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Stealth is an open invitation for disruption. It certainly has utility but placing too much emphasis on this is highly risky IMO. A modest improvement in dete
by jqpabc123 2y ago
Stealth is an open invitation for disruption. It certainly has utility but placing too much emphasis on this is highly risky IMO.
A modest improvement in detection of either communication or presence could easily render stealth obsolete --- particularly for slow moving, remote controlled drones.
- keepamovin 2y agoRight. Ukraine has shown how ad-hoc, battlefield 3d-printed charges on rooted FPV drones can be incredibly cheap and effective. Houthis are showing something similar. It's like the evolution the low-tech / cyberpunk of disgusting IEDs. I also wonder if, in this context, the age of ultra-concentrations of super-high tech innovations across multiple fields (materials science, EW, aerodynamics, manufacturing) in super-expensive, long delivery time platforms is not the right strategy -- cool as all that stuff is. Practical warfare now seems a a lot more scrappy and "disruptive" to incumbent tech than seemingly anticipated.