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Emm... I have mentioned in my last two posts, but it is ok to say it a few times ... it is even hard to believe Ukraine could get that deep and shows a terribly brittle air defence from Ruzzia.

Didn't noticed your post, my bad. It's true that these things shows how brittle Russian air defence in Crimea is. I would relate it with one of their most advanced S-400 system destroyed few weeks ago.

FPV drones is very important weapon in this war. There is lot of videos where these drones is used to attack various targets, but this video shows something what I haven't seen before. What level of precision from drone operator:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/16qxgzf/ukrainian_fpv_drone_flies_into_a_russian_dugout/

No worries, my posts are sometimes too long.

We have only see the beginning of the drone revolution. 6th generation fighters are playing with the concept of having a swarm of drone wingman (wingbots?) that could act under one direction, humans would become the strategists of the group rather than the pilots.

On a cheaper scale, the more expensive equipment may have to find a way to defend. directed energy weapons are the answer from the US and they are particularly good for dealing cheaply with swarm / overwhelm attacks of cheap low-tech drones. There is one source that say that at least some of these equipment are in use in Ukraine, given by Raytheon / US to declare them field tested I guess.

I am just waiting for the first confirmation of a heavy attack chopper being downed by a drone.

Honestly, The first time I checked on the videos of this war, I was quite impressed on how drones are being used for both sides to crack into the enemys lines of defense. It is completely new form of warfare, drones are more difficult to spot and destroy than the typical helicopter or war plane and can deploy granates over the enemy without putting own personnel at risk.

Though, it is sad that technological innovation and development usually takes the form of weapons and equipment to kill thousands of people. It is not a coincidence such a technological milestone like nuclear energy and weapons were reached during war times...

It's a story of humanity, first geniuses are exploited by politicians, fed propaganda to channel their brainpower towards creating a more optimal way to destroy each other, after they realize what they have unleashed but by that time it's too late. Think everyone realizes that swarms of these with AI to decide friend/foe is the unfortunate inevitable dystopian future, now the race will be who can produce that at scale first, and we all know who's the front runner on these. Not sure if directed energy weapons is the answer, very inefficient, would stand out on all EM scanners, if they get cheap enough and can just be 3d printed in the field what do you do if AI can arrange the swarm to attack at continues sustained rate of X per minute, run the energy weapon 24/7? Guess that why all those futurists predicted living under ground and all the other lovely predictions.