What Military Aircraft Would You Bring Back To Service?
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Bayraktar operates at low-medium level at a cruise speed of 70 knots, even if you're not flying in contested airspace which would be suicidal at slow speeds with modern AA/SAM's, this would be a challenging target.
Another UAV might work but then you've got to integrate with the big picture to take out multiple threats, using something like the Peregrine or smaller, anything larger is a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Another UAV might work but then you've got to integrate with the big picture to take out multiple threats, using something like the Peregrine or smaller, anything larger is a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Bayraktar operates at low-medium level at a cruise speed of 70 knots, even if you're not flying in contested airspace which would be suicidal at slow speeds with modern AA/SAM's, this would be a challenging target.
Another UAV might work but then you've got to integrate with the big picture to take out multiple threats, using something like the Peregrine or smaller, anything larger is a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Another UAV might work but then you've got to integrate with the big picture to take out multiple threats, using something like the Peregrine or smaller, anything larger is a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Current air defense systems use sophisticated and consequently expensive missiles to shoot down even more expensive aircraft. They are at best wasted on cheap drones, even if there are enough of them.
Imho, the combination of cheap sensors, pretty decent image recognition software and reasonably capable autonomously operating air, land and sea vehicles is transformative for warfare.
The Turks proved that just recently in Nagorno Karabakh, the USAF had it demonstrated to them in DARPA exercises and the US Navy was shown it in a war game twenty years ago, well before the USS Cole.
We don't call the military 'slow learners', we call them 'obstinate learners'. I think it will take an experience such as the Dutch had in Taiwan back in the early 1600s, when they were totally defeated by the Chinese, before they become receptive to the modern day realities.
they're a few million dollars a pop - using any modern air asset against them is a terrible waste of cash - simple man-pads, AA cannon seem the most cost effective ways of dealing with them
Guess that means there is a business opportunity....
Off-topic but continuing the discussion above.
The US Army is considering lasers mounted on armored vehicles for counter drone defense. There are 2 x different power variants undergoing more testing in 2021. 2 Cavalry Regiment already have a number of early Stryker mounted vehicles:
The US Army is considering lasers mounted on armored vehicles for counter drone defense. There are 2 x different power variants undergoing more testing in 2021. 2 Cavalry Regiment already have a number of early Stryker mounted vehicles:
Off-topic but continuing the discussion above.
The US Army is considering lasers mounted on armored vehicles for counter drone defense. There are 2 x different power variants undergoing more testing in 2021. 2 Cavalry Regiment already have a number of early Stryker mounted vehicles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohfif5AB97M
The US Army is considering lasers mounted on armored vehicles for counter drone defense. There are 2 x different power variants undergoing more testing in 2021. 2 Cavalry Regiment already have a number of early Stryker mounted vehicles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohfif5AB97M
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Sprat to catch a mackerel scenario.
If your drone is blinded by a laser, then it stands to reason that said laser is probably protecting assets in the vicinity. Lasers need a finite amount of time to lock on and damage sensors, sufficient for a fire and forget weapon to make this a no win situation.
A few more (cheap) drones to bait and/or get intel and the threat from your anti-drone laser force is nullified.
If your drone is blinded by a laser, then it stands to reason that said laser is probably protecting assets in the vicinity. Lasers need a finite amount of time to lock on and damage sensors, sufficient for a fire and forget weapon to make this a no win situation.
A few more (cheap) drones to bait and/or get intel and the threat from your anti-drone laser force is nullified.
Sprat to catch a mackerel scenario.
If your drone is blinded by a laser, then it stands to reason that said laser is probably protecting assets in the vicinity. Lasers need a finite amount of time to lock on and damage sensors, sufficient for a fire and forget weapon to make this a no win situation.
A few more (cheap) drones to bait and/or get intel and the threat from your anti-drone laser force is nullified.
If your drone is blinded by a laser, then it stands to reason that said laser is probably protecting assets in the vicinity. Lasers need a finite amount of time to lock on and damage sensors, sufficient for a fire and forget weapon to make this a no win situation.
A few more (cheap) drones to bait and/or get intel and the threat from your anti-drone laser force is nullified.
Of course, quantity has a quality all its own, so a few dozen decoy drones will be the next step, just as you suggest.
