Drone usage has played a big role in the war. Early on they were just dropping explosives on live troops and later started doing kamikaze runs where the drone would detonate on impact. Now drones can even drop anti tank explosives.
As drone usage has increased, this opened the opportunity for units to start deploying signal jamming setups-- such as an infantry unit with a huge array of antennas set up to jam any wireless device within a certain radius. Since drones were operated wirelessly this meant the drones just crashed.
To combat this, both sides have started using fiber optic connections to control the drones. The drones have a spool underneath them with the fiber optic cable and i have seen some advertise a range as far as 40km so far. This means the drones no longer can be jammed like before.
Yes, i agree. I meant other countries haven’t given ukraine as much aid as they could, or pressured Russia directly enough to end the war. Other countries are benefiting from the technology advancements being made in Ukraine so they have an interest in giving the minimal help needed to keep the war going.
And all of this IMO is why the war in Ukraine has been allowed to continue. It’s live weapon/ technology testing for modern warfare
I think innovation like this, that is so cheap and accessible, is terrible for the super powers. I’m imagining if this type of thing was available in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, the US would have had a MUCH worse time.
I would think it would be in the best interests of any first world country with a tendency toward… wars away from home… to limit the advancement of technology like this.
I think innovation like this, that is so cheap and accessible, is terrible for the super powers. I’m imagining if this type of thing was available in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, the US would have had a MUCH worse time.
Yup, on both points. That said, we’ve only seen what disorganized and underfunded groups struggling to survive could do with the tech in Ukraine. Imagine what a superpower could bring to mass production, long range delivery and mass coordination coupled to a first class military - china or the us. And it’s going to be peer adversarial - drones sometimes take out other drones in Ukraine, in the next major conflict we’re going to see swarm vs swarm actions.
Drone usage has played a big role in the war. Early on they were just dropping explosives on live troops and later started doing kamikaze runs where the drone would detonate on impact. Now drones can even drop anti tank explosives.
As drone usage has increased, this opened the opportunity for units to start deploying signal jamming setups-- such as an infantry unit with a huge array of antennas set up to jam any wireless device within a certain radius. Since drones were operated wirelessly this meant the drones just crashed.
To combat this, both sides have started using fiber optic connections to control the drones. The drones have a spool underneath them with the fiber optic cable and i have seen some advertise a range as far as 40km so far. This means the drones no longer can be jammed like before.
Recently Ukraine announced they have a laser that they can use to shoot down drones as another advancement in the technology.
And all of this IMO is why the war in Ukraine has been allowed to continue. It’s live weapon/ technology testing for modern warfare
allowed to continue by who? the way I see it Russia could end the war anytime by just going home
Yes, i agree. I meant other countries haven’t given ukraine as much aid as they could, or pressured Russia directly enough to end the war. Other countries are benefiting from the technology advancements being made in Ukraine so they have an interest in giving the minimal help needed to keep the war going.
I think innovation like this, that is so cheap and accessible, is terrible for the super powers. I’m imagining if this type of thing was available in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, the US would have had a MUCH worse time.
I would think it would be in the best interests of any first world country with a tendency toward… wars away from home… to limit the advancement of technology like this.
Yup, on both points. That said, we’ve only seen what disorganized and underfunded groups struggling to survive could do with the tech in Ukraine. Imagine what a superpower could bring to mass production, long range delivery and mass coordination coupled to a first class military - china or the us. And it’s going to be peer adversarial - drones sometimes take out other drones in Ukraine, in the next major conflict we’re going to see swarm vs swarm actions.
shit’s gonna get crazy fast