Adding on to the photos in the article, here are the drones stacked and then staged in the warehouse pre-attack: https://t.me/RBC_ua_news/145230
'Spiderweb' drone attack marks a new threat for top militaries
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#12It’s only a matter of time before governments with the money and the sense adopt automated anti drone radar/turrets. It’s funny that they haven’t already. I mean it’s about “national security.” This threat has been looming for 10 maybe 15 years now
What do you mean haven't already? They most certainly have been working on it (this video is over 6 years old for example): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miBH10bdCs
Yes, but even now I don't think people have understood.
I suspect these turrets are fine with a couple of drones, but what if it's 5000? What if they're autonomous so that they can fly at 1/2 a metre?
With autonomy and something to allow long-distance flight it actually challenges the whole capable-airplane paradigm. People aren't thinking like this at all.
They aren't thinking real saturation, i.e. let's say, an attack with 10000 modernized V-1s, either. I believe that 10,000 modernized V-1s could cost as little as 50 million USD. So less than a single F-35, which has no chance of even reaching more than a couple during such a saturation attack.
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#13If these drones are so successful, why are their defences in the billions? Why don’t you have hunter drones targeting any potential drone coming in?
I think Ukraine is already using mothership & hunter drones to target slow-flying drones (Shaheds and similar).
Very soon the most challenging part of anti-drone defence is going to be detection since fiber-guided drones can already fly tens of kilometers at low altitudes where they’ll be virtually undetectable with radar. You can literally fly them just above ground if necessary.
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#14If these drones are so successful, why are their defences in the billions? Why don’t you have hunter drones targeting any potential drone coming in?
Ukraine is already using interceptor drones, Perun did a patron special episode discussing the development of these.
Re: 'Spiderweb' drone attack marks a new threat for top militaries
#15Sounds like a usecase for world strongest handheld laser
Re: 'Spiderweb' drone attack marks a new threat for top militaries
#16Lots of discussion:
How Ukraine’s killer drones are beating Russian jamming
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44168658
Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone attack deep in Russia
Re: 'Spiderweb' drone attack marks a new threat for top militaries
#17If these drones are so successful, why are their defences in the billions? Why don’t you have hunter drones targeting any potential drone coming in?
Ukraine is already using interceptor drones, Perun did a patron special episode discussing the development of these.
Ah cool, must’ve missed that one I’ll check it out. Love me some Perun