Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Seems like a difficult problem to solve; I'm guessing LMG (or any other CIWS) will have pretty limited range, so you need one deployed near every target. To defend an area you need some sort of guided missile, which quickly gets complex and expensive (I'm guessing more expensive than the drones you're targetting). The only other countermeasures I can think of are electronic (deny control of the drone, or its ability to navigate) or some sort of directed energy (shoot them down with lasers).
https://twitter.com/search?q=ANTIDRO...rc=typed_query
https://www.mobileboosterjammer.com/...corrosion.html
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Those drone jammer devices are all very well until someone develops the capability to turn the drone towards the source and release stores at the point of maximum signal strength.
Designed more for tiny recon drones than big weapon carrying ones I suspect. I doubt you could jam a Reaper for example with something that size.
Inexpensive option?
Seems like a difficult problem to solve; I'm guessing LMG (or any other CIWS) will have pretty limited range, so you need one deployed near every target. To defend an area you need some sort of guided missile, which quickly gets complex and expensive (I'm guessing more expensive than the drones you're targetting). The only other countermeasures I can think of are electronic (deny control of the drone, or its ability to navigate) or some sort of directed energy (shoot them down with lasers).
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Or how about
https://www.pointtrading.com/wp-cont...G-brochure.pdf
They also do a worn system agains the commercial drones
https://mydefence.dk/pitbull-100-101/
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https://www.pointtrading.com/wp-cont...G-brochure.pdf
They also do a worn system agains the commercial drones
https://mydefence.dk/pitbull-100-101/
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The only other countermeasures I can think of are electronic (deny control of the drone, or its ability to navigate) or some sort of directed energy (shoot them down with l@sers).
https://www.defensenews.com/land/202...laser-weapons/
Army readies to deliver first set of Strykers with 50-kilowatt laser weapons
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Glad to see they are now adding the additions from the previous day on them now.
Seems like a difficult problem to solve; I'm guessing LMG (or any other CIWS) will have pretty limited range, so you need one deployed near every target. To defend an area you need some sort of guided missile, which quickly gets complex and expensive (I'm guessing more expensive than the drones you're targetting). The only other countermeasures I can think of are electronic (deny control of the drone, or its ability to navigate) or some sort of directed energy (shoot them down with lasers).
35mm radar guided guns with programmabke ammunition are designed for drones. Poland has developed one and there is the AA guns delivered by Germany.
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So Russian propaganda has taken a hit too....shame 
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I think the stage we're at with drones is similar to when biplanes used to fly alongside each other and each take turns (for the officer of course) to take pot shots at each other
There are so many "opportunities" to use drones, in offensive, defensive and drone on drone action.
You could launch a swarm attack and have them come from many different directions, they don't even have to continually fly, but could make a journey in a series of hops to hide detection, they could even fly an erratic course to make them difficult targets. You could even theoretically have a hybrid drone that lands, then crawls for a while to take off from a different location. They could be pre programmed with the target coordinates, so have nothing to jam, they could lie in wait for days, maybe even weeks. They could coordinate an attack amongst themselves, could even become a colony intelligence like an ant nest. I've even seen film (on here) of drones firing nets at other drones.
Think of the civilian world too and how political candidates give speeches surrounded by plexiglass walls. That might now need to be a box to stop a drone attack from above
Very interesting, but very frightening too
I've been saying that for a while now.
I think the stage we're at with drones is similar to when biplanes used to fly alongside each other and each take turns (for the officer of course) to take pot shots at each other
There are so many "opportunities" to use drones, in offensive, defensive and drone on drone action.
You could launch a swarm attack and have them come from many different directions, they don't even have to continually fly, but could make a journey in a series of hops to hide detection, they could even fly an erratic course to make them difficult targets. You could even theoretically have a hybrid drone that lands, then crawls for a while to take off from a different location. They could be pre programmed with the target coordinates, so have nothing to jam, they could lie in wait for days, maybe even weeks. They could coordinate an attack amongst themselves, could even become a colony intelligence like an ant nest. I've even seen film (on here) of drones firing nets at other drones.
Think of the civilian world too and how political candidates give speeches surrounded by plexiglass walls. That might now need to be a box to stop a drone attack from above
Very interesting, but very frightening too
I think the stage we're at with drones is similar to when biplanes used to fly alongside each other and each take turns (for the officer of course) to take pot shots at each other
There are so many "opportunities" to use drones, in offensive, defensive and drone on drone action.
You could launch a swarm attack and have them come from many different directions, they don't even have to continually fly, but could make a journey in a series of hops to hide detection, they could even fly an erratic course to make them difficult targets. You could even theoretically have a hybrid drone that lands, then crawls for a while to take off from a different location. They could be pre programmed with the target coordinates, so have nothing to jam, they could lie in wait for days, maybe even weeks. They could coordinate an attack amongst themselves, could even become a colony intelligence like an ant nest. I've even seen film (on here) of drones firing nets at other drones.
Think of the civilian world too and how political candidates give speeches surrounded by plexiglass walls. That might now need to be a box to stop a drone attack from above
Very interesting, but very frightening too
Its less than a USD1000 for something like a DJI Mavic, which both sides have reportedly been using for artillery spotting, probably even less for something cobbled together using Radio Shack-esque electronics.
I believe the Germans supplied their Gepard Flakpanzer - 70s or 80s tech if I'm not mistaken, probably not optimised for taking on drones.
AA guns delivered by Germany.
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For something random and supposedly down to Russia's poor safety record, there does appear to be a lot of them, and some quite relevent 
And much more attention will need to be paid to the armour on the top of tanks and AFVs, with the likes of TB2 roaming the skies.
They're using WWII shaped charges and dropping on the turret roof
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True, but a couple of geeks, an RPi processor, two antennas and a soldering iron......