Oh boi, these autonomous machines will surely never be used against a civilian population!
The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank
Submitted 1 year ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.politico.eu/article/future-warfare-400-army-strike-drone-unit-2m-tank/
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Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 1 year ago
Their piloted.
They already have.
Whatever war gets cheaper. That honestly might make us do it less.
Well until you get a pop-up with a timer and a live feed of an explosive drone heading toward you and a payment portal with an unstoppable ad.
TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 1 year ago
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a9249@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Whatever war gets cheaper. That honestly might make us do it less.
back when all it took was a blade, was the bloodiest time in human history. It’s almost like things have been calm only because of the HIGH cost of war for the last few decades. Cheap war = more war.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just wait until they have those quadrapeds all touched up. A screen with ads on one shoulder and a gun pointed at you in the other.
Kedly@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Holy Hell, Calm down there Satan!
fubo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If only we could be sure the $400 drones will only ever be used to kill tanks, and never to kill neighborhoods …
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’m waiting for the panic that will happen at the first political assassination using drones
aeronmelon@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Several years ago, before COVID, the Japanese government was on high alert because someone parked a drone on the roof of the Prime Minister’s office. Small traces of (harmless) radiation were detected on the drone and no one knows who put it there or why.
variants@possumpat.io 1 year ago
Im pretty sure I read a few years ago someone tried in like south america, I’ll have to look it up
massive_bereavement@kbin.social 1 year ago
That would make HOA meetings rather ackward... and dangerous.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wonder if the second amendment people will get behind drones. It isn’t like you are going to be able to defend your house when someone across a continent can set it on fire.
Imagine that brave new world. People walking around with a personal protection drone following them. Schools needing to invest in Iron Dome type anti-drones drones.
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can. It takes a much bigger drone to kill an entire neighborhood.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 year ago
Bigger drones, or just more drones.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah for now. What happens when someone attaches a laser to one that can start fires?
Skwerls@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
One gas main is all it takes
Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wonder if Russian is aware that Ukraine is using drones made with parts from China to take out their tanks lmao
DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Russia is aware and is trying to get China to restrict exports to Ukraine.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What are they gonna do about it? They can’t tell anyone anything least of all China. Russia is neutered.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It began ages ago, Ukraine aren’t the first to use them in war. They were used extensively in Azerbaijan/Armenia before then.
ours@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But Ukraine took it to another level by the extent to which they’re using drones including naval drones.
They are using everything from large military drones, improvised jetski-powered suicide drones, tiny FPV suicide drones, and everything in between.
massive_bereavement@kbin.social 1 year ago
Your drones are very impressive, you must be very proud.
MooseBoys@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TIL a single T-72 costs less than $2M.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 year ago
Black Mirror was a documentary.
sndmn@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
We’re living the worst parts of both black mirror and Idiocracy.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
When Not Sure proved that toilet water made the plants grow, the people embraced him and looked to him for leadership.
In our reality, people continue to send death threats to healthcare professionals and try to run them out of town. And countless death threats to officials.
We are MUCH worse than idiocracy.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
KYIV — Sergeant Yegor Firsov, deputy commander of a Ukrainian army strike drone unit, sounds exhausted in a voice message he sent to POLITICO from Avdiivka, an industrial city at the center of intense fighting on the eastern front.
Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help of tiny drones flown by operators like Firsov that, for a few hundred dollars, can deliver an explosive charge capable of destroying a Russian tank worth more than $2 million.
The FPV — or “first-person view” — drones used in such strikes are equipped with an onboard camera that enables skilled operators like Firsov to direct them to their target with pinpoint accuracy.
A typical FPV weighs up to one kilogram, has four small engines, a battery, a frame and a camera connected wirelessly to goggles worn by a pilot operating it remotely.
It can carry up to 2.5 kilograms of explosives and strike a target at a speed of up to 150 kilometers per hour, explains Pavlo Tsybenko, acting director of the Dronarium military academy outside Kyiv.
Battlefield experience has led the Ukrainian government to shift its preference away from conventional military drones, which are miniature fixed-wing aircraft with a long enough range to strike targets inside Russian territory.
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jcdenton@lemy.lol 1 year ago
I feel like that isn’t an accurate price comparison
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And Lem is once again proved to be a prophet. Y’all thought he was just the sci-fi writer behind Solaris
guyrocket@kbin.social 1 year ago
Isn't this happening today in Ukraine?
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
How do you “kill” an inanimate object
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Make it support java, install iTunes on it, or attach it to a consumer grade HP printer usually does the trick.
ricdeh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thank you 🙏
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 year ago
With good inantimate objects.
zingo@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
After the war, the Ucranian flag will have a drone painted in the center.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I went to check something from the autotldr and just day, it’s a decent read. First half is a little intro-ie but it’s a good reasonable length read. Would recommend.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
People whining about 3D printed guns always forget about the much more terrifiying things that can be made with a 3D printer - like a kamikazie drone.
variants@possumpat.io 1 year ago
we used to make our fpv drones out of poplar wood from the hardware store, usually we only used 3d printed stuff for like mounting the camera if we wanted to get fancy
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
To be fair, you do have to get the explosives some other way. (Not that it’s hard to get explosives).
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 1 year ago
Can you also print the payload?
Aqarius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean, the payload can just be a spike.
stewsters@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Australians have a cardboard kamikaze drone. The hard part would be sourcing enough electronics.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 year ago
You mean interconnected drone swarms.
lemmegogo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
autonomous interconnected drone swarms