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To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand their key strengths

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Re: To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand their key strengths

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Post by jvanderbot »

kragen wrote: post #209
jvanderbot wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice try, China.

Heh! Actually, although I'm in Argentina, I thoroughly endorse 墨子's defensive program: if every country is safe against attacks, then all the people will be safe, while if every country is vulnerable to attacks, then life will be bitter and filled with grief. So, just as 墨子's followers worked to improve the fortifications of the various states of China so that none could gain by attacking another, I think we should f…

Minus the emotional wording, this has been the justification for large standing militaries in every nation state ever. I mean, it's the Dept of Defense here in the US.

Re: To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand their key strengths

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Post by kragen »

jvanderbot wrote: post #211
kragen wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Heh! Actually, although I'm in Argentina, I thoroughly endorse 墨子's defensive program: if every country is safe against attacks, then all the people will be safe, while if every country is vulnerable to attacks, then life will be bitter and filled with grief. So, just as 墨子's followers worked to improve the fortifications of the various states of China so that none could gain by attacking another, I think we should f…

Minus the emotional wording, this has been the justification for large standing militaries in every nation state ever. I mean, it's the Dept of Defense here in the US.

Right, and the US isn't even a nation-state, despite the persistent efforts of certain reactionary groups to change that. But it's a backwards justification, because thousands of years of history show us that large standing militaries increase the risk of war, while fortifications diminish it.

Re: To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand their key strengths

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Post by snovv_crash »

K0balt wrote: post #100
snovv_crash wrote: post #87

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Not if it also needs to have an antenna to listen with. That's always going to be an easy way in.

Still, can clamp it as long as the attacking frequency is out of band. Also, no real need for telemetry in most cases anyway.

Not telemetry, but usually C&C, GPS, etc.

Re: To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand their key strengths

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Post by Animats »

Animats wrote: post #37

The article has a good intro, and then never goes on to discuss the "key strengths". It's just clickbait. They're also late to the party on this. The US professional military has been discussing this for over a decade. There have already been more than a half dozen articles on drones in Parameters, the U.S. Army War College's journal. "The coercive logic of militant drone use" [1] is worth reading. This covers how no…

That paper has only 65 downloads.

Now. 640 downloads. Still not many, but a huge number for Parameters, a publication read by more real generals than armchair generals.

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