Originally Posted by
uxb99
Flooding the battlefield with these little drones could be a real pain in the butt for a modern army.
Well I said as much right at the beginning of this thread and was told that Rheinmetall would prove an adequate defense, with a video to "prove" it. The video did show five or six drones get blown out of the sky, but they were travelling at pretty much walking speed in a formation so tight, even I could have downed them.
I think drone deployment will be much different from that easy target. They'll be sent in swarms and not travel all at once, but leapfrog over each other one-at-a-time, and even take indirect routes to approach the target from different angles, maybe all at once and without warning. They might never have to get above the treetops so could remain invisible to humans. I think they'll also be able to loiter on the ground inop and silent for great stretches of time, listening for an activation command, or just waiting to "see" a potential target they can pounce on
In a way, they could become the new land mine