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Excellent post Phil. However we should be mindful given Russia’s deployment of tactical, battlefield anti-drone EW systems has been poor, almost knee-jerk in its approach, other serious players such as China are watching this conflict closely and honing their future military drone focused strategy accordingly.

Personally I think the advent and maturity of AI will have a massive effect on future UAV, UGV and USV based warfare with machine learning drone swarms being directed to attack targets on the battlefield, learning and adapting to enemy tactics in real time.

As with all wars this one will kick start a new generation of tech advancement and one that is dual- use (both civilian and military). But at the end of the day it still requires troops on the ground supported by tanks and armoured fighting vehicles to take and hold ground, I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
There'll definitely be a shift when this comes in to play, however equally there'll be the application of AI in terms of defensive systems. My point is... who knows.

With one advancement in technology, you get an adaptation in terms of the defensive weaponry and tactics, and that'll always be the case.

@tsubaki referenced the belief that bombers would always get through, however, as a result of that, we introduced 'Chain Home', RF direction finding et al.

The Germans introduced their own, we designed countermeasures... bombers became quicker and flew higher... long range fighters were introduced... jets...

After the Gulf War, the philosophy of complete air supremity was justifiably bounded around, but militaries and conflicts have adapted*. We could talk about tanks.

The problem we have is that strategists, planners, governments and what not often study and plan for a war that has already past, rather than the upcoming war.

As you said, drones will play a hugely significant part (I ain't suggesting anything otherwise), nevertheless it still boots on the ground that win wars.

How you best use them is what makes the difference. For me, the introduction of compact energy-weapons, with a suitable energy source, will be a massive counter.

*They still play a hugely effective part, by the way.
 



I read that Russia is looking to counter this airborne UAV threat on its ISR drones by deploying small micro fpv drones effectively screen the slower and larger ISR UAV’s.

The protective UAV’s detect the presence of a Ukrainian UAV and break from formation to attack it before it can strike the ISR drone. I’m sure Ukraine will now look to counter the counter✌️

Also read that both sides are burning through 100K FPV drones every month!! 3D printing factories springing up everywhere in barns and stuff.
 
I’m no fan of Putin and the war in general, but something needs pointing out. I’ve seen a disgusting amount of videos showing Ukrainian drones blowing up unarmed Russian soldiers. Surely this is a war crime?
 


Obviously, we have to always question its validity, but if you take it on face value it could be taken as a testament to Russia's meat grinding tactics.

Also, if you look carefully, it's why FPV drones are so effective. But let's not forget, it's sadly another pawn (regardless of side) lost to this needless war.
 
I’m no fan of Putin and the war in general, but something needs pointing out. I’ve seen a disgusting amount of videos showing Ukrainian drones blowing up unarmed Russian soldiers. Surely this is a war crime?
Unarmed? Are you sure they aren’t still participating enemy combatants? Just because they aren’t holding a rifle at the time of being hit doesn’t make them any less a threat / invading enemy.
I’ve also seen plenty of surrendering Russians led to Ukraine lines by drones too.
 
I’m no fan of Putin and the war in general, but something needs pointing out. I’ve seen a disgusting amount of videos showing Ukrainian drones blowing up unarmed Russian soldiers. Surely this is a war crime?
I thonk its fair to say that an invading soldier is a legitimate target, whether he appears to have a weapon or not or is even asleep in a barracks. Someone waving a white flag could be viewed differently but if not, they are there to do no good.
 
I thonk its fair to say that an invading soldier is a legitimate target, whether he appears to have a weapon or not or is even asleep in a barracks. Someone waving a white flag could be viewed differently but if not, they are there to do no good.
I dunno mate, like I said I’m no fan of Putin and I’m sure terrible things are happening on both sides, but I’ve seen plenty of videos showing Russian soldiers praying and pleading before being blown to bits by drones.

I hate all of this. Average blokes being dragged into this conflict to benefit who?

It’s horrendous.
 
I dunno mate, like I said I’m no fan of Putin and I’m sure terrible things are happening on both sides, but I’ve seen plenty of videos showing Russian soldiers praying and pleading before being blown to bits by drones.

I hate all of this. Average blokes being dragged into this conflict to benefit who?

It’s horrendous.
They're literally there because of Putin. He could end it in 30 seconds. Every single Russian invader who dies does so because of Putin and Putin alone.
 
I dunno mate, like I said I’m no fan of Putin and I’m sure terrible things are happening on both sides, but I’ve seen plenty of videos showing Russian soldiers praying and pleading before being blown to bits by drones.

I hate all of this. Average blokes being dragged into this conflict to benefit who?

It’s horrendous.
I understand what you are feeling mate, but the Russians are not in Ukraine to help Ukrainian people. If you are a Ukrainine fighting or flying a drone, all of the daily civilian attacks, the raping and murdering of your countryfolk, friends and family, I am sure would make the mission to cleanse Ukraine of Russian invaders clear. They should turn toward Russia and Putin if they want any salvation, as long as they are in Ukraine they are legitimate targets. Look at this video a couple of posts back and you can maybe understand how Ukrainians are feeling about Russian invaders.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/ukraine.114185/page-2331#post-11358406
 
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