoid radar so no one will know exactly where it came from. You don't get as much of a bang but it's much more stealthy.
- sandworm101 3y agoYa, but the drone operators emit radio. So too the drones. They are visually stealthy but are more visible electronically than an oldschool motor team. From what I have seen, the Ukrainian drone teams have to "shoot and scoot" in much the same way as the motor/artillery teams.
- unclebucknasty 3y agoPart of the exposure is also due to the limited range of some smaller drone control systems, meaning those drone operators have needed to be much closer (a few km) to their targets than artillery crews (several dozen km).
- fancyfredbot 3y agoThere can be a long wire between the (cheap) radio and the person operating it. You probably don't mind if you lose the radio or the drone. This is very different to artillery which is too expensive to lose to return fire and even more expensive if you try and make it operable remotely.
- lukan 3y ago"Ya, but the drone operators emit radio. So too the drones. They are visually stealthy but are more visible electronically than an oldschool motor team." Which is why it is very unlikely, that we can avoid fully autonomous killer drones. (if they are not already deployed in experimental settings)