How to Hide From Drones: Lessons Learned in Modern War

[@davidcollins2648]

Remember there is no "universal" camouflage. Terrain matters as does time of year. Use of tarps can be improved by creating ragged, irregular edges. Reversible camo wear with 2 different patterns can be handy. Using natural materials means using grass in grasslands but get leaves once in woods. Very easy to forget. Lastly moving using terrain means never walk on ridge tops and avoiding open areas whenever possible. All those terms are actually important to remember and analyze with each element in mind: line/shape/color/value (dark-light)/texture/shine or light absorbancy/edges. You can be perfectly camouflaged but if your tracks are obvious you're done. Be aware of the trail you leave behind. One final tip: creating a false target by making obvious trails leading to a poorly camouflaged site showing some gear and dummy body can also draw attention away from you. Sorry to lecture but I assure everything listed is critical.

[@SpaghettiFPV-tg3qh]

@Gofuk Yorself blends with grandmas old couch

[@SpaghettiFPV-tg3qh]

@Gofuk Yorself hahaha yep

[@VidarrKerr]

Hiding in caskets in and around graveyards is pretty "universal". No?

[@psycronizer]

mmm not so sure about that claim anymore, no universal camo...the invisibility cloaks that work by diffraction are pretty much universal, they work in any terrain . Then there's new super low transmittance black substances, like Vanta black, on a dark moonless night a suit made of that stuff would be a rapist's wet dream, I suppose.

[@ChronicAndIronic]

Ironically I learned this from video games such as war thunder and Arma

[@robertlackey7212]

Your statement "Be harder to kill than the next guy" really was light bulb moment for me . Up until now I have had a attitude that you can't hide from the best technology , but now I am thinking that the harder you are to find the more closely "they" have to look and the less area you can cover in the same amount of time . So it does make sense to do something even if it's not perfect.

[@xtreme4stringbass]

You don't have to run faster than the bear, just faster than the slowest guy.

[@RealHankShill]

Giving up before the fight begins is always the best result for the enemy.

[@dragonhealer7588]

In a hopeless situation, take one down with you.

[@martynBVT]

it improves your stats, and statistically it is worth it.

[@neonjoe6180]

​@martynBVT huh?

[@joeylandry4933]

Having served in the army I can attest that most units will leave their camo netting packed up out of sheer laziness. The artillery unit I served with set the standard for putting up the camouflage nets within minutes of setting up, but we had to kick some butts to make sure it happened every time.

[@wormfood83]

It might depend on where you are. In 29 Palms camo netting meant shade and got setup as quickly as possible every time.

[@jimcombs6760]

When I was in 1Cav Div, we went to NTC 3 times a year, always had woodland camouflage, we still set it up where ever we set up. I was chemical, so we moved our vehicles quite a bit. Wish I had some of those nets, spreaders and poles not. It would work great here in SW IL!

[@Tallero]

Not in Finland.

[@calypsohandjack9278]

1-377 with the 17th Fires brigade did occasionally put up their camo nets.

[@20chocsaday]

​@@Tallero You would each have a portable tree. They would go mad counting them. Seriously though, moving trees was an idea used in the Shakespeare play "Macbeth" where an army gradually advanced up to his castle. That particular fact never happened, he was using an amalgam of many events.

[@billcallahan9303]

Flew Cessna Skymasters in Angola. Enemy used large banana leaves to cover themselves from our FLIR. It worked.

[@henkdespermatank2753]

When was this?

[@ayumalani5631]

@@henkdespermatank2753 Civil War. Maybe he was Executive Outcomes or probably SADF.

[@billcallahan9303]

@@henkdespermatank2753 1980s. Jonas Savimbi's boys vs. SWAPO & Cubans. Southwest Africa People's Organization. They grow big banana leaves over there. Fresh & wet off the trees, handy too. Machete helps. Seriously, it worked...if you happen to do war convenient to banana trees.

[@bushwacker2048]

@@billcallahan9303 how do you know it worked if you couldn't find them? Lol! People go cross-eyed when I tell them that thermal can't see through glass, it takes them a moment to wrap their head around it.

[@billcallahan9303]

@@bushwacker2048 You answered your own question.

[@gooshy8312]

On civilian vehicles: I had the good fortune to observe the Jordanian Air Force camouflage all their shiny colorful fire trucks. They just pulled one truck off the road and created a huge mud hole. Troops got busy getting their trucks as filthy as possible. Clean a tiny spot for the driver to see, park it in the sun to dry and voila! Perfect color match to the terrain. It worked extremely well.

[@firasajoury7813]

Elaborate more please how would you assess their capabilities

[@gooshy8312]

@@firasajoury7813 Well, that was back in the 80s - I found them competent and enthusiastic. Everything was high tempo and they maintained the pace. Fighter pilots considered knocking over tents great sport, so yeah, they were a little nuts. The food at the enlisted mess was AWFUL. We were begging for a C-ration drop the first day there. Nothing really out of the ordinary. At the time, we were pretty closely allied with Jordanians - I never heard any doubts expressed about them. The FOOD, though! Dear lord. But the tea was excellent.

[@chrishoff402]

I remember reading a German soldiers account of the Battle of Normandy, where the Allies had overwhelming air superiority. The Germans would remain under cover on clear days. In order to move they would have spotters radio in when there were no allied planes in the vicinity. Then they would quickly go from one covered position a short distance to the next. Repeat the same aircraft check via spotters, do the quick move to the next covered position. They could cover the same march three times as fast at night, 2/3's as fast when it rained because all weather capability wasn't a thing in WW2. For transporting fuel to the front they used what they referred to as a Scuttle Bug. Literally, a Volkswagen Beetle with the side doors removed. If an allied aircraft attacked them, rather than stop and get out, they dove out to the side ditch while the Bug kept rolling along getting strafed.

[@chrishoff402]

Another thing from WW2, decoys, literally scarecrows for drones. If you can stick a mannequin sniper on the rooftop of a neighbor you don't happen to like, you can go about your daily business in peace while your adversary is preoccupied attacking his own natural allies.

[@chrishoff402]

Or a group of mannequins not wearing masks.

[@sandraherdman3783]

Not exactly rocket science

[@makkepuu]

My granpa worked for the Finnish DOD during winter and continuation wars. During the june 1944 offensive he was tasked to the front to evacuate wounded and dead troops. The soviet air force would shoot his truck even if it had red cross markings. First granpa would stop and hide under the truck but after witnessing an airplane cannon shell going thru the engine block he removed the door and would just dive into a ditch

[@michaelwier1222]

If you see a plane that's camouflaged, it's British. If you see a plane that's silver, it's American. If you don't see any planes at all, it's German.

[@briandanielsen5931]

Served for 22 years in the military; armor & mech infantry (72-94). Your discussions of threat and the critical use of camouflage jumped off the screen for me! Extremely relevant. Further, it provided a somewhat current sense of the state-of-the-art for surveillance in our communities in this worsening big brother environment. Be invisible. That was always true. More importantly, follow the laws of God.

[@jarredpetroff6659]

And most importantly even (not in contrad to the laws of God), trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for lawbreakers (sinners).

[@Bubba_Grimm]

Jesus Christ, thank God for our God given rights given by God to us God people to be more God like but not so much that we might be idolized like a God and end up screwin up God's plan for us 🙏all we can do is pray 🙏 that the liberals won't take our God stuff away 🙏for the ability to decipher the true conspiracy from the fake 🙏for the strength to know when we've given enough and it's time to take take take 🙏to know when she says no but means yes 😊 and to always have faith in antiquity's best guess 😊 Sinfully sincere lover of man God baby Jesus, by no means a homosexual, Tyranny H8er6969 PS jesus loves all so I don't have to. He forgives so I don't have to. He understands, so I don't have to.

[@waynehajek6346]

@@Bubba_Grimm Didn't Jesus Himself give us The Lord's Prayer? "Forgive us our trespasses (sins) as WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS(sin) AGAINST US". Remember that? You'll only be forgiven as you forgive others. "🙏 to know(discern) when she says no that she really means yes"??? Do you mean as when it's okay to fornicate or commit adultery? Is that the intent of your "prayer"? Putz.

[@DonHavjuan]

Clearly you were a grunt, Brian. Cannon fodder.

[@Bubba_Grimm]

@@waynehajek6346 oh boy. I don't know, I wasn't there, but apparently you were? DID Jesus himself give us the lords prayer? I seek no forgiveness from Him, but he can forgive you for me if he so desires. He can forgive you for the sin of willful ignorance. Oh wait... that's what He wants now isn't it. Faith right? And let me guess. I bet you know all about the fornication and the committing of adultery. It's all good as long as I do ask forgiveness afterwards for that, right? Well, according to you, as long as I forgive everyone who's stepped on my lawn first right? Putz? That's almost as bad as the guy who called me a jackum ass. I could never forgive you for that. But you gotta forgive me if you want Him to forgive you. Oh no. Careful. I might victimize you and if you don't forgive me He will be judging you. Just like everyone else probably already does. Jackum Ass Ps please forgive me, I just realized maybe you were just putting your code name at the end of your comment just like I did. In that case, I apologize for the mistake Mr. Putz.

[@beaujeste1]

CO - ‘I didn’t see you at camouflage training this morning Smith!’ Grunt - ‘thank you very much Sir!’

[@styxrakash4639]

Oooooold joke

[@ramO-jp8tp]

@@styxrakash4639Still a good one

[@muaddib7685]

When 2nd Iraq war started, I told everyone that the technologies used in this war will be used against us in the next dacade.

[@acedecade8222]

@TexasBBQ Smokehouse You're very pleasant. A real likable guy.

[@Prometheus7272]

@TexasBBQ Smokehouse Everything's obvious once it's already happened. Before it's happened everyone says it's ridiculous.

[@CH3FFI3]

@TexasBBQ Smokehouse Thank god you're here to tell us how smart you are. Or we wouldn't have known.

[@ericmckinley7985]

@TexasBBQ Smokehouse you'd be surprised, you say this to the right soy'd, pampered normo you can rock their world if they bother to not ignore it and give you that fluoride stare back, the one where the lights on but no one's home

[@americanmilitiaman88]

Like IR lasers. With night vision advancing and becoming more available it would be used against us

[@apayne2703]

As a Vietnam/Cambodia combat vet, I've had great teachers. The NVA (North Vietnamese Army). They were excellent . One learned real quick what to look for, or one died. That simple.

[@AnAlternitivePerspective]

thank you for your service

[@apayne2703]

@Matt Unreally Better learn whom you are accusing of stolen valor, mostly likely you are a couch potato who has never heard a shot fired in anger. Call of Duty Warrior..

[@taraswertelecki3786]

Death is the harshest taskmaster of all.

[@keithdaniels5918]

@@apayne2703 wanna be ‘s are every where these days. Semper Fi

[@rudolphvalentino7181]

@Matt Unreally loser

[@nomadicconquistador7-5-39]

As an American civilian without a military background, I find the information very interesting. Thank you

[@maddumass]

What's a civilian without any political involvement? An american pow.

[@rayhannum9088]

One thing that wasn't mentioned. If you've had to use your weapon cover it quickly or that gun will show up quickly with a tell,tell white signature. So you may be in a ghille suit so pull your weapon under you or wrap it with no part exposed. Even when you can't see the drone it can be high up. Don't take a chance.

[@Sryofcrv1]

I fly Drones for the Dod / Army in an OPFOR role. A visual sensor UAS is not super difficult to hide from, a low resolution thermal sensor is also not that difficult to hide from if you have adequate concealment (IE a tree top canopy that is holding heat from the sun, especially during the day, but even at night time, the canopy holds heat pretty well).. the issue is when you get into hiding from systems that have more advanced thermal signature capabilities, like a 640 resolution thermal sensor.. there's not a whole lot you can do to hide from these.. But you CAN evade them with the right environment and gear. Things like cold weather insulating clothing tends to help quite a bit against letting heat out, as well as the new thermal resistant poncho's that the Army is coming out with... Thermal reflective emergency blankets can work in a pinch provided that you don't leave them against your body for too long, your heat will eventually transfer over to it and cause you to show up as well. "tarping" a couple ponchos between trees and hiding behind them is a good way to avoid detection, or if you're in a Desert setting, laying down next to large rocks that have been absorbing the desert sun all day will make a huge difference in concealing your signature.

[@TREYSEV]

Aye keep leaking this information we need more

[@mastrotentaculopapichulo]

✅ Yes please 💯

[@TheCoresteps]

Thank you sir! Appreciate your insight

[@JohnDoe-cd6ro]

You're actually a true Patriot who loves his country and countryman.

[@bethwhiting3729]

Thank you Sir.

[@duke927]

Good practical advice. After seeing a coordinated drone swarm at the opening ceremonies of one of the Winter Olympics. I saw the terrifying possibilities of small drone weapons. The fictional use in the movie “Angel has Fallen” felt very realistic.

[@charlesmorris2701]

Exactly what I thought after seeing that movie….omg, their telling you what they have already got planned!!!

[@charlesmorris2701]

Yes, they reveal what is already planned in movies and et.

[@richardpotter6313]

@@charlesmorris2701 I dont know exactly if its out of arrogance OR that God requires it that all must be revealed so that nobody can say at the judgement :YOU DIDNT TELL ME...

[@David-vi9jq]

They already have been working on that type system. Practically all powers. Not at all into the future, but sooner than you think.

[@hodlwise2470]

Yeah. You can do that easily with fpv drones. They can go 80-140mph+, can maneuver better than any aerial aircraft if it's a quad fpv drone. I've told my friend for years that fpv drones have incredible military applications and I'm surprised we don't see any fpv drones being used. When I saw Angel Has Fallen I was like that's what I'm talking about lol.

[@GarrenForth]

It’s really sad to think that our likely enemy is our own government. Keep this stuff coming as long as you can.

[@christopherdavidcobb8108]

Welcome to the new world order globalization agenda. It is a shame...that we have got to this point

[@Hawijack]

Our likely enemy will be insane right wing neo Nazis. MAGA cult of evil .

[@paulmorgant208]

No doubt about that.

[@EnPeeSee]

@@Hawijack lmao delusional or bait

[@GOTTshua]

The enemy is satan... and his minions are entrenched in every nation.

[@donteh58]

Geoint guy who recently left the community for the private sector. Thank you. Was just having a decision on this and my customer couldn't grasp these basics

[@S2Underground]

Glad we could help!

[@sendit7922]

Another Geoint guy here, still in the field but think about this all the time ofc lol.

[@HighTreason007]

35G dudes droppin bombs💣

[@DS-mm6fh]

So one question from a civilian?? Where do I get the camouflage that works ??? U k ow the good stuff that u guys use, the active camouflage you know that actually makes u invisible???? Cause ik I could be a formidable force if I × also invisible..... what the government is doing around this country isn't right ....

[@Tetarkall]

@@DS-mm6fh might have to get creative and make your own, gotta improvise

[@CheezyDee]

I find it interesting that there were several incidents of drones flying near commercial jets which mysteriously stopped when the FAA banned the use of drones within 5 miles an airport pretty much making all civilian drone use in NYC illegal, only for the NYPD to catch someone on a rooftop playing with an airsoft gun... with a drone.

[@GunsandGuitars69]

Very good observation

[@d3ltaohniner261]

"Laws are for thee, not for me." - Literally every statist ever

[@_hi_pwr]

Rules foe thee not for me

[@garfish213]

Was a recce soldier decades ago, setting OPs was my specialty and of all the rules you set out I’d say #8 is the most crucial and least observed. Too often people will do a quick camo job and assume they’re invisible only to be ambushed because despite what they thought, they were easily spotted, most likely due to something appearing unnatural from a distance such as a tree’s leaves facing the wrong way and reflecting sunlight or a bush or blades of grass leaning the wrong way. Usually, it’s something you can’t spot from within a dozen feet or less but from 100 yards it quickly becomes obvious.

[@mr.miyagi9584]

South African?

[@saccaed]

Knowing what your up against is huge. Aside from some military folks, the people I've come in contact with that are most familiar with concealment are weed growers. In talking with a few different grow op managers they would absolutely be the people to put up effective concealment. In observing LE attempts to surveil the ops I was pretty impressed with the thought that some of the growers put into how they configured their grows to control what is shown and what is concealed.

[@SW-ii5gg]

Even some of the older books knew a lot about keeping things unseen in the woods and indoor.

[@michaellind3653]

And yet those growers are dumb enough to show an outsider who could be interrogated to where they are. Nah I'll pass.

[@triptank7857]

@@michaellind3653 what💀

[@turktalkdude]

@@michaellind3653 what does any of that have to do with having good camo?

[@edwinlee6864]

@@turktalkdude Weed Growers had skin in the game, and money. Plus there were and are a lot of them to experiment.

[@leehrvyoswld]

It's funny you mention the "deployment" to Poland as an example of training to fight near-peers. I'm here right now and we did all the hooplah: the gunneries, the months in the field, the multinational combined arms exercises... And every scenario has been briefed with enemies somehow in possession of tanks and LAVs, but without nightvision or thermal capability. And when I brought this up at the division AAR (why aren't we training in scenarios based on reality, so we can develop TTPs for EMCON, using proper camouflage, anti-thermal and anti-NOD techniques, etc.) and they shut me down, booed me for thinking. The military, Army especially, is gonna learn these TTPs the hard way in the coming years unless "leaders" can pull their heads out their asses. Thanks for existing. I use your videos and outlines to train my men to think beyond the doctrine and their limited experience and limited training opportunities.

[@josie4065]

Thankfully that makes it easier for us civilians

[@TrevorSpencer]

That level of ignorance is terrifying.

[@Anthony-qq2ue]

Planned ignorance. Don't want a population capable of fighting real militaries.

[@conradamparo6696]

Those guys myt just be getting embarrassed for not thinking like you, but wud later take them in consideration and take the credit themselves. . You know fatcats thinks.

[@taleandclawrock2606]

You will be a good leader who saves lives,not a bad one that sacrifices them through ignorance, and arrogance.

[@scout06171]

Great stuff. You did a good job of starting the conversation on Camo. I want to especially thank you for pointing out the tracks or wheel marks on the terrain. another easy way to find positions is that people run their vehicles to stay warm, which heats up the vegetation. Also, at night, one can follow the heat signature of wheels and/or tracks upon roads for several hours so selecting one’s night position well in advance of sundown is moi important.

[@skeetersaurus6249]

Small UAV's are very comparable to a trained observer's eyes (with appropriate sensing, such as night or thermal vision). Keep that in mind. They are far more 'obvious' than a trained observer (that WILL use high level camouflage to maintain peak avoidance). Keep THAT in mind. If you KNOW you are being scouted from a fixed position, but you don't know where that position is, it is FAR MORE TACTICALLY VALUABLE to find and take-out the enemy scout, than to wait and engage what 'is coming' from such scouting (such as artillery or mortars). UAV's make this job INFINITELY EASIER! You see a drone, you SHOOT the drone! Take the drone out, abandon a few 'obvious targets' at that location (cars, backpacks, water cans, etc.), and take an ambush position nearby (ideally, before another drone is launched, which will scout why the first was shot down). Small UAVs are a forward-forward scout system...to know where the large UAVs need to work (such as Predators)...so keeping the small ones 'out of the picture' keeps the larger ones from being deployed, to start with. In 1991, during Desert Storm, I know of one Marine unit that after being misidentified as 'enemy' by a circling large UAV, the unit commander ordered the .50 gunner to 'take that drone out'...and he did. The Air Force lost their minds, but it stopped the bombardment (as I remember, it was artillery)...they were getting 'fire correction' from the drone (friendly fire, no less). Destroy the drone, immediately move out of the grid to an 'observation point', turn it into an ambush for troops or a 2nd wave air survey...

[@jaydenshepard7928]

Good luck seeing a drone lmao, they would be flying at least about half a kilometer in the air for quadrotors, and much higher for fixed wing, you arent seeing shit lol

[@brucestuff]

If my small drone goes missing, I'm assuming targets in area

[@sleepyguardian1962]

@jesus rodriguez by on-board ballistics im guessing you mean auto guided munitions? UAVs dont have anything like that besides JDAMs and only MQ-9s can carry those and those can only hit fixed targets. All other weapons systems on UAVs are going to be laser guided, which can be defeated by breaking line of sight be it via smoke, brush, a wall, etc. And that laser is aimed by a human being and they definitely can miss. also, if were talkin us govt UAVs vs us citizens theyre gonna have to rely on some geek behind a computer screen to make that shot and i can assure you UAV guys are some of the most disgruntled people on the planet and majority hate the govt or love their fellow americans more than the govt. i doubt UAVs would be in play much

[@f3nixfire]

They had UAVs in 91? I know the public finds out about tech about 20 years after the military has been using it, but I never heard anything about UAVs being used in desert storm. GPS was a new thing back then. It's what allowed our forces to completely surprise the Iraqis at 73 easting. However, it was so new that I wouldnt think UAVs would have been a thing yet.

[@tyree9055]

@@f3nixfire No, not to my knowledge. They weren't a big thing in the '90s.

[@kemonoyama2084]

2 aspects of camouflage are to disperse the image into the background or break up the outline and distort the image pattern. SF in Vietnam often wore mixed patterns and almost always different top and bottom patterns. The different pant to top automatically cuts your image pattern in half. In a uniforms the small pattern camouflage types always blend at a distance. the reason vintage woodland is so effective is because of its large pattern. The problem is we keep letting computers pick our patterns and we don't see like a computer,.

[@AldoSchmedack]

1000% AGREED!

[@triptank7857]

But when the robot wars begin, we wil want camo that computers cant see 🤔🤔👀🤣 also sf in Vietnam started wearing denim jeans after awhile didnt they?

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

And apparently, digitized camo are better at breaking shape, the most recent i can remember is the singapore new tropical camo. There's a reason why traditional large pattern camo aren't used anymore, it's simply less effective.

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

@@Kevin-fj5oe I disagree, if a computer looks at a QR code that is totally random pattern for humans and be able to read the code, what makes it invisible for computers? For all we know, the 'camo pattern' is nothing more than QR code for friendly or enemy.

[@gamingrex2930]

That’s what digitized camo is for, it’s literally made to counter digitised sighting systems

[@danielboyle2152]

Really great video. I was nuts about camo in the corps 84-87. Yes people made jokes about me in my platoon. That is o.k. they made fun of chesty puller as well. It served me well. Had a friend we practiced sneaked on and off our own base, every base we were at and hiding from our own helicopters and guards. The shame is that if we could do it so easily, so might our enemies.

[@Chuckwagon524]

I saw a video where a guy took heat reflective material - like a space blanket - and sewed it with some polyester batting to a cammo tarp material into poncho-like ghillie suit. The reflective material kept his heat signature from showing and didn't cost much to make. With a hood and using foliage and terrain was invisible at night thermally and to the eyes.

[@kabusthepotato9572]

okay that's really smart would work in a cold environment

[@BlackestSheepBobBarker333]

The under garments a Firefighter typically wears (thick leather coated with reflective material), are sold at some Military Surplus stores and works well for the base layer for what you're speaking of.

[@jacobnugent8159]

Sounds miserable in the summer

[@woolfeeeee]

mylar with a wool blanket

[@firasajoury7813]

Elaborate more please ​@@BlackestSheepBobBarker333

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@chuckfinley3152]

Dude that 50 cal armor test was lit

[@heshreds4049]

You never know, knowing how to hide from drones may one day become invaluable to each and every one of us.

[@jordanmetcalf9496]

Was in the Army as a 13 F in Iraq back in 2009-2010. Worked in a TOC and watched screens of Predators and other Drones. Saw several IED emplacers and even firefights. The use one thing I noticed with the blackhot and white-hot cameras at night was if the the guys that ran away jumped in the water it became very difficult to follow them until they got out of the water. Just a heads up from my experience.

[@dirtyaznstyle4156]

Was that common knowledge among drone operators? Knowing how the optics operate and the topography would really reduce the effectiveness of the tactic of using water. If they wanted to capture someone I figure they have ground units surrounding the area. With a drone observing you would know if guys ran toward and are in a stream or river and inform ground units.

[@jordanmetcalf9496]

@@dirtyaznstyle4156 I wasn't a drone operator but I'm sure the technology they have is better than when I was in. If ground units wanted to get air support ( I was in an aviation brigade) The Division we were supporting had all the Drones. Half the deployment I was on a personel recovery team and the other half I worked in the TOC . There was a Battle captain, the flight coms, S3 I believe which was Intel and the Air Force weather people. SWO I believe and the Fire support specialist to deconflict airspace for the field artillery. We used AFATDS and SIPR net for the secret internet. We didn't even enteract with the drone people. From what I understand they can do it from U.S bases. We just had access to their footage and could support with our air units which was Chinooks, Black Hawks and Kiowas at the time. All I know is the black and white hot made it difficult to see the few guys I saw who were in the water and those operators did lose people from time to time. Weather is also a factor and the Drones can and do crash from time to time.

[@jordanmetcalf9496]

@@dirtyaznstyle4156 But yes that was what would usually happen if there were ground units in the area. Sometimes the Kiowas would go in and strafe but if they missed and ran out of ammo then they were pretty much Winchester and had to RTB. They didn't catch them all.

[@DataGeek903]

always wondered if you just had a wet blanket with you it would disperse a lot of your heat

[@jordanmetcalf9496]

@@DataGeek903 True but once they have eyes on they can pretty easily keep tabs on you until they run out of fuel. When I was getting out I heard of Drones that the airforce was making that could stay in the sky for days but I don't keep track as much these days.

[@richardhanck972]

Have to point this out: @6:00 this screenshot isn't depicting camouflage. It's depicting a deception scheme. What they're working on is a wooden mockup of an airplane. (tail section to the bottom right of the screen, nose to top left, wings left and right, etc.). It's _meant_ to be seen.

[@thomasmanion2903]

I caught the same observation good eye the tail was even noticeable

[@OffGridInvestor]

I THOUGHT that's what it was

[@cyalknight]

And the shadow for the wings shows light coming through.

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

Good observation.

[@ag135i]

Drones have made privacy a thing of the past and life really worrisome.

[@whoever6458]

As a biologist, I can tell you that many many other animals use camouflage, some blending into their natural environment and other having the colorations of a deadly animal despite being a non-deadly species. I'd venture that camouflage has existed since before humans did. No wonder it's so useful.

[@diturner7247]

Thanks. I lived in a tent and red belly snakes like this part of SE QLD Australia and they left me alone for approximately 3 years. Anyway my point is your comment tells me they did mind their own business and I have stayed safe all my life.. Camouflage is how they live perhaps and this is why I somehow cope without fear. I am no snake charmer but I have respect. I do not look for trouble. They get to know us yet do not attack. There are other creatures but it is manageable. Would not try doing this in another's unfamiliar regions ever. Only areas I know or I ask an elder. I was with one other adult and personal others who were only children but old enough to manage.

[@zyral.f.6938]

Consequently, recent reports/videos of birds attacking and shutting down drone activity are quite refreshing.

[@michaelboros9834]

It’s a shame we’re learning to defend ourselves against our own government

[@RunningWithSauce]

We can just ask the Taliban for help and they can bring us apaches, mraps, nods and ammo

[@thatoneguy7684]

As the founding fathers intended

[@neftaligracida8986]

Right

[@Vex916T]

Ashamed?! The US Government and all central governments were entities created to monitor us the Sheeple Slaves of the Globalists and their masters... the central governments are not friendlies and people need to stop caring for them because they don't give a crap about you including the low tier central government people. In fact it's been central governments who have caused the most deaths of humans for the past century, so there is absolutely no shame in defending yourself from a bunch of oppressors called central governments.

[@danieljamesbinderystu2968]

I hate to tell you, but our US G0V is using thelis AGAINST US NOW!! yes our own g0v cares more about mass surveillance on USA citizens, than our b0arder! months ago... g0v surveillance drones filled the night sky over my entire STATE, and havent left since! They are out all night long, every night 7 days a week. they come out sun down, until sun rise. Hundreds/ thousands of them over my town and surrounding towns alone. They fly in all directions, all different altitudes, and all different sizes drones. They fly over my house ALL night long... they fly so close to our windows, and over our homes, they barely make it over the roof ridges! I cant step a pinky toe out of my front door without it being seen from every angle possible in 4k! Me and my neighborhors are extremely p!ssed off, and feel beyond VIOLATED! we called local PD... they know NOTHING! We call the FAA... no response, no answer, or they act dumb and say they will " investigate it". Call back in a month, they blow you off! We called the sheriff and he said he " doesnt know", called the state police.... they acted like we were all paranoid and crazy! They are extremely invasive, me and my family feel EXTREMELY V!OLATED AF!! they fly around all of our properties, keeping tabs on EVERYONE, and EVERYTHING, every night, all night! I can hear what sounds like a jet flying in a non-stop loop above my town EVERY night, ALL night!! They are blanketed across the entire southern part of our state.... from what i can absolutely confirm. I absolutely want to see where they are coming from, where they go right before sun-up... and we are all still trying to figure out what we can do about this absolute TYRANNY that is being force on us by our own U.S. g0v! They spy on us, yet our b0arder is being !nvaded unchecked. Iam almost sickened by what these tyrants are doing to us... AMERICAN CITIZENS! There are currently hundreds of them above my town, my block, my neighborhood, my property, and my hone right now! WE FEEL extremely helpless, violated, and angry that our crooked AF state tyrants are doing this to us. My state "volunteered" for this drone program to run 365 till ?? across our ENTIRE STATE! i dont know what to do, and no... I am not exaggerating, lying, or coo-coo. I wish i could put a vid up here, because this is definitely coming to your state.... if its a crooked Blue run dem utopia land state.

[@woodspirit98]

An interesting topic to cover related to this are the satellites that go over a few times every single day covering virtually every square inch of ground. They can see every square foot of your property and with computers designed to detect the slightest changes. If you dig a spider hole they'll know it unless you conceal it as you're doing it. Bear in mind when done it better look exactly as it was before you started. No debris piles of any kind. There are also companies everywhere taking arial pictures of people's property in order to sell to homeowners. Just for clarification, I was in aerial photo recon in the AF.

[@perseusrex614]

Sounds like there is ample opportunity to misdirect and keep them busy then...

[@keithstewart7514]

6700 additional sattilights recently launched over 3 months time

[@keithstewart7514]

6700 additional sattilights recently launched over 3 months time

[@perseusrex614]

@@keithstewart7514 6700 lsunched in 3 months??? what do they have now, space elevators?

[@keithstewart7514]

Thank you for your service for our country.

[@augreich]

Just found this channel. Awesome content!! As a Veteran of the Marine Corps it's good to see that the USMC is changing, once again, how things are done. Semper Fi

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

You invaded independent countries because gov called them Terrorists and now you are a hero ?

[@augreich]

@@bartomiejzakrzewski7220 The Government calls them terrorists; I call them pedophiles!! It became very apparent what type of people they are when rapping 12 yr old boys is part of the culture!! I won't shed a tear for any of them...except the children raped and killed.

[@dthreadjr]

@@augreich yeah I heard about that but the sad cold truth is we team up with a small country in the Middle East who uses a book called the talmud and they believe that they can do these things to young children as well and that me and you are like dogs research that book The talmud and you will know who I'm referring to

[@powrguy1696]

Yeah.........they've gone woke, and are NOT what they used to be.

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

@@dthreadjr yeah they ocupy my country as a ,,goverment ,, elites also like a public opinion bodies. They changed they names after world war II for camouflage. They are real treat in middle east and for the world

[@alancranford3398]

Vehicles are bullet magnets. When my National Guard unit deployed to the Middle East in 2004 I objected to "stay in the vehicle" and "park in the road." History demonstrated that staying on roads and hiding in "armored vehicles" such as the old half-track and the M113 wasn't a very good idea even against guerrillas with "only" small arms.

[@rowbearpucklebuck2331]

Intensely interesting. Avoiding observation while mounting a tactical operation is something old Geronimo and his Apaches were adept in. His tactics are still taught and i see some of them here. Now you need eyes on top of your head too. I had long thought of these little drones as a perfect reconnoitering tool.

[@hindsight2022]

Especially the new ones that will follow you over head and gives you hud in one eye ... Very cool

[@ApocGuy]

@@hindsight2022 indeed. mount one of NV cameras on top of it (or buy dedicated thermal vision cameras for drones) and use it throughout the day and night. custom programming wouldnt hurt either, since its not hard to hijack RF/WiFi signal and force drone to land/return to home etc...

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@ApocGuy most the sensors these days can see perfectly well at night.

[@markfergerson2145]

It immediately struck me that items four and eight were the core of this whole presentation, all about not standing out. Having lived in Arizona for three decades, Geronimo instantly came to my mind as the ur-example of how to do that right.

[@pjb9425]

Can't thank you enough for making yourself available to the average Joe. Never learned so much in 30 odd minutes.

[@OffGridInvestor]

Same here

[@anid2731]

We were taught to allways hide the tracks going off-road to forest where the vehicle is hidden. While we most often slacked doing this in an exercise if the war comes I guess I'll have to get the crew know that this is really really important

[@gwydionrusso3206]

Judging from the title we are all now on a list

[@misterfister7262]

Fuck em 🤷‍♂️

[@CharacterMatterz]

First time?

[@jadsmvs8651]

@@CharacterMatterz unfortunately not.

[@Mr71paul71]

I'd be heart broken if I'm not on somebody's list !!!! In fact I reckon I'm on lots of lists. There's a reason people call probrexit MPs Spartans, and in it !!!!!! Life is so liberating when you decide you don't give a flying fanny fart anymore

[@MrBonney1990]

Dear me, I should hope by now that everyone here was on at least 3 or 4 lists already..... The most interesting human beings usually are , aren’t we?

[@gordonjordan9491]

Showed up on KZbin homepage, it's reassuring to know I'm likely part of a "Dissent" watchlist. Hello fellow students of history.

[@Gcanno]

You think of yourself to much, no one Gives a flying shit about you in the Government . Don't take it personal !

[@gordonjordan9491]

@@Gcanno You clearly are not paying attention, we live in the most advanced surveillance state in the known history of mankind. If you think they're not watching everyone you are exactly what they made you to be. Bahhh!

[@sixthday132]

Although I hate to talk about it, I feel the need to share a gruesome story, one I have kept buried for decades. During my CIA days in the 80's, I was involved in a classified (since partially declassified) deployment to South America. Our job was to locate an missing American spec ops detachment who had stopped checking at regular intervals and had been listed as "missing." After two days in the jungle, my team and discovered the scene of a grizzly firefight. There were no bodies at the scene, but there were hundreds of empty shell casings that suggested the squad was panicked and firing in all directions. Needless to say, we were unnerved and full of questions... what were they shooting at? And, why in the hell were there no bodies, no sign, no blood? With more questions than answers, we pushed on... we had orders to find our missing assets at all costs. Over next 24 hours, and during what can only be described as hell on earth, we received our answer. Like the missing squad before us, we were hunted like animals by an alien creature with cloaking and thermal imaging ability. His tech was a force multiplier that we simply could not compete with, and one-by-one we became his trophies. As the last survivor, and doing what warriors do, I decided to make my last stand. I inadvertently discovered that if I covered myself in mud, the creatures thermal imaging could not detect me. It was this knowledge that eventually let me to victory over my deadly opponent. After a fierce fight that seemed almost fictional, my foe lay mortally wounded. As he took his last few breaths, I stood over him and my human eyes met his unfamiliar gaze. Although he had no discernable expression on his crab-like face, his eyes harbored the confusion of a great warrior trying to make sense of being defeated by an inferior opponent. In between coughing up his alien blood and laboring for his last few breaths he muttered the words "who...the fuck...are you? I have signed a NDA on the rest of the story and so I will say no more. The moral of the story here is that when Joe Biden sends drones to find you.... cover yourself in mud. Dutch

[@jakejuvland5147]

Epic

[@danwatrus9146]

So the movie Predator was a documentary? 😂

[@akachucknasty]

Love this. Using a similar system, instead of mud - eye shadow. Dyed hair, dress with pumps. Able to walk through San Fran and Seattle with Zero issues. Zero. Freedom to poop in whichever bathroom I want was liberating. Don't forget the pronoun name badge. Get all 47 badges. Wear them with pride.

[@jackiec498]

​@@akachucknasty this is actually the perfect camo against our enemy. Can walk behind enemy lines with impunity.

[@lucabrasisleepswiththefish77]

@@akachucknasty Free wardrobes @ airports, be top "girl" in a sport of your choice. The options are endless...

[@brenton2561]

Chuck a tarp over, then some dirt/leaves off the ground over that. It'll insulate and camouflage. A couple layers of tarp/leaves/tarp/leaves with dirt on top are amazing insulation for cold nights too.

[@dgafbrapman688]

Dont lay under it for too long though, your residual body heat will eventually warm up the air then the insulation, and you will be spotted. Id say go one step futher and dig tunnels, remember, the japanese were impervious to all aerial and standoff bombardments becuase of their extensive tunnel systems. This also helps with movement, you can move equipment and people with no one being able to see it. Tunnels are probably the best guerilla logistic tactic, and american has never won a war against guerillas.

[@yourfreedomisanillusion]

Mylar emergency blankets block body heat

[@rockjockchick]

@@dgafbrapman688 and England didn’t win the war against the US for the same reason.

[@dgafbrapman688]

@@yourfreedomisanillusion Sure let me hide under this gigantic mirror blanket while im trying to hide. this is a joke dont get tickled

[@yourfreedomisanillusion]

@@dgafbrapman688 -Troll sighted!! Lol. Well, you might want to get one that’s olive drab on the outside. And then a camo tarp or even better camo netting over that. And then add some cover from your natural surroundings. But hey, that’s just me and my good buddy common sense. I would suggest you wear blaze orange so you don’t get mistaken for a deer.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

That's the thing we need to admit, we do not own the night anymore...The Taliban always had a few as the war went on,they had 100s if not 1,000s, and I think we left cases of them in Afghanistan.

[@suprememasteroftheuniverse]

Leftists in the government and military did it on purpose. That's the concern.

[@petethepatriotamerica9130]

Yes are 17000 (seventeen thousand) night vision units

[@seekndestroy8970]

It was done on purpose. Now China wants to move in, but they won’t be able to do shit. If they were able to fight with us for decades with sandals and AKs, now they’re even better equipped and trained. This could be a move to combat China, who is inevitably wanting to try their hand at the Middle East.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

@@suprememasteroftheuniverse all the makings for a false flag..?

[@Evocati-Augusti]

In BC, Afghanistan after Alexander the Great stopped there, has been called the death of Empires...

[@silversurfer100]

Having worked within the military drone industry since 2005 and jointly within the civilian from industry for decades before and after the military market I can state with extreme emphasis that people absolutely must become aware of how pervasive the use of small UAS by law enforcement has become. We cannot play a game of poker and expect to win if we don't know the rules or how the game is played. Such is the case with the use of drones. Much of what they can see can be defeated with just a little planning and effort. Conversely, much of what law enforcement or military is doing can be easily exposed through the civilian use of drones. I predicted long ago that drones would become a tool used against our civilian population, a prediction that came true, and their use is expanding every day.

[@505fastlife6]

Any tips to avoid surveillance from these drones?

[@Chuckvsfrank1232]

​@@505fastlife6birdshot

[@CIAG4PNP]

Yes proper camo will make you invisible! We grunts always covered up our foot traffic and used local vegetation on our existing camo for cover concealment. The whole concept is blend into your background and now you need to make yourself invisible from the eye in the sky 🎯

[@RandyMan696]

FLIR STILL SEES YOU EVEN UNDER CAMO!

[@feREXtheBLUE]

@@RandyMan696 camo doesn't just mean vision light spectrum. There is infrared defeating camo as well and plenty of techniques being used in circulation.

[@erwin643]

@@RandyMan696 Not necessarily. It can still be defeated.

[@JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL]

Infrared doesnt care about camouflage 🤷‍♂️

[@feREXtheBLUE]

@@JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL trust me it does. I've operated plenty of multi-million dollar FLIR systems but you can hold whatever opinion makes you feel superior.

[@BIGxJIMxSLADE]

Time to get out Granddad's ol' 10 gauge "goose gun" for UAV suppression.

[@CrackedCandy]

In the United States it is a crime to shoot any aircraft in flight no matter how small. A drone has access to 82' to 400' above ground level (AGL). The air is governed by the FAA, the F stands for federal. No municipality can make enforceable laws for the air. 81 feet, I can fly over your house. Not that I would since I consider that tacky, but one could.

[@danhemsworth7488]

Seen some pics of Russian troops in East Ukraine, carrying some kind of EW gun to shoot drones down.

[@theimmortal4718]

With a 40 meter range? Soooo useful

[@BIGxJIMxSLADE]

@@theimmortal4718 A 10 ga with 3 1/2" shells in a 36 inch "goose gun" barrel with no. 2 or 4 hits a hell of a lot farther than 40 yards.

[@BIGxJIMxSLADE]

@@CrackedCandy That's as of now. You know, while we are all still so civil. 😜

[@frankmagiera150]

Always helpful to watch videos like these, one can pick up little nuggets of info if paying attention to detail. I noticed in the comments alot of people were asking what year was the banana leaves story. I personally was in Somalia in 83 and we was working with the Somalian Army against Chad. And we blew a small coral reef to allow small boats to have access to the beach. Which I'm pretty sure was the same area used during Clinton's humanitarian mission which turned to shit. Point being there's always more going on than meets the eye, not to mention the media cannot be trusted.

[@1652HCU]

During our conflict in Angola, we (SADF) lacked air superiority, thus dispersion and camouflage were paramount. Those lessons were pressed home, along with light security etc.

[@charlbakkes5724]

Sector 10?

[@1652HCU]

@@charlbakkes5724 And Sector 20.

[@JW-fq1pp]

This video just popped up for me. Hands down, this is one of the most informative videos I've seen in a long time. Good work, gentlemen! And btw, the wordpress site is no longer there. Looks like its been banned.

[@anthonyhoward4743]

same with me. not sure why it popped up but very good.

[@USBEN.]

Time to host at deep web

[@ThomasLeonard454]

@Marion Delgato Only to you!

[@1STGeneral]

The video didn't just randomly get suggested you were targeted by your bookmarks or search/viewing history

[@JW-fq1pp]

@@1STGeneral Thank you, Captain Obvious.

[@carlostommybaggs5763]

Khaki uniforms were introduced by Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden and William Stephen Raikes Hodson in 1848 for British colonial troops in India and were found to be especially effective for field service and battle. (Source WikiPedia). Modern Camouflage became a thing during the Boer war after the British army finally realised that marching around a battlescape in their bright red coats was a very bad idea.They finally moved to using Khaki uniforms designed to blend in with the landscape to avoid being picked off at range by angry Boers hiding in the South African Veldt.

[@philadams92]

Good presentation, found you be accident on you tube. Shape shine silhouette movement, the basics we were taught in the 1070/80s back in the cold war to avoid overhead detection from reconnaissance aircraft , I have seen in all NATO forces in action maybe since the turn of the century a loss of some of the basics we were previously taught and took for granted maybe from the 1950,s onwards reaching a peak at the end of last century. Even counter insurgency was handled differently/better last century too there has become way to much reliance on technology and far less encouragement of common sense and what was previously learned by the losses in life to get this knowledge in the 1st place... I know its not just me because I have talked to former colleagues who watch the news and see videos from war zones etc, if there is one thing we have access to its video footage and we observe very many basic errors in tactics in this current armed forces in the west in general. Where did all thoughs skill sets go we were taught in basic training? All vehicles in my time had camo nets on them and these were deployed as SOP when stopped, grunts always had clothing camo brush and the like attached, including helmet cam, dispersion of ground forces was a given too. I saw Reccy pictures from Jaguar aircraft in the 1980,s of deployed armoured units and all of these picture taught us how to mitigate observation from above and it was a common place thing to be aware of observation from above, I can not believe people in this day and age are not more aware of UAV observation but there you go. Good heads up video all the best.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

I served from 1975-1980, Vietnam Era by the barest measure. I agree with you that the training is different. I used to do spook work of sorts, nothing special. But my job required me to basically get invisible and stay that way. Some days seemed to take years because of the terrain that we had to cross. Aerial surveillance was what scared us the most on a big scale but, on the ground, I really didn’t care for dogs. Dogs use different senses!

[@philadams92]

@@dr.froghopper6711 I agree on the dog issue I enjoyed caynine evasion exercises which were/are very difficult, I imagine now as an almost 60yr old that would challenge me more than overhead surveillance in my opinion.

[@SoulTransient]

i went through basic two years ago and ill tell you they are fluffing the infantry training in most places and its embarrassing to see some of the new recruits who fail getting a free pass.

[@Zorro9129]

@@SoulTransient The way things have been going I believe that traditional candidates for the military (rural people good with fitness and firearms) are increasingly unwilling to enlist and ranks will be filled with lower-quality individuals who want the free college. So that doesn't surprise me.

[@54guy1]

The US military's glaring weak point (and intelligence services too) has always been an over reliance on tech.

[@SuperTristin101]

I played this capture the falg type game once and knowing how to camouflage myself helped a bit, had a large group of people on a long dirt road, half were guards and had flashlights, the other half had to make it down the road and grab the flag in the middle of a field without being seen. Super fun, would do again.

[@timothysutton625]

You may have to.

[@edainari]

Superb video: well executed, easy to follow with practical solutions, concise and thorough treatment of each aspect. This treatment rendered the solutions actionable without being overwhelming to the viewer. The narrator also treats possibly politically inflammatory situations in a professional, tactful manner, quickly avoiding ideological pitfalls while cutting directly to the tactical (and more important) aspects. Also, as a former Marine and 2x Iraqi War veteran, my heart swells with pride and warmth hearing the strides my beloved Corps is taking to constantly improve, evolve and remain masters of the craft of war while making said practice real-world, easily actionable and memorable to its warfighters. Despite my aforementioned feelings, I am not surprised at the Corps' disposition or advances, since it and its members have a long tradition of preparation, tactical innovation and love for the craft and art of war. Thank you to the video's author and the excellence he and the Marine Corps exhibit.

[@tyjohnston5889]

Well the Tabain have some nice, state of the art ones now.

[@Erich-Lab]

It'll breakdown pretty quickly because it's "military" grade...

[@SUBARCTICPSYCHO]

LMAO

[@Lifechanging99999]

@@Erich-Lab nope.

[@Erich-Lab]

@@Lifechanging99999 ?

[@Lifechanging99999]

@@Erich-Lab you think those items will not last and you’re wrong. China is going to maintain them.

[@benwilson5893]

Question. Would it be better to like, comment and subscribe to make this a more successful channel that the algorithm will spread, or would that just get it deleted faster? I mean so far every video I've seen of yours I believe should be taught in school, but we live in lesser times..

[@MgtowRubicon]

Their website has already been purged. 🙈🙉🙊

[@oihilguest5902]

Good stuff

[@K-BaySAVAGE31stMEU]

I would not give out tradecraft, but one way to hide from Thermal and is abundant and cheap is a Mylar blanket. There are a few more I can give out. That is not tradecraft, or NDA. I’ll see what S2 puts out there I truly enjoy this line of work and way of living. Thank you all for your feedback and time.

[@nikanor8152]

Oh boy, now I gotta rewatch all the footage from Nagorno-Karabakh and spot the mistakes that were made

[@stevenbigelow7599]

Tie-in with what they were saying: you don't see any camouflaged positions getting bombed on the drone feeds. The Azeris were hitting obvious targets.

[@wendle6436]

You have my sympathy as an Armenian

[@QuantumLeap83]

I remember the Mythbusters where they were testing different ways to hide from thermal. They found glass completely masks thermal signature, but it's totally impractical. One - carrying around a big pane of glass and 2 the pane itself would show up as a big thermal neutral square lol 😆

[@fajile5109]

It works against type 1 ir blocks 99 of it. But the second type can go through most glass. This also means that all thermal emitters and googles have to be made with special glass. As otherwise it would only get a blurry image.

[@juanedoses8715]

mabey a big glass turtle shell.?

[@P_RO_]

@@fajile5109 Yep. LE in my town upgraded long ago. Big towns can do even better with deeper pockets, selling the last-Gen stuff to smaller towns like mine. Mainstream is well past type 1 already.

[@keezybih5356]

So at night a drone with a thermal camera cant see you in your vehicle?

[@sirseven3]

I recommend a solution similar to a cars defroster, heat grid in glass

[@eddienichols209]

Over 2 years have passed since my observations began. Had no hint of a clue that an impromptu decision to kick back and relax for a few minutes would ultimately redirect my life path into the unknown. Unnoticed by the vast majority of people living here in the US, both day and night our skies are teaming with a constant flow of silent UAVs. Some are so small you can't even see 'em, only hear 'em. Some are as big as a full size school bus. Some have blinking lights, some have rows of solid lights, some emit an eerie internal phase shifting glow, some have no lights at all but a foreboding darkness emanates from them. Some are shaped like saucers, some are shaped like missiles, some are shaped like airplanes. Some resemble birds, some resemble hornets, some resemble unknown fantastical flying creatures, some are I can only describe as, um, damn near invisible. Only a few times have all the necessary environmental conditions (elements/combination still unknown) aligned in such a way allowing me to see this strange defined area of the sky that's slightly distorted.....a shimmering, if you will, of the very air space occupied by it......kinda like a 'heat devil' (regular phenomenon seen here in the Deep South during those sweltering hot summertime middays). Overall UAV numbers have increased steadily and are now so numerous that an accurate count is humanly impossible. Nighttime is drone time. The sky is literally saturated with them. Rest assured they are out and about during the day as well but are more difficult to see with just the naked eye. And I'm here to tell you, many of them are NOT the limited range remote control, less than thirty minute flight time consumer grade units owned by seemingly every child/young adult in America. More and more am I seeing odd shaped crafts of all sizes which display an agility and maneuverability that is IMPOSSIBLE according to our understanding of the laws of physics and materials engineering. Where are they coming from and who or what controls them???? Countless rabbit hole doorways appear simultaneously without even verbalizing that line of inquiry. lol! And now, right here is where this journey's dirt path forward seamlessly transitions into a vast body of deep murky water. A short distance out is a brightly lit billboard style sign elevated high above the water on concrete stilts. For those with eyes to see, the sign is easy to read; and though minimalistic in words, the message and interpretations thereof will abound in perpetuity. That sign reads as follows: KNOWN UNKNOWNS. UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS.

[@Purplepinkmom]

Thank you. Everyone thinks I am crazy cause I hear things, and even though they can hear it too, they dismiss something being there because they can not see anything. I know someone placed a listening device in my place because I was getting feedback but could never find the device. I am a nobody and still cannot figure out why someone would do that. Also, How many drones of various sizes can there be? Certainly not enough to watch everyone all the time. My guess is to avoid the pack. And like someone said; you just have to be less detectable then the next guy. I also think that being the only one in an area could increase the odds of being caught. All personal choice I guess. Thanks for your comments. You have given me food for thought.

[@risingawareness13]

Calling the military industrial complex the "defense" industry is about as authentic as Saddam's WMD's.

[@jacquesstrapp3219]

Saddam had nerve gas because he used it on the Kurds and Iranians. What he did with it after that, no one knows. Do some research before making comments that reveal your ignorance.

[@Cybrludite]

He just had dual use precursor chemicals, stored in military ammo dumps, in quantities that made no sense for the civilian uses for them...

[@Nobodynewduh]

Don’t bother listening to these bible thumping war mongers. Iraq had no war capabilities, they had no useful WMDs and was no threat to the US or it’s allies.

[@jacquesstrapp3219]

@@Nobodynewduh Research "Halabja chemical attack" and "Iraqi chemical attacks against Iran". You will find that Saddam had tons of chemical munitions and had used them on both military and civilian targets. The Halabja chemical attack was the largest chemical weapons attack directed against a civilian-populated area in history.

[@davidcanady7935]

@@Nobodynewduh No war capabilities?!!! That’s the height of ignorance.

[@jedi7489]

Ima have to watch this multiple times

[@Chris_Hansen___]

One thing I always find interesting when talking about personal camouflage, is that people often overlook hunting camo. Hunting camo can be specifically designed for certain areas and if you're getting camo for your home turf, hunting camo for that area can be miles better than some military camo. Some of my coyote hunting camo can make me disappear in the dry grassland, as it was specifically designed for that exact terrain.

[@fiskersproductions]

How well treated with non IR reflective coating or thermal signature leakage are they, though?

[@MochiMoose]

@@fiskersproductionsthat can be done after the fact, and issued uniforms have no thermal defeating properties. The only way to defeat thermal from above is to have something suspended above you or infront of you that creates a thermal barrier between you and the thermal sensor. Heat transfer to anything you wear shows through, especially on the shoulders and head.

[@outtatime4512]

When you can drive an M-88 tow tank or 5 ton wrecker under your camo net, then you have set your camo equipment up properly. I ended up teaching many fellow soldiers the simple technique of using poles and paddles to support nets properly. Some guys just didn't have enough IQ points. Those are the ones to avoid until they self destruct.

[@chrismorin4109]

An important part of those camouflage nets are the little metal rings integrated on the nets. The purpose of those is for radar deception. Just a little over looked tid bit of camouflage netting and it's simple technology for deception!!!

[@monaliza3334]

Maybe in Afghanistan, but not in Russia. This NATO tricks are Hollywood made movies...

[@demox_yt8386]

​@chrismorin4109 can you elaborate on that a bit,first time I hear about it,thanks

[@outtatime4512]

@@demox_yt8386 the front poles and paddles are to hold the net up high enough to drive under as well as the rear. On the front the next can be open or closed but i kept mine high enough to walk under. On the rear the poles were spaced wide enough and high enough to drive into and back outta the net without becoming entangled. Its like pulling into a portable garage that you can buy online. The nets are hoisted two poles at a time and were 6 total to also support the middle of the net. It took final adjustments once the net was in the air but once you get the hang of it they can bw set up in about a half hour or less.

[@demox_yt8386]

@outtatime4512 sry I meant,little metal rings on the nets ,that's the part I'm confused 😕 Thanks for the time to answer nonetheless,I appreciate to read your comments

[@MikeM0331]

Funny, I was in that Battalion for that exercise. Well done. We have a manual on camouflage from air observation. Its became important again. Its been forgotten in the war on terror.

[@Fabrizio_Ruffo]

Still think 1970s era AAA would erase the drone issue entirely. Seems like a really dumb problem: like land mines... Don't drive on the clearly marked paths. Don't move in predictable patterns. Landmines can't get up and chase you down like a guided missile. If a mine can get you, so can literally any other weapon. At this point we're just talking about ambush tactics and how to avoid them. Likewise, these slow moving, low flying, fragile aircraft, can be knocked out with very low caliber weapons. All you really need is a search and track radar to sniff them out. Such technology has existed since the second world war. But more importantly, man-portable track and search systems have been around since the middle of the cold war, with vehicle mounted variants being able to shoot down fighter jets at speeds and ranges far beyond the capability of nearly all drones. You'd have to field something like the X47 to beat a plain old manpad. But even manpads are a bit overkill for a $100 plastic drone. A Zu-23 with a rudimentary targeting computer/radar could clear the skies of any size drone for miles. And they are dual use weapons. If you want to spend the money, a point defense system will automate the process, as well as deal with any SEAD that comes your way as a result of your active radar. Nothing about the "drone age" is new or exciting. This shit is like 3D printing: A new way to use plastic. Its not gunna change the world. We've already delt with similar technology in the past.

[@Damitsall]

"Dirt has been brown for 100 years" lol.

[@buckberthod5007]

Makes me wonder what color it was 101 years ago.

[@SushiArmageddon]

@@buckberthod5007 yellow

[@katemccormack3431]

Red/ocre in outback Australia

[@Will-tm5bj]

At least

[@marcrud1250]

Don't tell Georgia that😐

[@LoneWolf0568]

In 2012 when I was stationed at Ft. Benning, I was assigned to a Civilian Group called ThreatTec, that actually helped develop the Army's doctrine for drone detection and concealment. We played OpFor (Opposing Force) that tried different ways of avoiding the drones used by an Active Duty unit. It was interesting to say the least........

[@morgatron4639]

Can you give us some tips from that?

[@sonnyh9774]

I would think that avoiding drones today will become more and more difficult. Recognition software and thermal imaging are two daunting technologies that would be very difficult to avoid. The sci-fi movies have become more real than I would have ever wanted.

[@keithstewart7514]

@@sonnyh9774 what we can dream of today will often be our reality within 25 years like it was just another tomorrow...

[@vincere_]

@@morgatron4639 Assuming it's not an alias, and that he is who he says he is, he likely wouldn't be able to do so without getting the book thrown at him for violating an NDA.

[@steviewonder402]

I’m just imagining a bunch of dudes in a field with space blankets on. Trying to decrease their heat signature.

[@Leslie-m9p]

My wife loves cats and we have three, a black cat, a grey cat, and a multi-color cat (white, tan, and brown). When these cats go outside and begin to roam around, it becomes very difficult to follow the movement of the grey cat, to a lesser extent the black cat, but the multi-colored cat could easily be spotted in any type of color of the ground cover around (we live on a ranch in central Texas). It has made me look at camouflage in a totally different light. Wonder now if the newer black/grey “multi-cam” gear is a better approach to camouflage, particularly in an urban area, but possibly in areas where there are a variety of growth cover, like in rural areas.

[@tealkerberus748]

All the farm cats I've had that survived for more than a few weeks going outdoors whenever they wanted were grey, or grey tabby. The cats we've got now are a black and a black-and-white and we don't let them outdoors. It's a dangerous world out there when you're that small.

[@Je3perscre3pers]

hay man you are doing Gods work. Its important alot of veterans start sharing what info we legally can. Before our government turns on us like it already verbally is.

[@Je3perscre3pers]

@Dr Rockso if you worked for the the military, especially MI and share info like this, even declassified, that puts a target on your back. Daddy tyranny doesnt like a well educated and well armed populace. So yeah or whatever you want to believe in.

[@jeffbrownstain]

@@Je3perscre3pers You guys helped make and perpetuate 'daddy tyrant'

[@Je3perscre3pers]

@@jeffbrownstain youre right, but tell me how a bunch of 17 to 18 year olds should know that. I think about it daily but most of us are here now to try to stop the beast we created. Thats all that matters

[@jeffbrownstain]

@@Je3perscre3pers Better education and parenting, and since you've already opted out, use what you learned against those who taught it to you. Teach it to others who they dont want you to. I apologize that I lump you all in as being dogs. I work with plenty of your disillusioned brethren so I know that isnt the case. Its as good of a time as any to start something new though.

[@jaylacue5992]

@@Je3perscre3pers absolutely brother. We cant blame the worker for the policys the ceo put in place. Thank you for your service, that is if you served.

[@fakenews7266]

11 months have passed since you made this video and now drones are able to transmit in real-time even the hobbyist kinds by next year they will be fitted with FLIR and most likely be able to do things like run in packs without any input from the operator and be able to lock onto a target and direct a weapon to that target , then return back to where they started or to another location, they will probably be able to stay aloft longer and travel further while at the same time be smaller

[@jamesbrooks5442]

Shot guns with duck/goose loads would help

[@fakenews7266]

I'm writing back after over a year and now look at what is going on in Ukraine with kamikaze drones , drones dropping ordinance , and spotter drones , there is almost no escape from these eyes in the sky

[@AirborneEclipse]

From a general civilian perspective, relearning how to move around, associate with others, and make purchases “completely analog” can sure cover a lot of territory. Start leaving your phone in a strategic spot being flooded with the TV at intervals and get used to doing some activities of life “electronically silent”.

[@bashkillszombies]

In the 1980's we put a carbine on a RC helicopter on a farm. It amazes me it's taken the government this bloody long to catch up. They need to employ us nerds! Edit: Also the only chad camouflage is Dazzle. :P

[@joedarling5175]

Most definitely look into short range jammers. You can make simple signal jammers with over the counter products you would find at a local hardware store.

[@RandyMan696]

WTF? Not true! Local hardware store ok your parts list please. Wake up man you would be putting a bullseye on yourself lol

[@joedarling5175]

@@RandyMan696 most small drones use GPS signal from your phone and jamming those signals are illegal since it may interrupt other local signals. So saying anything else and listing parts would also be illegal. Which I won't do on KZbin. You can make them but it requires your own research. I'm definitely not talking jamming larger military drones. But civilian ones but yeah you technically could.

[@SW-ii5gg]

They are available for jamming the signals inside of your car or home , anything outside of that will get you in a lot of trouble.

[@jimbojango75]

By far one of the best channels on this subject by far

[@erwin643]

Awesome stuff!! Would have loved working with you, back in the day. And the biggest problem with those dismounts is... The fact that they're on the road to begin with! Our military is too road-bound, and always has been. Just to refine what you're talking about, as you stated yourself, none of this is anything new. The best Army manual on the subject is still 5-20 "Camouflage" from 1969. BTW, in Jim Rawles' "Patriots," the bible of modern survivalism, the characters in his instruction manual-dressed-as fiction had their bugout vehicles painted in solid earth-tones with flattener added. Also at one point in the book, when the main characters went on an interstate rescue mission, they slept well away from their vehicles which, in addition were parked tactically and camouflaged. Also, my favorite tarps for camouflage are the ones sold by Bi-Mart. They're brown on one side and OD Green on the other. Not the toughest tarps, but they've improved quite a bit over the years. Maaco, in their line of Sherwin-Williams paints has an entire line of earth tone colors and can add flattener. An excellent, universal dark coyote earth tone (a real Marine color, lol) is Maaco paint # 47087 w/flattener added. P.S: I just learned that some LINE-X certified shops (I.e., my local one) can do different colors, even though they don't advertise it!!! Get your post-collapse vehicle painted with this, rather than regular paint!!! They informed me that they can't do perfect color-matching, but who cares!! LINE-X has a no-questions-asked lifetime guarantee, for starters... - CPT (O-3E), USAR, RET

[@AldoSchmedack]

Thank you for you service and excellent ideas.

[@erwin643]

@@AldoSchmedack You're welcome. I used to run my own really popular survivalism website, but took it down for OPSEC reasons (Press interviews, etc.). I've torn some of these KZbin posers a new asshole with their "Bugout/SHTF vehicles": Red-colored trucks with rooftop tents, 120VAC inverters (real Survivalists keep everything 12VDC), etc. Honestly, if I ever saw anything like that post-collapse, I'd probably pop the guy myself, just for the reason of principle.

[@jeffmorga7111]

What I'm looking at,... Sweep generator,.. Different frequency pulses.. Basically high powered signal , bleed over strength.. Folks also said these things can't be, whatever.. 12 /15 year's ago, some Crabbers on the Chesapeake Bay, started taking pot sh0ts.. And took 1 down.. It was nosing around their crab business.. They had to ditch it on a sandbar if memory serves me..

[@hippiehens102]

Not sure which is more disturbing. The fact that this just popped up on my feed or that I clicked on it.

[@nufosmatic]

3:37 - This particular drone (Shenzhen DJI Sciences and Technologies Ltd.) is heavily used by US forces because it is relatively cheap and readily available and works well. It also has all Chinese guts. There is an effort underway to replace the Chinese guts with guts that are not Made in China.

[@dantwomey9786]

Until that happens I hate that thing's guts!

[@monaliza3334]

Ha ha... The first BPLA400T quadcopter drone with a Russian-made heat imager has been engaged in Ukraine and will be upgraded to increase its range. BPLA400T was for the first time demonstrated at Army-2022 defense forum near Kubinka. It detects troops at a distance of 400 meters and hardware at 800 meters. The drone flies for 45 minutes at an altitude of 3 km. The range is over 5 km. Never fight Russians! Never!

[@skyhighmediasolutions891]

The reason they disperse during attacks or firefights is to make it harder on the attackers being fired on from different locations also so one soldier can get the attention of one attacker while a sniper takes him out. And alot of the time it's snipers that take save the most loves in war

[@mikyas392]

the discription is accurate.A year and 1 month later i got a recommendation. happy new years.

[@TheEmperorsChampion964]

My squad started using cloth bug window screens that we painted and used as personal veils those worked great

[@lettzagobrandonyeeyee4309]

Operate on 🇺🇸

[@anthonypolonkay2681]

It concealed you from thermal?

[@TheEmperorsChampion964]

@@anthonypolonkay2681 no it doesn't, it's just like a sniper's veil

[@alanbutler7712]

@S2 Underground - For preparation of the possible future need for civilians to have appropriate camouflage tarp options, what would you suggest? 1) buying 6 or 8 widely varying camouflage tarps? 2) buying generic tarps close in color to the desired end color and painting(?) them with individualized camouflage patterns? (To be efficient, each side would be different.) 3) buy the old school camouflage netting with ripstop fabric pieces? (Was this what you referred during the video?) 4) Using brush, grass, sand, dirt from the immediate area to add to one of the other options? 5) some other option I haven't thought of yet, or missed during this video? If we should buy something, where are they sold? Are there some to avoid? My guess that these tarps would need to be kept from everyday use for the time you really need them, not for general tarping stuff in the bed of the truck or trailer, thus the paint/colorant/stains don't fade, flake, wear off? Thanks for the video! It is unfortunate that the past year has put US citizens into a position that we may need this information. 😞

[@davidvoinier6008]

Emergency aluminum blankets help hide thermal images as well. Need to be under camo tarps for radar image protection as well.

[@alanbutler7712]

@@davidvoinier6008 Great point! I wonder if the old style camouflage netting, that is similar to a ghillie suit, would still be effective since the reflective value of the thermal blanket is so high? Even the occasional glint of light might be an issue. 😞 I guess a solid tarp would be best if hiding thermals also. Something else to keep in mind.

[@jaysonlima9271]

Any tarp properly covered in local vegetation debris and dirt will work well enough if; You avoid straight lines (nature doesn't have these, neither should you) Keep your cover as low to the ground as practical, if you stick out from the topography you are easy to find, being in the base af a depression will help with this. Layering your tarps will keep you warm and help disguise the typically flat surfaces (flat is straight, see comments on straight lines) lumps bumbs and irregular surfaces are your friend, basically hap-hazardly throw dirt and leaves etc on your first tarp do not smooth that put another tarp on that, and repeat a few times and improve your result. Will also disguise and disperse your heat signatures. Do not move about if you can avoid it, movement is detectable avoid this if you can. Do not rely on paint or the like it can show up well if the lighting is different than it was when it was painted. Also paint has an odor when fresh, don't not a good plan, better than nothing but far from good. Use game trails they're natural, not often used by people, and people are used to seeing them. (Not an option for mechanized travel, foot traffic only. And resist the urge to improve them branches, bushes and the like are your friends especially if dealing with briars people hate those and clear them if they can don't do that squirrels, deer and the like don't you shouldn't either. Caves are even better, especially if you PROPPERLY tarp the entrance and and follow game trails low and slow.

[@alanbutler7712]

@@jaysonlima9271 Thank you Jayson! That is tremendously helpful!!

[@54guy1]

@@jaysonlima9271 how does one properly tarp a cave entrance?

[@frederick6008]

Even if your cell phone is off, it will still be trying to update all your aps. Keep your internet connected devices like phones in a shielded container.

[@MgtowRubicon]

Cellphones are always talking even when turned off; remove the battery or put in a faraday bag to block its signal.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

If needed you can improvise one with aluminum foil, but it's best to already have one.

[@TheTeehee11111]

For them to transmit when they're off, they'd have to put a virus in your phone that prevents it from completely shut down

[@TheLyingFigure]

@@TheTeehee11111 it's a standard feature with most smart phones. It's the same with computers running windows 10, the cpu doesn't shut down completely as long as there is power being supplied in order to keep a certain amount of memory stored so the device can power up and load the OS much quicker than it otherwise could.

[@robbryan2822]

@@TheTeehee11111 they do

[@foodank_atr817]

@@TheTeehee11111 its never occured to you that could be designed into the phone?

[@polkbritton]

Intel reports & AAR circulars from WWII are still a gold mine of applicable info even 75+ years on. I knew a WWII vet who fought in the Normandy hedgerows and he said that you would never move through an open field if you could avoid doing so. You hewed close to the hedges surrounding the fields and cammied your helmet. My grandfather was in Merrill's Marauders in Burma and they did a lot of their movement at night and heavily utilized camouflage.

[@wendys390]

It's a great blessing to be able to get the right advice on these things. And it's just really interesting. Thank you so much.

[@PvtSchlock]

For all us regular civilian jerks: remember that NVG's DO NOT make you invisible. Its not a cloaking device.

[@sapiophile545]

🤔 That seems obvious?

[@nostalgicfantasy7938]

Who would even think that?

[@richardvaldes3959]

Hey just checking in 10 months after the original post. CIA and American intelligence last air strike in Afghanistan completely missed the target and killed 7 to 10 children. Cheers

[@bblauter]

Sad that what you say is true

[@The_Chad_Davis]

Yep. 7 kids and an Aid Worker that were loading water in a car. Weird that with the assets and optics resolution they have, they took that shot then bragged about it.

[@Allen667sjja]

They were the target lmao

[@ChadAF_YT]

Just ordered a ghillie suit, camo netting, and night vision goggles! Thanks brother! Glory be to God!

[@mrdelaney4440]

Now you only have to be concerned with thermal 😂

[@rungsat1]

Jeez, This is when you're a 96B for life!!!!!!!

[@RamadiTaxiDriver60M]

Flew DUSTOFF in Iraq/Syria 16/17. Flew 3 different Missions where ISIS killed/injured personnel with drones carrying/dropping explosives or being laden with explosives and kamikaze it or crash land, wait for someone to come investigate then detonate the explosive. Switched over to Apaches that use a powerful FLIR. Taliban, etc used thick blankets/rugs but you can still see heat signatures around them. Thermal crossover is the Achilles heel.

[@paststeve1]

Most archery deer hunters know camouflage very well, even down to masking their scent.

[@gardnert1]

Currently in and this analysis is really helpful.

[@paulreid5746]

Wow, this video was ahead of its time. Correct on all fronts, everything mentioned in this video is happening today. Seems these lessons are being learned only now, on a war of larger scale.

[@monaliza3334]

Ha ha... The first BPLA400T quadcopter drone with a Russian-made heat imager has been engaged in Ukraine and will be upgraded to increase its range. BPLA400T was for the first time demonstrated at Army-2022 defense forum near Kubinka. It detects troops at a distance of 400 meters and hardware at 800 meters. The drone flies for 45 minutes at an altitude of 3 km. The range is over 5 km. Never fight Russians! Never!

[@tys3172]

KZbin has unsubscribed me more than once from channels and this channel is one of them. Great content keep it up.

[@JugglesGrenades]

I'm thinking about taking a mylar survival blanket and cutting holes shaped like rabbits to allow excess heat to escape. That way, when the drone flys over me and looks down, it will look like rabbits having a family reunion.

[@typorad]

Interesting idea! What do you recommend if the drone switches to normal camera and sees the shiny blanket though?

[@Keeperofrighteousness]

Cover the blanket in either wool camp or cotton and no shine

[@noahway13]

Tin foil hats can jam the beams to your brain

[@Warthog71]

Well done

[@noahway13]

@A R Yeah, yeah, yeah...

[@kevindouglas2060]

It seems like you could hide your radio frequency signature by hiding transmitters that come on intermittently across the landscape. Or at least present the impression of a force large enough it should be avoided. I have never heard of this being done but I have heard of troops in olden times lighting multiple camp fires per soldier to appear much more formidable.

[@marcalvarez4890]

" lighting multiple camp fires per soldier to appear much more formidable." That was a fairly classic grecian army tactic, and probably from before them too. Alexander the Great employed it.

[@TheZebinator]

This is so common with camo in nature, if you can't hide, look 10x bigger so the threat won't dare to attack you

[@Ratclan]

@@marcalvarez4890 that is amazing.

[@michaelrosenberg2332]

In Koevoet, we wanted to be ambushed. That's when we knew where the enemy was, and we could then attack 😊 We would often send one vehicle out on its own, to get ambushed 😂 Worked very well. 8mm Armour works well if you need to travel at 80km in rough terrain

[@philipdove1705]

When everyone has a drone with their name on it. Whoever controls the drones controls you. These drones will be easily used as a civilized social surgery.

[@philipdove1705]

@Great White let's hope they dont

[@dirtyaznstyle4156]

So live on military bases and other areas with restricted airspace? Assassinations are pretty obvious though whether drones or not, unless there’s no body or evidence for people to question it’ll be obvious what’s going on

[@fajile5109]

@@dirtyaznstyle4156 are you aware of any assassination on usa soil right now? Because a few have happened already in the last few years i mean. The ups driver shooting up a judges family should be the first one you think of.

[@54guy1]

But wouldn't that work both ways?