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In reply to the discussion: Army secretary says US can't keep pumping money into expensive weapons that can be taken out by an $800 Russian drone [View all]mackdaddy
(1,774 posts)If you watch something on YT they keep recommending it. There have been a huge number of vids of FPV (first person View) drones being flown right into open doors or hatches of tanks, personnel carriers or even underground bunkers. Even some of individual soldiers in a field trying to run away from a drone that chases him down like an angry hornet and blows him away.
At the recent funeral for the pope there were photos of a futuristic gun like thing that could jam or disable the radio like of drones as protection for all the dignitaries there.
But the latest is a 'fly by wire' or more specifically optic fiber link. The drone can carry MILES of fiber that it spools out as it flies. It is then impervious from the jamming and can fly lower since it does not rely on a radio data link. Apparently the Russians were first with the fiber optic drones. One of the big strikes inside Russia was on the only plant they had that produced the optic fiber for these.
I actually think these may be the biggest danger for 'ending' public figures. How do they stop these from aircraft on the ground or a reviewing stand or even on a golf course? Apparently they have to knock them down with a shotgun like duck hunters...
Frontline recently did a piece on this.
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