First Person View drones are eclipsing artillery usage in Ukraine

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This video explores the quickly growing usage of First person view drones in Ukraine.
How many are there, how are they used and defended against? And how might they impact
both the war in Ukraine and warfare in general?
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[@Binkov]

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[@user-yt7ji1mb3x]

Make video on world war 3 and what will happen in next 10 years

[@thegermanball9336]

Binkov is the most biased frog on KZbin, showing only ukrainian FPV drone hits! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXq0qoSfgc9gpc0si=5PFbNc-VONG40wIq But Russia now has 6 times more FPV drones, striking aging western equipment like the Marder IVF

[@nemaproblema6879]

@@thegermanball9336 1. Why are you gay 2. why are you not moving your gay ass to russia

[@anotherbacklog]

It’s not PlayStation experience, it’s War Thunder experience. No other people are capable of identifying pixels on the lowest graphics setting and operate vehicles under BAD NETWORK CONNECTION and the patience to stock grind.

[@riskinhos]

so true

[@spambot_gpt7]

Good comment!

[@gamingrex2930]

WT players finding their purpose in life be like.

[@erasmus_locke]

Imagine a bomber like the B-21 dropping thousands of drones at a time and each one using AI to pick it's own target. An entire city could be covered without significant collateral damage.

[@Tedisonshollow]

I mean these drones would have to be controlled by people, I wouldn’t trust AI to determine between a normal person and a enemy soldier, but yeah it would greatly decrease the damage of civilian infrastructure

[@ElkaPME]

reminds me of carriers _-carriers have arrived-_

[@iraklimgeladze5223]

@@Tedisonshollow You send drone, drone find target notifies operator, operator pulls a trigger. Still, AI get better and better overtime

[@wheneggsdrop1701]

Most targets you would want to strike would already be predesignated by GPS coordinate, the use for AI in this case would be striking the building, structure, or other object of military value where it is most vulnerable.

[@Tedisonshollow]

@@iraklimgeladze5223 watch terminator lil dude

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

Drone warfare really is the ultimate form of manufacturing/resource warfare where manpower on the field becomes less and less important and what your factories can produce become more and more important.

[@geronimomiles312]

Ultimate ? Dunno , but it sure is game changing. I picture the evolution will be rapid and diverse . Right now the defense is not ready for it's attacker. But The drones-insects will be met by bats , and frogs ... You see the analogy? A country will try to either be fastest innovator , or biggest manufacturer , best deployer, I wouldn't hand any crown to China just yet. Biology suggests there are more ways to 'skin a catfish' than reproduce fast.

[@stcredzero]

"Victory you say? Master Binkov, not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun the Drone War has." -- Yoda A drone with some kind of target recognition seeker could fly 600 meters out, have a target designated, then autonomously seek without needing a jamming vulnerable signal. Also, greater than 600M lethality would be achieved with computer targeted rifles. A drone using a line of sight IR or laser link could act as a sniper perch.

[@pridefulobserver3807]

The time of the infantryman soldier is over Now the time of the FPS Gamer Soldier begins

[@Waffle4569]

Apparently drones are also being used as communication relays for other drones to try and maintain signal.

[@steverogers8163]

Probably the simplest AI they could deploy right now is just a simple follow the leader command. Have one human FPV drone with a couple AI drones slaved to follow behind it. Such a setup would allow them to penetrate reactive armor since the first drone would either activate or destroy the reactive armor while the AI drones would then attack the now naked section of the vehicle.

[@nathansamuelson]

I dont think anyone was expecting the COD BO2 technology to show up as quick as it has

[@Dial8Transmition]

This is such a simple yet terrifying technology. Imagine terrorist attacks against civilians being commited with drones like these

[@lorenzop.8249]

incredible video... 13:30 and the idea of the necessity for switching to AI guided drones is legit TERRIFYING

[@necroshy]

Excellent video binkov. Perfect analysis i must say. And i agree, we in the west do not fully understand this shift yet. Your comparison of the price of switchblade vs fpv drones was quite telling, demonstating the future quite well.

[@HenryElfin]

This is scary to imagine. Having a lot of background in computer vision and general AI, cheap and somewhat unreliable models can be made for these drones by individuals or small companies within a year thanks to the recent leaps in the past 2 years, skipping human operators altogether, and automate war waging. In 2025 there would be news about we lost track of automated attacks on battlefield, as it can be easily toggled to kill all targets.

[@andersgrassman6583]

Yes, I can easily see this developing into automated masskiller swarms. Like if you are atacked by the hornets from a nest. It's almost impossible to not be stung a few times - but in this case each "sting" would kill you. I can only think of nuclear explosion induced EMP, as a way of stopping such a swarm.

[@sarayel]

Totally agree. In fact that could be developed in a garage in let's say 3 years afterward on gaming rig

[@jasonburbank2047]

The advantages of small, cheap drones in war have been glaringly obvious for at least 20 years. It's mind boggling that it took the war in Ukraine to finally wake up the militaries of the world.

[@WANHandler]

Most militaries haven’t come around. US mil is developing counters, but any version of FPV systems they make will be extremely expensive and this negate the benefits of FPV drones (cheap). Russia and Ukraine (more-so russia) benefit from access to cheap Chinese drone parts.

[@mvflp2218]

Given technology advances now vs 20 years ago Im sure now, its alot more feasible to produce a drone armada then back then

[@mechaman7818]

Did you not see the demonstration of the F-16 and F-35 flying with a full sized drone wingman? That's the future. That's one thing Robocop 2014 got right. It won't be every soldier with a missile, it'll be like a 1/10th as many soldiers playing drone Starcraft against each other.

[@Deadly_fox512]

The fpv is now the ied of the future. To me that is slightly more scary than just a regular ied because now has almost limitless angles of attack instead of just 1.

[@RemedyElixir]

This was an extremely useful videio, one of your best with regards to pragmatic knowledge. Thanks!

[@luminyam6145]

That was excellent, thank you. I am glad I found your channel.

[@Pit5336]

Such a small target moving at the speed of 200km per hour with built in AI recognition system ....hard times ahead. Can you imagine independent group of drones smuggled behind enemy lines close to for example airport where targets can easly be identified by AI? You could wipe out entire squadron for few thousand dollars.

[@louisquatorze9280]

Always informative and well done. My regards to the adjutant.

[@evananderson1455]

I know that a number of the Ukranian troops that are pulled out of active duty for various reasons, injury etc, are given the opportunity to train as drone pilots. Im sure the other side is doing the same. It seems like a great way for a force, especially one thats low on manpower, to keep its soldiers "in the fight" even when they arent necessarily able to be on the frontlines anymore.

[@someguydino6770]

Thanks for a balanced and informative presentation

[@zooombaa]

Realistically speaking, I think the Ukrainians and the Russians have absolutely the most experience in drone usage, and they can instruct others, not the other way around.

[@odinsrensen7460]

Well, they can go ahead and do that then, instead of complaining.

[@zooombaa]

@@odinsrensen7460 its a meatgrinder over there, so one shouldn’t be too critical, as situation simply sucks.

[@odinsrensen7460]

@@zooombaa You're right, they should absolutely be complaining. It's just that they're complaining about the wrong thing.

[@zooombaa]

@@odinsrensen7460 thinking straight under those circumstances ain’t easy, but you are right - they should at least strive to do better. What a mess though, as there’s basically no compromise solution for either side, thanks to the fact that the West just let 2014. slide - and what came after was to be expected…

[@JimCarnicelli]

Excellent analysis and presentation. Shared on Xwitter.

[@OrdoMallius]

Explain to your ancestors you were killed by a lawnmower with wings

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

Excellent video 👌

[@WagesOfDestruction]

The info in this video is great

[@london_james]

Phantom 4 drones on eBay have doubled in price due to this

[@DarkStarPast]

Generals are always prepared to fight the LAST war. Well said Binkov, now the question is anybody in the decision path listening.

[@gOtze1337]

It is literally the same Situation when Tanks arrived the First Time on the Battlefield. Now most Infantry Squads have an Counter against Tanks. Iam pretty sure when effective, practical and also cost efficient Counters will arrive on atleast Plattoon Level. Drones will become less leathal, but still an very important Part on the modern Battlefield like the Tank.

[@dominuslogik484]

as far as I can figure at the moment the solutions will probably break down to point defense and jamming. if you don't mind not using your own drones and having coms black out for a bit you can basically deny drones to an entire battlezone and force your opponent to fight you on your level. as for point defense I think the Lasers that the US has been putting on strykers fit the bill perfectly, if it can cook off mortar shells mid flight it can definitely melt some plastic propellers in a flash and deep fry cameras from kilometers away.

[@deathdrone6988]

It will be interesting how militaries counter these. I think we will be seeing more "cope cages" but with added netting surrounding every vehicle to catch these drones.

[@AlreadyTakenTag]

That might be the only relatively cheap option. But most of the time FPV drones tend to miss, or get shot down as soldiers are used to the threat of small drones and will look up, so it's not like FPV drones will dictate the course of the entire war.

[@dominuslogik484]

@@AlreadyTakenTag They will dictate responses but I am sure most countries will have a solution within the next 5 to 10 years. the US already has several different point defense tools in testing to solve the problem such as that 50Kw laser raytheon just got approved for or the RCV (robotic combat vehicle) that is intended to follow around troops and provide support with watching for drones and an EOD drone to deal with mines/IEDs

[@clutteredchicagogarage2720]

@@dominuslogik484 Russia and Ukraine are both planning to manufacture over a million fpv attack drones this year. It will be impossible for any any army around the world to scale up enough counter-drone laser vehicles to shoot down every fpv attack drone that an industrialized army can send at them. It is good to develop vehicles like this, but they won’t be a complete solution due to cost and scale challenges. Armies will need multi-tier solutions, including EW (for drones piloted by humans or gps), lasers, new types of armor (better cope cages), new tactics for protecting artillery and ammunition, anti-drone drones, and also something like sensors that can detect drones and fire a burst of shrapnel in the direction of an oncoming drone… it will not be easy even for the USA army to combat large scale fpv drone attacks.

[@dominuslogik484]

@@clutteredchicagogarage2720 the u.s has had small EW suites in use since the war on terror used to stop cellphone and radio signals without interrupting our own communications. These things fit in backpacks and were typically used to prevent IEDs from being set off remotely. As for the laser vehicles they will have no difficulty destroying the number of drones that will get used at any given time which is usually less than 10.

[@michaelruscak4251]

Thanks!

[@MidnightSun009]

Excellent video, and terrifying.

[@JeffBilkins]

Waiting for a stealthy drone carrier that drops drones far beyond their regular range and also works as a communications relay.

[@militaryanalysis5028]

Already exists Do a Google search America, Germany and Israel already showed some prototypes of vehicles carrying drones In some cases, it's even drones carrying other drones... So basically a drone carrying drones.... Shit is going crazy right now...

[@cedric9471]

like that? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZfMaKaafNN9hrs

[@ae-kz4xd]

Why theres alot of tankies in Binkovs comment sections?

[@manubishe]

What's a tankie?

[@preserveourpbfs7128]

⁠​⁠@@manubishehistorically, it means a leftist who looks favorably upon the soviet use of tanks to crack down on Budapest in ‘56. Basically now it means people who love Russia, China, etc and think they’re justified in anything they do

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Vatnick is another name for them.

[@mynameisben123]

It was probably shared in some forum which enraged them and they mobbed the video to try to dominate the discussion with a minority extremist viewpoint.

[@TyllerBoom]

US army doctrine needs to shift to keep up with these changes. Digging trenches and fighting positions aren't enough anymore. It's not just air resonance or long distance ground resonance that we need to worry about. It's drones heading streight towards you and in your mids. You'll be hit, your location will be known, artillery or more drones are on their way, and you can't run away, or stay and fight. You're in a losing situation and need to dig in HARD.

[@jack727dave5]

Seems like the main counter to them is electronic warfare for now. Still a lot of stuff to learn from Ukraine and hopefully they guys in the pentagon are taking notes and our guys don't need to learn the hard way.

[@waldo8158]

US already solved this issue a long time ago, they've been using drones for combat since the first gulf war. Have you ever play modern warfare when a swarm of fifty drones get close to you and all you need is an E.M.P. granade to fry them. Well, there you go genius!

[@peterclarke3020]

It’s moving into the era of machine war…

[@peterclarke3020]

The US needs to stop pissing about and get aid to Ukraine pronto - before this all gets much tougher. Last year they let Russia build super-deep mine fields. This year they are letting Russia setup mass drone manufacture. Time to impeach the few awkward Rupublicans in the House of Representatives.

[@odinsrensen7460]

13:25 Please do elaborate on the part about how "western-sourced vehicles simply do not work anymore due to a shift in battlefield doctrine and technology", that sounds very interesting.

[@jasonburbank2047]

Agreed.

[@fakecubed]

The US is way ahead of everyone on drone AI and drone swarm technology by at least a couple decades. As soon as they realized the potential of it they turned it into a black budget program so other countries wouldn't try to do their own programs. Small commercial drones are a new element, certainly, but the software can be adapted to these without too much difficulty. Manufacturing small drones in large numbers to run that software is the main issue the US needs to address.

[@inquizative44]

No, China is way ahead. Everything, components, and manufacturing comes from them.

[@fakecubed]

@@inquizative44 LOL, wumao actually believe this.

[@peterclarke3020]

The US needs to produce all this stuff onshore. Outsourcing most of its production to China has been a massive mistake, it may have generated short-term profits - but at long-term strategic cost.

[@inquizative44]

@@fakecubed I think you just want attention.

[@clutteredchicagogarage2720]

I don’t think so. The approach of the USA is always to invest large sums of money in companies that are developing expensive and sophisticated solutions. However, with drones, one of the primary advantages is low cost and scale. Yes, having expensive drones for important targets is helpful, but having tens of thousands of $500 drones is a capability that I don’t think the USA has today. I would guess that only Russia and Ukraine have hundreds of thousands of small kamikaze drones. These drones are awesome for defending against mechanized ground assaults because they make it very difficult for tanks and IFVs to get within firing range. They can disable mechanized assaults on the approach even before the vehicles are within range of ATGMs. This is a very useful capability, and the USA should invest in scale not just in small numbers of the expensive drones.

[@daniels0376]

Funny how the Americans worked for 10 years on a ultra high tech, small, portable loitering munition with computers which could detect and lock onto human sylouettes and then the Russians and Ukrainians ducktaped a RPG7 warhead to a 50$ Chinese drone and it proved 100 times more effective

[@Maennlichkeitsbeauftragter]

Funny how Ukraine is working on the same right now because jamming is becoming a huge problem more and more 😄 Now they need a drone which finds its target after it lost connection to the operator. One would think US knowledge maybe comes in handy here

[@massengineer7582]

100 times cheaper, not as effective (per device).

[@daniels0376]

@@massengineer7582 What are you talking about? Ukraine used their very small stocks of delivered Switchblades and didn't ask for more, probably stating that their grenade dropping Mavriks (They weren't using FPVs at that time) had better succes against Russian infantry because the accuracy was poor and the payload was way too small and only capable of inflicting small wounds all but the most direct hits. And the Americans did not send them more. They sent them HIMARS and ATACMS missiles, bradley fighting vehicles and a shitload of howitzers but they didn't want to give them more Switchblades why? The only reason is that the Ukrainians cited a lack of effectiveness as a weapon. Otherwise the US would have sent more, as they are relatively easy to produce per US electronic industrial capacity and more battle data would have helped the US make improvements. But the Ukrainians didn't want more. Wasted the time of the then limited number of Ukrainian drone pilots on failed strikes, so the deliveries stopped.

[@daniels0376]

@@Maennlichkeitsbeauftragter Granted, such implementations will be necesarry with the advent of jamming tehnology, but for the level it was/is in 2022- present, it's holly unnecesarry, and all the fancy pants stuff on the drone drastically reduced its payload capacity to a 40mm grenade, as opposed to FPVs with can carry a double RPG warhead. You wouldn't go trough the trouble of issuing armor piercing bullets in WW2, would you?

[@insertoyouroemail]

Weapons of mass production.

[@acefighterpilot]

I think the era we will see soon is one with every armored vehicle having its own anti-aircraft weapon. For instance the CROWS turret on an Abrams could be equipped with AI tools to automatically detect incoming drones and present them to the vehicle commander's display to engage.

[@adampagorski4062]

Was looking for this. Anti - drone turrets mandatory on any military vehicle...

[@dominuslogik484]

@@adampagorski4062 Pretty sure the laser point defense turret for the stryker is a very solid solution, 50Kw laser that can cook off mortars is definitely capable of melting plastic from several kilometers and even hobby level lasers are capable of permanently frying a camera if you manage to point it directly at the camera lenses.

[@Fireball4511]

I agree. I think we will see development of AI controlled SHORAD systems. Raytheon is developing a laser system which will likely be effective but expensive per unit. Imagine if you took an old ZU23-2, made it remote controlled, gave it air burst ammunition and its own short range radar it would be very effective at destroying the cheap low flying drones. You could mount it on the back of an MT-LB or even a Toyota and have a cheap mobile anti drone AA system.

[@acefighterpilot]

​@@Fireball4511We are seeing good advances on M-SHORAD, sure, but a specialty vehicle isn't good enough. Every single armored fighting vehicle needs to have its own organic ability to automatically target a drone within a few hundred meters in clear day, and to be honest I don't think that's a hard engineering problem. That's the bare minimum, and more dedicated vehicles like what you suggest would be great for providing larger area force protection. I wouldn't be surprised if we see these technologies deployed in Ukraine within a few years. US DoD needs to wake up and realize this is a moment to not only develop these new technologies for Ukraine, but to exercise the rapid RDT&E capability needed in a future near peer conflict.

[@everypitchcounts4875]

L-MADIS, coyote 2 interceptor drone, Lattice counter drone system, Roadrunner and Roadrunner-M

[@suleyman9199]

18:06 Damn. That transition though

[@GrigoriZhukov]

Anyone who doesn't see the similarity with aviation and WWI phase 1 is in need of more education.

[@joesutherland225]

Been expecting this progression since the first television guided missiles 40 yrs ago!

[@annbjorn]

An eye opener

[@barbosaguzman6101]

If one was a twat following this clown frog But u suggest you watch Judge Naplitanio

[@southfar2]

Interesting, but these have been used for at least a decade by IS and assorted militias in the MENA. I realize that's beyond the scope of the video, but it could have been tied into the history a bit more, because as it is, these drones come across as a spontaneous ex nihilo invention of Ukrainians in their garage, and that's definitely not true. They have a long history of gradual improvements.

[@massengineer7582]

I think every IFV e.g. Bradley will have to be able to shoot down drones. Have to be able to point the gun high enough, add optical and IR guidance and tracking system, and have the right kind of ammo e.g. proximity fuse. Radar guidance for some fraction of vehicles. Like a cross between a Bradley and a Gephard.

[@DeHerg]

Problem with that: that little self defense radar is also giving away your position. Meaning you only switch it on when you are aware of a threat or you're constantly pinging everyone where you are.

[@massengineer7582]

@@DeHerg correct, that's why most vehicles would only have optical & IR tracking.

[@sepehr8711]

they use often 7 inch fpv drone that can carry about 1.3 kilograms payload, if they put couple hundred dollars more and use 10 inch drones then they can cary 3,5 to 4 kilograms, that's size of a Javelin warhead, and it will deadly for even best tanks.

[@cosmo1084]

i've seen a good hit from a bog standard fpv kill any equipment in a single hit, from both sides. That goes for any western tanks and T90m. Basically hit to the rear just below a turret is almost a guranteed kill. Hitting tank to the front on the other hand just tickles them.

[@NoahSpurrier]

Impressive these drones can carry a payload heavy enough to damage a tank.

[@dominuslogik484]

an RPG warhead is deceptively light weight and mostly hollow. hit the top or back of a tank with and RPG warhead and even the old outdated ones will get a kill

[@GrigoriZhukov]

Old news kid.

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

you make a very interesting point. Drones and aircraft verywell could become so deadly that governments are forced to fight wars with all personnel underground in tunnels, with only unmanned tanks/armored vehicles vulnerable to airstrikes

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Or just go full Surrogates.

[@SuperCoolBoy0mg]

15:23: Dat Planet Express logo

[@Ac-ly8tx]

Napoleon and rommel are shaking Their heads!

[@DauthEldrvaria]

With the introduction of drones this could really stretch on

[@JTown-tv1ix]

US Army spending billions to get new rifles & pistols when their top priority should be drones

[@smokeypuppy417]

While on deployment in syria in 2017, there was a drone jamming radar there operated by civilians. It worked well, it would cause drones to drop with the loss of signal to the operator or fly back to pre determined location should it lose signal.

[@stevenjohnston7809]

Thanks for the video update. Warfare is going to get much more deadly.

[@viper8588]

Most unmarked footage here is taken straight out of a showcase of the Russian program.

[@stayhungry1503]

pretty crazy how they still have no counter measures after 2 years.

[@erikjohansson4275]

Jamming is an effective countermeasure he literally mentioned this in the video.

[@stayhungry1503]

oh really? so why are we still seeing entire tank columns destroyed by FPV drones, one as late as yesterday near robotyne?@@erikjohansson4275

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@stayhungry1503it was destroyed by artillery not drones.

[@stayhungry1503]

bro... ukraine releases videos of russian vehicles destroyed by fpv drones every day@@Shoelessjoe78

[@jack727dave5]

@@stayhungry1503 Russia is far from the gold standard of competence, Despite that and their tendency to jam their own equipment they've had a fair amount of success with jamming drones.

[@infrared909]

If things go on like this I wouldn't be surprised to see AI drones crashing into other AI drones soon. Making it a game, but then in real life. Quite scary.

[@DdesideriaS]

The range is boosted by retranslator wing drones. The first side to figure out drone autopilot for automatic targeting (to not require active connection to attack) will change the war forever.

[@user-cz9jj2em2v]

But then, we can use a machine learning and object recognition system to shoot the drones. Something like a 20mm air burst.

[@DdesideriaS]

@@user-cz9jj2em2vnon economical. See existing cram or centurion systems. Only directed energy weapons come close in economics

[@MrLalabai]

it seems unlikely that AI will take over in the near future. It will either have to be sophisticated enough to distinguish friend from foe which I believe is unreasonable for the next several decades, or it should be manually controled until it reaches enemy line, and then control will be delegated to AI which will attack anything resembling a military target, which is obviously very dangerous and unsuited for chaotic battlefield.

[@scatterlite2266]

You can bet they will try though, no military is gonna sleep on the idea of a wunderwaffe

[@ravensmill3927]

You have just shown us a glimpse of how the world (as we know it) ends. And it looks to be any moment now.

[@davidpadilla8964]

Ukraine showed the whole world drone warfare. But I remember playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Frontline Fuel of Wars and the US Military been on drones we just need catch up with Mass Manufacturing & Become the World's Exporter of "First Class Drones"

[@MK-rx2fj]

Gamers are the soldiers of the future

[@SamIIs]

The Drone Wars begin.

[@exploringtheplanetsn]

If a drone can a hit a soldier or tank theoretically it can be programmed to hit other drones. Once large swarms of ai drones become a reality that’s gonna be the best Defence I think. Either nets, flying into them, or something like a drone with multiple war heads that allow it to destroy multiple drones before having to be reloaded

[@everypitchcounts4875]

Perdix micro drone swarm

[@NotSure2020]

does anyone know what exact Simulator software they use in their early training?

[@mikihay]

They use either lifoff or velocidrone

[@danjohnston9037]

Viet Nam should try to cash in on cheap drone manufacture

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

Whatever your stance on the current war, its effect on how war per se is fought is fascinating.

[@randomdude8877]

The way you say it at 18:45 is just perfect.

[@tjl102]

They use dumb munitions on jammers. It doesn't matter if steel gets jammed it's still gonna work. The smart munitions are used after words as electronics and GPS can be jammed

[@jacjam123]

GPS and communications can be jammed but electronics cannot. Which means you can use smart munitions to attack jammers they just have to be smart enough to find their target on their own.

[@burlyheads]

One question that must be raised is, how a more technically competent military might counter consumer FPV drones and their users? It's interesting to me since most of these drones use non-encrypted, publically accessable frequencies that can be easily jammed or even triangulated to find the operator. Y'all be watching out in the next few years though, I heard the R/C club kids are hanging out with the Radio club kids 😂

[@bohba13]

Oooooh boy.

[@impaler7580]

Russia Eletronic Warfare capabilities shocked google Ex-Ceo, he said on a interview, alledging that the Russians had already destroyed 10.000 AFU drones, jammed and intercepted Gimlers ammunition and other guided rounds and missiles.Also mentioned the deadly russian Lancet drone.If you see any daily reports of the war, now, you gonna see how much the russians are using drones against Ukrainian assets.There no doubt to anybody that the technically inferior side is Ukraine, so probably the ones using non-encryptated signals.

[@burlyheads]

@@bohba13 yeah watching fpv racing drones followed by Ukraine footage really gets me thinking the worst is really yet to come 😬

[@CroPro8901]

This is literally those rc missions in gta

[@alfonsovelasco9627]

How to defend against drones ? Simple. Hire geese hunters !!

[@luminyam6145]

These drones fly considerably faster than geese.

[@alfonsovelasco9627]

@@luminyam6145 Geese rifles have considerable range. And geese and duck hunters are very good in following erratic and fast moving birds. Just a my grain of sand ...and a little bit of sarcasm.

[@Herofromspace2]

Who's going to keep gees in check then...

[@johnathanclayton2887]

Drone warfare makes a ton of sense for land war especially with contested air space. But I don't think it makes as much sense for the US right now, since they're mostly looking to counter China on the water.

[@user-cz9jj2em2v]

True the distances between targets can be hundreds of miles, for example fiery cross to the Philippian bases. Should ground combat occur though it would become fairly important.

[@hrbrown29]

Excellent video. I honestly think everyone should see this. We need to make good decisions now so don't end up sucker punched. Again.

[@jesusdiaz3776]

Not enough electronic warfare devices against drones. That's the key.

[@dv2045]

Both sides are working about it. The russians deploted a small portable one for tanks and IFVs made in China. Its so cheaply done that its useless

[@hiddentruth1982]

I wouldn't say they are changing it as it's been the goal of the military ( U.S. ) for decades to remove humans from battle.

[@thebritishengineer8027]

It's more than drones.. It's mobility/flexibility and suppression fire either from artillery, long range missile systems or front line drones. The Federation would be stupid to tank rush Ukrainian positions as they are heavily mined, local drones and would be sitting targets for NATA controlled missiles, the Ukrainians can't rush Russian lines because they simply ran out of troops genocided them casualty heavy assaults on dug in Russian lines. Were back to a trench war and fighting for every inch in blood until somebody comes up with something to break the stalemate. However I think Russia may have the answer, as Ratnik promises to give every solider target marking and into a battlefield data hub.

[@marko4480]

It is easy to jam a fpv drone because it works on 2.4Ghz and failsafe is not good enough to save the drone also jamming fpv video channels might be even easier because it is low quality unencrypted and picks up noise even in normal conditions

[@randallidell7027]

The idea of militaries around the world using swarms of AI controlled drones is scary, for sure. But the thought of individuals having access to this technology is absolutely terrifying. It's only a matter of time before a massacre is perpetrated by AI controlled drones.

[@orkhepaj]

they are already using swarms of voter drones :P

[@seanbumstead1250]

Satalites and drones make it extremely dangerous for armies to do massive offensives without having extreme loses

[@RooRguy27]

Binkov 🎉

[@chupamelamas]

@binkov Thank you for your great video and all the information you share with us, excellent work 🙏🏻👍🏻 Just one critical information part missing from this video (or did I miss it?); I must add and make clear, although Ukraine has ten of thousands of drones in production, 90% of all used drones are crowded founded and donated by the Ukrainian civilians and supporters. Their government has not invested yet the drone numbers it's been talked here, and soldiers had mentioned this a lot, and I personally have donated for Artur Rehi's drone donation (Estonian KZbinr). The support for drones in Ukraine is very much needed and critical, and the international community has not given this very needed tools for defeating the invaders off.

[@chupamelamas]

Here also the mention from the Economist on the part of 90% of drones from non-governmental support. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap7TpHeJoamXgaMfeature=shared

[@michaelm1589]

How about this for a next topic video...Why doesn't Ukraine strike Russian targets in Belarus? What will be the benefits and drawbacks of doing so?

[@thorstentrapp274]

Well, guess having China with its huge production capabilities on your side is quite an advantage.

[@thomaszhang3101]

Don’t say we need more countries like China on our side, BE the country that you want on our side.

[@GeorgeEstregan828]

​​@@thomaszhang3101 We tried that and US sanctioned us and we are a US ally! It's like US wants us to keep being weak and dependent to them.

[@michitakadouglas4130]

Both sides use DJI drones. 😂

[@thorstentrapp274]

@@thomaszhang3101 , wars are against common people, started/provoked by bankers (not politicians). Common people die and pay...doesn't matter what nationality they are. Try to understand why Russia went into Donbass. Look at the world and history. China is doing business, America is fighting wars...always...for freedom and democracy of course. Libya (formerly a very wealthy country) and many other countries are grateful for that, right?! Try to understand politics and democracy. No, I'm not supportive of communism...not at all.

[@theblackmailguy875]

seems like very soon it will more More cost effective to just have drones and not use infantry

[@dominuslogik484]

drones can't control and hold ground, thats like saying you can capture a city with only artillery.

[@shkibeta]

@@dominuslogik484enough drones can deny an area. Which I would wager is a form of control.

[@dominuslogik484]

@@shkibeta enough artillery can deny an area but it isn't area control. That's akin to saying I own the North Pole because nobody is currently there to contest that claim. You need someone to physically be there because otherwise it's just words. No man's land was called that for a reason during WW1, nobody controlled it because anything put there would be shelled to oblivion so all drones create is pockets of no man's land

[@theblackmailguy875]

@dominuslogik484 current drone tech most certainly cannot hold an area but soon it might be able to hold an area with limited amounts of infantry. At that point I would call it replacing infantry not having replaced. another thing to keep in mind is that even now a drone is much cheaper than the cost of infantry. the loss of a let's say a medium sized rotor drone would be less expensive than a person even now

[@dominuslogik484]

@@theblackmailguy875 yet if you tried to take an area with only drones the opponent can just jam the area and force you to send infantry which means you will never replace the infantry without making your army capable of being countered entirely by electronic warfare.

[@ChaosAura]

As someone who's flown fpv quads for 10 years this is entirely unsurprising.

[@danpatterson8009]

I see a trend to a larger number of smaller platforms benefitting from targeting provided by a web of sensors, and a gradual automation of front-line units, so that humans stay well back of the fighting while machines duke it out in a war of attrition. Loser will be the first side that cannot maintain an adequate supply of drones. Best defenses include jammers, staying out of range, bad weather, and shotguns.

[@nobodyherepal3292]

And then we broadcast these drone wars for entertainment purposes.

[@marvinegreen]

Haven't I seen TOW (wire guided) missiles making a comeback in usage? Maybe laser designated munitions will make a comeback too?

[@dominuslogik484]

comeback? they never left... ATGMs are still mainstays of anti tank weaponry and have been since the 80s

[@marvinegreen]

@@dominuslogik484 I was thinking more along the lines of worldwide lessons learned and inventories. GPS has been all the rage but it looks like jamming has made GPS iffy. I know there are 4 maybe 5 GPS constellations but I'm not sure if all the frequencies are jammed at the same time. Maybe military starlink will allow triangulation among satellites?

[@skillful101]

Drones are the future of warfare. Imagine 10,000 drones coming at the same time to the front lines, they would simply destroy the enemy.

[@Ryan-zp2bc]

imagine a portable jammer held by 1 soldier disabling 10,000 drones

[@horsemumbler1]

​@@Ryan-zp2bcRussians already have fiber-optic fly-by-wire drones, amd the Ukranians have targeting software that takes over after the controlling signal is jammed. It's gonna be wayyyyy harder to defend against droneswarms than a guy pushing a magic button.

[@aps1138]

>Longer to learn 10h in LiftOff 2h in fields

[@randomdude8877]

I remember that many many years ago while watching TV some dude talked about AI when it still was in it's absolute infancy. He envisioned a world where unmanned and only AI controlled vehicles would fight over the control of the front lines. OFC drones were not a thing back then, he talked about unmanned tanks, helicopters and jets fighting to gain ground in an invasion scenario. Sadly i can't remember the show i watched, at this time i thought the guy was talking the crazy talk.... and now, now this possibility is not that much of a stretch anymore. Crazy indeed.

[@BOZ_11]

Pretty soon it'll just be a video game with no actual meat bag combatants. We'll shake hands at the end, agree to keep all territories intact, and agree to do it again 5 years later; then, we will be civilised.

[@CautionCU]

You know tanks are in a sad state when they are literally mounting garbage lids to the roof.

[@danko6582]

Ukraine needs autonomous anti radiation drones. Like an AGM-88 HARM, but a drone.

[@fizkallnyeilsem]

scary time to live right now

[@mikef4077]

Ukraine is already using an AI killer drone, in fact they also have a mother drone dropping smaller drone in the front

[@Humble_Merchant]

You know what couldn't be jammed? Onboard autonomous piloting and targeting. How? Power efficient AND CHEAP analog chips running NN based processing

[@amigatommy7]

Marlene Ditrich invented frequency hopping. She wanted to be alone with her drone.

[@geoffbeidler]

Here's my prediction: "Information Superiority", defined by the ability to transmit and receive broadcast information while denying the same capability to your opponent, is the air superiority of the 21st century. Once any force has complete control of all bandwidth on the broadcast spectrum in a particular region, they will be able to kill anything they want to in that region using swarms of drones.

[@neolord50pro77]

He did mention AI controlled drones which immune to jamming. Though without coordination such drones will carry on their hunt-and-destroy objectives in predefined area. Not to mention since jammers easy to locate they will be top priority for drones.