Neros has raised $121M to build military drones

Post by SanjayMehta » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 2:40 AM UTC

gonzo41 wrote: post #3

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #2

This was particularly interesting in regards to the US military not being at the bleeding edge: The trip underscored what they already knew: America was vulnerable. Russia and China produced millions of drones annually, while the United States barely made 100,000. It almost feels as if the US need(s|ed) to be a bit more involved in the Ukraine war in order to keep their finger on the pulse of how conflicts are evolvi…

Counterpoint, the US has better other systems. Such as the 1st,2nd,3rd largest air forces in the world. Lots of Ukrainian commanders would happily trade FPV drones with grenades attached for mortar teams with lots of ammo and effective aircover. Modern militaries need drones, but the swarms that everyone gushes over aren't that effective when a 1000 pound gorilla like the US Army turns up to play.

Post by patricklorio » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 2:42 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #23

perihelions wrote: post #10

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Good eye. It's plagiarized, too: the source they copied (without attribution) is this New York Times story[0], and you can diff the two texts yourselves, to see what AI did to it. (It's gross). I've emailed the mods to ask them to replace the post's URL. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/business/neros-military-d... ( "The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones" by Farah Stockman)

It's not paywalled, though, which makes it far better than the NYT link!

Post by gonzo41 » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 2:45 AM UTC

kragen wrote: post #30

gonzo41 wrote: post #26

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Think about mortars more. If you can be close enough for a drone 1-2km, then mortars should be what you're thinking about. Mix a targeting drone with a vehicle mounted mortar team and they can have faster rounds on target and get of the X quicker than drone teams. And nets don't stop mortars. 200M will by a lot of that and can be fielded in a very flexible way.

Mortars miss; suicide drones don't. And even the crappiest combat FPVs outrange mortars at 10+ km. The second drone gets through the net. And I wouldn't be surprised if US mortar rounds cost more than Ukrainian drones. But certainly they are synergistic, and tanks and IFVs are also widely fielded on both sides of the war. The obvious thing to do is to guide your mortar rounds with canards mounted slightly forward of…

Post by bloqs » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 2:46 AM UTC

giantg2 wrote: post #27

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #2

This was particularly interesting in regards to the US military not being at the bleeding edge: The trip underscored what they already knew: America was vulnerable. Russia and China produced millions of drones annually, while the United States barely made 100,000. It almost feels as if the US need(s|ed) to be a bit more involved in the Ukraine war in order to keep their finger on the pulse of how conflicts are evolvi…

"It almost feels as if the US need(s|ed) to be a bit more involved in the Ukraine war in order to keep their finger on the pulse of how conflicts are evolving" This has nothing to do with keeping up with the intel from the conflict. This is entirely the product of our manufacturing issues. Manufacturing drove our success in WW2. Now we can't even manufacture low cost low(ish) tech drones at 1/10th the volume of poten…

Post by defrost » Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 2:47 AM UTC

aviatobrainded wrote: post #34

defrost wrote: post #8

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A swarm of dirt cheap drones flying through the jet engines of a 10,000,000 dollar gorilla is an asymmetric answer.

Huh? Do you know how high and fast modern jets fly?