The Tiny Yet Lethal US Drone That Turns Massive Targets into Rubble

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The sun begins to set over the dusty, war-torn landscape of northeastern Syria, casting long shadows over the rugged terrain where a crack team of US Marines are stationed at a remote forward operating base. On their mission to root out remaining ISIS strongholds and ensure regional stability, today, the Marines have a new weapon at their disposal-the Rogue 1 drone.
Intelligence has pinpointed a high-value ISIS target hiding in a fortified compound on the outskirts of a small village. The compound is heavily defended, making a ground assault risky and likely to result in casualties.
Fortunately, the Rogue 1, with its vertical takeoff and landing ability, modular warhead, and high-precision sensors, is designed for this very type of mission. Its stealth and accuracy allow it to strike the target with minimal collateral damage.
The drone is quickly readied for launch and sent off into the evening sky, flying low and fast as it heads toward its target. As it approaches the village, the Rogue 1’s thermal imaging feature is activated, highlighting the compound's defenses. With stealth mode now on, the Rogue 1's engines run quiet, making it nearly undetectable as it hovers just outside the compound's defenses, gathering crucial data.
Inside the compound, the ISIS fighters are oblivious to the silent threat above. The Rogue 1 locks onto its target, a heavily fortified building where the target is believed to be hiding, before releasing its payload with a soft thud. The warhead streaks towards the building, and a moment later, a precise explosion rocks the compound, reducing the building to rubble as the guards outside scramble in confusion.

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@iainriley8819 3 ай бұрын

$94 k, per drone, and The Ukrainian army can do it at max 1k per drone. Somebody is making a lot of profit somewhere .

@Meower68 3 ай бұрын

An Australian company is providing Ukraine with some drones which are mostly cardboard and rubber bands and come flat-packed. They not a quad-copters, so you have to hand-launch them and they can't really "land," but are still usable as a kamikaze drone. And it's even cheaper.

@matteusvirtanen392 3 ай бұрын

To be fair the vast majority of drones that Ukraine is using are very barebones and are just converted civilian drones with add-on munitions. A lot of the drones used by both Ukraine and Russia in the current war are relatively speaking inaccurate and depending on the operators and EW environment it might take five or ten drones to hit the target. Even that being taken into account it is true that this drone is just a rip-off. If you add thermals, capabilities that add resistance to EW, a better and more reliable fuzing system for munitions and so on you don't go from a thousand dollars to almost a hundred thousand but even ten thousand dollars would be a reasonable amount of money for an advanced one way attack drone of that size. You also have to remember that even if you make the argument that a thousand dollar drone is a good investment the suicide drones work similarly to artillery in the sense that the first hit is very important because after that the enemy will seek cover and be harder to hit and if you need to carry three or fives times as many drones for a hit that is a logistical burden.

@kameronjones7139 3 ай бұрын

Those also have a 10 percent hit rate

@schlend4 3 ай бұрын

probably more than 50% of that was developmental funding. i would be surprised if they can't at least shave that down to 20k or lower if they ramp up production and issue orders in 4-digit ranges. From that point on stuff like hardendness against electronic countermeasures, reusability (as they can also drop, not just kamikaze), performance and versatility will play deciding factors in it's cost/benefit analysis. For example this one seems to have much better optics, which makes it more suited for survailliance and makes it easier to find targets. its very possible that it would be the mid-tier option in a High-Low cost mixed arsenal.

@FredVanHook 3 ай бұрын

The military industrial complex is a monopoly. They can charge about whatever they want because thanks to lobbyists buying politicians and these companies hiring high ranking military officers, former politicians or politicians family/friends they have eliminated competition from the market.

@springbloom5940 3 ай бұрын

MIC: 'Ok, guys... FPV drone... how can we make it cost a trillon dollars?'

@mikemartin9869 3 ай бұрын

So you're telling me that this $94,000 drone has about the same flight time and exactly the same range as my DJI mini 2 that cost 400 bucks. Hellfire give me a couple $1000 I can equip it with all the same cameras AND a grenade and accomplish the same mission. It does not take $100,000 weapon system to take out a target it takes a little ingenuity and common sense

@vincelycaner4259 3 ай бұрын

Drone promoter : It because it made from U.S.A plus if by adding another $200 U can get a US decal on you drone .😅

@Ungood-jl5ep 3 ай бұрын

Even the normal american made licensed DJI drones made by Anzu are only like $5,000

@UncleRayRayGarageEmporium 3 ай бұрын

As a Marine, this drone will be a lethal addition to our capabilities. That, and blackmailing our buddies with footage of them on potty breaks. YUT!

@alf3553 3 ай бұрын

Rogue One 😂 Disney is going to have fun with calling it that $$$$$

@jeffborders1146 3 ай бұрын

Yikes that snapshot of that lady at 2:05 gives her creepy serial killer vibes. Like every day she wakes up and thinks about how to make better killer robots.

@MrWhiskers65 3 ай бұрын

I don’t see the difference between the $94k drone and the $1k drone… except price of course.

@ristube3319 3 ай бұрын

4:48 That HumVee looking thing didn’t even shake 😂😂😂😂😂

@bl8danjil 3 ай бұрын

Change the title. It's a loitering munition, not kamikaze drone. The pilot isn't meant to die and there is no sentient AI choosing to die. The thing is essentially a missile with return capability.

@mikemurphy5898 3 ай бұрын

Kamikaze drone is well defined in the military and it's not the same as a kamikaze in WW2....a word can usually does have more than one definition. The term refers to a device that is destroyed upon identifying a target, which it is. Making it a loitering, kamikaze drone, which is what he described it as. It would be *only* a "loitering" munition as you said, if it would drop a secondary, separate payload containing the explosive. No title change is required.

@bl8danjil 3 ай бұрын

@@mikemurphy5898 Wrong! It's a loitering munition. Even the military refrains from officially classifying them as "Kamikaze drones." It's because the pilot isn't meant to die and sentient AI isn't choosing to die. And that's by American English standards of the term Kamikaze. By Japanese definition of which the word derived from is nowhere near that. So no, this word does not have multiple definitions. Quit making things up. "The term refers to a device that is destroyed upon identifying a target" Dude, that's what missile is and your description is very broad. That also describes a "kill vehicle" which is usually referenceed in defeating ICBM's.

@Jim-fe2xz 3 ай бұрын

Airwolf? "Turn on stealth mode and the motors go silent!" Who know it was that easy? In the early 70's I remember members of our RC airplane club talking about proposing RC plane projects to the military - we thought the idea was pretty funny. But now in 2024 look where we are!

@nomercyinc6783 3 ай бұрын

theyve been trying remote control aircraft since the 50s.

@xenophagia 3 ай бұрын

I would definitely hope it has vertical take-off & landing capabilities considering that the drone is in the standard small 'quadcopter' configuration lol. Anyway, this was an excellent informative video, as always. 💪

@LokiDWolf 3 ай бұрын

Trippy that some of the tech hasn't tricked down to consumer drones. Enough that companies in the U.S. could build their own. And wouldn't be so dependent on DJI. Seems like a financial opportunity waiting to happen.

@cutedogsgettingcuddles9862 3 ай бұрын

There are instruction videos on this very website showing hobbyists how to construct FPV drones from scratch. And there are other videos showing how Tannerite and shaped charges work. Wrap that in a fragmentation sleeve and you're ready for the front lines of Ukraine.

@mikesuch9021 3 ай бұрын

Wow you are actually showing drones when you're saying drones not a toilet bowl or a skateboard or something else like all your other videos they never match the dialogue. This one is fairly accurate

@Spectrecontrol 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, such great designs

@de-bodgery 3 ай бұрын

$94,000? For what?! It's a quad copter! The cost for that thing ought to me no more than $1000!!! What a rip off for $94,000!!!

@xenophagia 3 ай бұрын

The price is most definitely absurd. Even at the small quantity that the military acquired. Idk what the DoD's contract with this manufacturer is like, but I hope that per-unit price is stemming from the costs of R&D, and small number of units acquired. If the DoD decides to make a large acquisition of these drones in the future, hopefully the price per-unit goes way, *_WAY_* down. Otherwise that cost will unsustainable.

@kameronjones7139 3 ай бұрын

@@xenophagiafrom what I read it does seem like r&d was included along with various spare parts for training. I have no clue what the actual cost is

@ronaldwhite1730 3 ай бұрын

Thank you . ( 2024 / June / 15 )

@sirsmeal3192 3 ай бұрын

"Next generation" profits. This drone adds very little to the equation for exceptional costs.

@anggvoagg7881 3 ай бұрын

You made a video about the Amazon delivery drone lol... And I watched it😂

@Stephanvonwolff 3 ай бұрын

94K per drone is a joke. This should be max 10k with all anti-jaming, sensors, and the warhead.

@xenophagia 3 ай бұрын

@thomash8685 3 ай бұрын

Yeah the price screams DoD funded R&D so PPU should decrease as orders go up.

@Rooster_Sailing 3 ай бұрын

Based on what?

@captianplanet363 3 ай бұрын

How many could we build for $50 billion?

@esshore46Larry-mq9ki 3 ай бұрын

xenophagia: Let's not forget, 10% for "The Big Guy!"

@Relayer6a 3 ай бұрын

$94K for a 10 lb. RC drone? Such a bargain.

@auro1986 3 ай бұрын

though they are prepared for less of your soldiers because these with gizmos you don't need to many manpower

@stop736 3 ай бұрын

This would be great for us Marines. Of course most of us will never even see one in the field. It’ll be in the company commanders office, under his desk in the Pelican briefcase. 😅

@JonathanSigwart 3 ай бұрын

94 000 $ for a drone fucking crazy

@kertmustapha2367 3 ай бұрын

What a Bargain for Only $ 94,000.00 you could pay a high school kid to build them for a fraction of the cost.

@Lykapodium 3 ай бұрын

It's pronounced "fleer" FLIR... the letters are not read out as I've mentioned to you in other videos

@rickjames18 3 ай бұрын

While I acknowledge that this kamikaze drone is far more advanced than a simply FPV drone it still strikes me at $94,000 per drone. We as in the US military need something that can do the basics like work in a high EW environment but still be highly resistant and maybe some simply AI targeting for final approach. We need drone in mass at $25,000 or less to make a real difference. Something has to give somewhere. At $94,000 the Marines won't be buying that many. Make it simply but deadly and functional/reliable.

@jedgarren2901 3 ай бұрын

Encryption is the reason

@danielle_pine9676 3 ай бұрын

I love this concept. However. Wouldn't it be cheaper to use this system as a pure reconnaissance drone and use this system to guide in cheaper less advanced kamikaze drones. This also means for the same prise as one you could get more hits on target using different warheads or even target more things in the area

@joash480 3 ай бұрын

america keeps making these more expensive versions of cheap war tech for the purpose of maximum profit

@georgecoons6872 3 ай бұрын

it stiill have a hard time blowing a hole in 18 inches of 1 inch plywood. too dam tuff.

@oculusangelicus8978 3 ай бұрын

Huh, so if the Russians think they have seen the worst of Kamikaze Drones, they ain't see nuthin' yet! Having a drone with a Gimballed warhead, that can run Silent, is a nightmare scenario. Plus is had various warhead payloads like Shotgun, HEAT, Traditional HE Kamikaze, plus it's also a scouting Drone with Radar/Lidar capabilities. Someone wanted to make a drone for all occasions, which does cost more than the one Ukraine is making and using but it can also do MUCH more, AND it is recoverable if it doesn't use it's payload, AND most importantly, Jamming won't work on it! NOICE!!!

@kellymoses8566 Ай бұрын

It shouldn't cost more than $5,000

@727sky 3 ай бұрын

Typical American rip off at $94.000 As the FPV drones being used in Ukraine cost $300 to $500... The expensive ones are around $5000... Think about it !!

@Thekowaikaiju 3 ай бұрын

I'm just here for that documentarian voice

@dsmoke1972 3 ай бұрын

At that price, I would hope you have to prove it's more effective than a $1k drone. this sounds like the Russian army.

@ZelosZelo 3 ай бұрын

the price is excessive. Its clear that someone is making $70k or more per drone. My vote is no. Also I bet that price is not armed, And I bet a simple frag that is dropped from this drone is $100k. They would be awesome, but not at that price its just another company trying to take advantage. These companies need to be forced to show their bottom line. Their real purpose is to make the most money from their products, and the government is not set up to prevent maximum profits. I say any company offering and selling stuff to our military gets 10% . period. 10%profit margin based on what we decide it should have cost because they also lie in bed with with their suppliers. They say we have to pay this much for that so we charge this much for it. And all the profits go to the same "investors" of each "company" War should not be business. If your company is in business to make big money from war you are a big part of the problem. If your company supports its country why is it trying to strip as much money as possible? Also we need to start looking at how much money through investors leaves the country. Its time to start striking back at this financial war that has been happening.

@MrFlazz99 3 ай бұрын

This would be the north-west Syria where the US has an illegal occupation?

@mingfanzhang4600 3 ай бұрын

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@mingfanzhang8927 3 ай бұрын

😊

@kludgedude 3 ай бұрын

Flying claymores

@ZX81v2 3 ай бұрын

The word Kamikaze is a bad choice. It means "divine wind" in Japanese

@erickwilliams6147 3 ай бұрын

Rogue One is way overhyped and expensive for such a small drone.😂 The weapon payloads and cameras that were mentioned are entirely too big for that small drone. This channel doesn't look like it does real research on the stories that they cover. Trash!!🤬

@adibkashani7616 2 ай бұрын

$94000 per drone is far too expensive, Eukranian 's can produce 200 drones for that price, Chinese military can probably do even better

@heath_deadgerpvp1161 3 ай бұрын

War is such trash.

@kailoYT 3 ай бұрын

05:04 Wait! Tear gas canisters? Isn't that like.. erm.. chemical weapons, as in, seriously illegal? Dropping on civilians, sure that's fine, but that's a big DO NOT in armed conflict.

@Forevertrue 3 ай бұрын

This is BS. $94 K this is a crock. A big smelly one.

@TROOPERfarcry 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if this idea exists: drone isn't armed, but is remote-powered, same size as this one. Uses an infrared laser to designate target.... much larger missile from far away is launched, goes to where drone is laser-designating target. Drone returns to base.

@xenophagia 3 ай бұрын

It exists.

@forestchild3511 3 ай бұрын

just buy them from ukraine for pennies

@matthewconnor3198 3 ай бұрын

Rather 94 Ukraine fpv's

@markl8111 3 ай бұрын

$90,000 😂 must have been built by DEI union members

@kwatt-engineer796 3 ай бұрын

Typical American approach to making weapons, overbuilt, over engineered and over priced. These things should be considered to be expendable The builders should be offered contracts for $500 each in large numbers. and see what they can come up with. My money would be on a small startup with low overheads hungry for business.