Combat EVOLVED: The Drone Swarm
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We need RF spectrum cannons. Can’t control a drone if it can’t hear anything.
I believe the weaponologists developed the smart munitions to use computer software. Not EMF. I would assume the only EMF they receive is GPS.
If it was only that simple… This is why they are developing High Powered Lasers defense systems.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37775/how-the-once-elusive-dream-of-laser-weapons-suddenly-became-a-reality
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37646/laser-weapons-separating-fact-from-fiction
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3700/the-ah-64-apache-will-get-a-laser-cannon-to-play-with-this-summer
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37582/the-laser-system-protecting-the-capital-against-aerial-intruders-is-getting-an-upgrade
A CWIS system is useless against hundreds of flying thermite drone bombs. If you had hundreds of thermite grenades land on your tanks or your ships you would be in serious trouble.
In addition, kinetically defeating UASs (Unmanned Aerial Systems) can be difficult and costly, which is why lasers and Electronic Warfare work so well: cheaper and more effective. You’re right, if the UAS is simply flying waypoints, jamming GPS will be tough. If there’s a man in the loop, jamming the uplink from the operator to the UAS is easier. Check out the NINJA system for an example, if not already familiar. There are also YouTube videos of Da’esh using small UASs to drop grenades and mortar rounds on Iraqi Army positions. Definitely illustrates UAS use by non-state actors.
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I didn’t realize that was Ritter that wrote that article. He seemed like one of the few allies we had back in the day. Despite the problems he has had in the past, he has been true to form since on many issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Cluster_Munitions
https://en.armradio.am/2020/10/23/armenian-community-demands-from-israel-to-stop-selling-weapons-to-azerbaijan/
Black Pigeon Speaks neglects to mention who sold Azerbaijan the Smart Weapons.
“According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a leading conflict and armaments think-tank, Israel provided Azerbaijan with some $825 million in weapons between 2006 and 2019.” -armradio article
Israel also doesn’t recognize the Armenian Genocide. Because then Turkey and others wouldn’t buy their weapons.
And then Israel cannot manage the digital infrastructure of the Belt and Road initiative.
http://anca.org/assets/pdf/100520_ANCA_Letter_AmbDermer.pdf
https://armenianweekly.com/2020/10/05/anca-to-israeli-ambassador-stop-sale-of-lethal-weapons-to-azerbaijan/
“To continue to arm Azerbaijan with advanced weaponry – in the knowledge of Baku’s deployment of these armaments produced in Israel to target the innocent Armenian civilians of a landlocked, blockaded, genocide-survivor nation – is to aid and abet the combined efforts of Azerbaijan and its ally Turkey to complete the work of 1915, to kill Armenians, destroy Artsakh, and eradicate Armenia in pursuit of their pan-Turkish ambitions.” -ANCA letter to Mike Pompeo
Got a portapack h2+ in this last week for the HackerRF One and have been testing it out. Might come in handy as it has several interesting tools (without need for a tethered computer). GPS spoofing and frequency jamming to name just two.
On the bright side, most expensive high tech usually has a relatively low tech / low cost solution if there is enough time to engineer it AND implement it, which clearly the Armenians didn’t have time for the first let alone the later. Blitzkrieg at it’s finest.
Taking a lessons from the Vietcong, tunnels come to mind as one solution, as well as RF decoys (such as in the trenches with dummies for bait perhaps) to get the drones to expend themselves. That quickly adds up to serious expenses and depletion of resources, as well more manpower to attempt some discrimination.
As far as the drones themselves, as I have for several decades now suggested it takes a drone to hunt a drone, just like any manned aircraft? The more you bring down, the more tech you get to claim as prize. I would also suggest perhaps think microwave and start the skunkworks now.