Lithuanian startup launches open-source network to detect Shahed-type drones
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#3I wonder how this system can be protected from spam - if anyone can send data there, enemy can, too
Re: Lithuanian startup launches open-source network to detect Shahed-type drones
#4I wonder how this system can be protected from spam - if anyone can send data there, enemy can, too
I feel like if/once they reach the number of expected participants (10k), it'd be easy to filter out the spam as long as the majority are truthful.
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#6Shahed drones have increased in altitude from ~500m at the beginning of the Ukraine war to 2000-3000m, which is a 4x reduction in noise on the ground. The higher the drones are, the less noise they make at ground level, and the less effective this ground-based microphone system will be. The drones have moved to elevations to make them more difficult to target with ground based weapons. Reductions in ground noise are a secondary effect.
The latest versions of Shahed can reach 5000m in altitude, which would largely be inaudible on the ground.
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#8Wouldn’t a purpose built Esp32 with microphones aimed at the sky do a better job? It would be always on, better directional targeting.
Re: Lithuanian startup launches open-source network to detect Shahed-type drones
#9Shahed drones have increased in altitude from ~500m at the beginning of the Ukraine war to 2000-3000m, which is a 4x reduction in noise on the ground. The higher the drones are, the less noise they make at ground level, and the less effective this ground-based microphone system will be. The drones have moved to elevations to make them more difficult to target with ground based weapons. Reductions in ground noise are…
It's not about "can reach", it's fairly easy to get them to fly even higher. It's about danger of interceptors vs danger of detection. Today's Ukrainian detection network (based on radars) is so dense there is no way to hide from it anywhere, anyway, so high altitude wins.
Re: Lithuanian startup launches open-source network to detect Shahed-type drones
#10Wouldn’t a purpose built Esp32 with microphones aimed at the sky do a better job? It would be always on, better directional targeting.
I believe Ukrainians had already deployed such a system. This is specifically designed to use old Android phones already sitting in a drawer somewhere without any other use, and most importantly by anyone without technical skills.