US Army demonstrates swarm attack of 40 quadcopters armed with cameras, MILES, and lethal munitions

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1569082824820408321

 

[PakFactor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1569082824820408321

Add AI's capability to track and pursue a target, like the Turkish quadcopter used in Libya.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Add AI's capability to track and pursue a target, like the Turkish quadcopter used in Libya.

..and it will be too dangerous to walk on future battlefields.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

I think Ukraine teaches a few lessons

1) If you can't transport your weapons to the battlefield quickly they are basically useless.

2) If your ground weapons are big and slow you may as well just kiss them all goodbye. I'm sure Ukraine would rather invest their money in a massive fleet of long range small drones with bomb drop capability than a bunch of multimillion dollar tanks.

3) Having some cheap drone kill soldiers with a grenade drop shows how vulnerable people are to very small simple flying drones (which are hard to see and if flying fast almost impossible to hit by a man with a rifle..which basically puts you in a situation of being completely defenseless).

 

[Goritoes]

Imagine hundreds of drones with small explosive swarming a small base or Air field, that would create panic in the enemies.

 

[MH.Yang]

Imagine hundreds of drones with small explosive swarming a small base or Air field, that would create panic in the enemies.

China's "bee swarm" UAV attack system. 200 UAVs can be launched at a time.

 

[FuturePAF]

China's "bee swarm" UAV attack system. 200 UAVs can be launched at a time.

What’s the range of this system?

 

[MH.Yang]

What’s the range of this system?

The operational radius is 50km, and the time for air combat formation is less than 10min.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Imagine hundreds of drones with small explosive swarming a small base or Air field, that would create panic in the enemies.

I look at it like playing an RTS game where you group select a bunch of assets and go tell them to attack the enemy base..the AI simply does the rest.

 

[Goritoes]

I look at it like playing an RTS game where you group select a bunch of assets and go tell them to attack the enemy base..the AI simply does the rest.

But I wonder if AI is smart enough to minimize the human causalities ?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

But I wonder if AI is smart enough to minimize the human causalities ?

I'm pretty sure human casualties will be on their standard mission list.

 

[Bengal71]

I think Ukraine teaches a few lessons

1) If you can't transport your weapons to the battlefield quickly they are basically useless.

2) If your ground weapons are big and slow you may as well just kiss them all goodbye. I'm sure Ukraine would rather invest their money in a massive fleet of long range small drones with bomb drop capability than a bunch of multimillion dollar tanks.

3) Having some cheap drone kill soldiers with a grenade drop shows how vulnerable people are to very small simple flying drones (which are hard to see and if flying fast almost impossible to hit by a man with a rifle..which basically puts you in a situation of being completely defenseless).

Biggest lesson is no matter how big your military is and how many hardware you have, if you fail to continue to innovate and upgrade yourself will suffer severe losses against an enemy much smaller with more modern weapons.

 

[MH.Yang]

The world record held by China. 5184 drones performed.