Russia's Drone Problem Has Only Just Begun

[@RandomDeforge]

6:16 Bayroktar did NOT destroy Moskva. it was in the area and distracted their defenses enough, but Moskva was hit by 2 Neptune missiles.

[@sirkl4272]

He regularly gets important and glaring details wrong, or provides facts with no context, when discussing anything relating to military issues. And I'm not talking about attribution, or blame, I mean just black and white stuff. For example, he compared the total number of ships in the USN to the PLAN to show how dominant the Chinese Navy is. But somehow he forgot to mention tonnage, or the fact that PLAN is primarily a green water navy, versus the USN being the bluest of the blue water navies.

[@jakez1930]

His biased takes often get in the way of facts, hes a NATO/US intelligence moutpiece, he literally regurgitates the lies they tell and make videos about it. Modern day propaganda grifter, not shocking

[@themore-you-know]

@@jakez1930, you're a funny man, considering the fact that if all of the details were laid out, John would sound even MORE pro-nato/us. Namely, and very importantly: what sirkl said regarding the shore-locked nature of the Chinese fleet. I suggest you go watch some of Peter Zeihan's stuff. Clearly laid out takeaways on the subject.

[@Timb0NZ]

@@sirkl4272 The Bayraktar TB2s are also irrelevant now. They are all shot down or made inoperable by Russian electronic warfare. Same as Switchblade drone.

[@leonard4020]

​@Timb0NZ Himars 😂. Russia miltary is a total joke. I am surprised how poorly trained they are. Poor tactics. Russia will never win.

[@PeterHansen8]

24 minute-long advertisement for a defense contractor

[@zoombapup]

Funny, I've been visiting a bunch of UK companies and seeing this same issue. Large defence contractors are the focus of military spending, but they need agile smaller developers who can rapidly innovate. But that just scares the crap out of them because they really don't trust smaller companies. Only "primes".

[@klowen7778]

'Fer sure, and sounds reminiscent of the same way the American automotive industry lost out to imports, likewise due to its 'addiction' to the 'yuge' profit margins of older, less-competitive, and over-priced tech.

[@ColdHawk]

I think the Elon Musk model of rapid iteration and testing demonstrated by Space X, might help a lot of these large companies.

[@colinkeizer7353]

​@@ColdHawk Will their unions let them work Elon's way? Will their executives hack out most of the levels of middle management shielding the board room from the grimy, greasy consequences of champagne and hors d'oeuvres decisions?

[@typxxilps]

@@ColdHawkno, that is too easy cause the work force of Space X is far younger than the competition but it will age too. Remember when the Smart Company was founded back in 1995 and they went into the city coupe production in France ? That was the youngest workforce of any automaker back then - in 2017 just 20 years older and as old as average before and by 2022 the plant was more or less dead cause Smart had left the plant and now comes from china only more or less. Drone developement is a different thing and the base technology is dominated by china cause there are not many other flight controller manufacturer out there that can do it on their own. Imagine the military wants to get 1 fc without chinese influence how much money you have to spend to get that first one - while I bought my last before the chinese sanctions kicked in for 38€ incl. shipping. It will take ages till the first one will exceed the chinese one I bet. And rapid innovation is one thing but reliability and quality another thing where he at least missed to hit the goals for teslas cars that have a lot of issues if you pick up one from the factory or delivery facility. It is a gamble what you will get except you have ordered one that is produced in china cause these are significant better than those made in USA.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Well, the smaller companies should just sell their drones directly to the civilian market and bypass the entire military-industrial complex. The clue is to never even market it as a military drone (maybe a pineapple delivery drone). You are gonna see one before Christmas ;)

[@laulaja-7186]

Starting from 20:00 it suddenly starts sounding like a PR piece for Anduril. They can’t be the only ones thinking outside the box.

[@garretthaney9134]

But they're probably the only ones the venture capital fund he's involved with invested in.

[@jaywulf]

9:15 "The Trench" was "not an early innovation of the 20th Century". The British learned the Trench fortification from the NZ warlike Maori tribes, who used them very effectively to resist British invasion of NZ. To the point, that the British, unlike many other colonies where they just stomped the natives, had to sign a treaty with the Maoris as it was cheaper than fighting them.

[@archaney]

I shook my head when he said trenches were a 20th century innovation. In addition to what you have covered trenches were also being used in the later part of the US Civil War. Such as in the siege of Petersburg, VA.

[@LloydWeeber]

The British quickly adapted to using trenches during the Maori Wars which started in 1845

[@gustavthemagician]

The Romans amd Greeks used trenches 2000 years ago. The Celts long before that and they learned it from the Chinese.

[@LloydWeeber]

@@gustavthemagician The Maoris didn't learn trenching from the Chinese, Celts or the British. They invented it very quickly by themselves when they found that the wooden pallisades of their fortified pas did not stop bullets and shells. Their dogged defence and Guerilla war tactics stopped or at least bogged down British military expeditionary activities over and over again. British hubris in the Maori Wars and Russian hubris in the invasion of Ukraine are comparable.

[@Willy_Tepes]

NATO hubris is worse. Surrounding Russia with military bases and then claiming that Russia is acting aggressive.@@LloydWeeber

[@jonnyboy8781]

Not sure the Moskva was attacked by drones. They may’ve been used as decoys &/or to divert defensive fire. Looks more like the shop was attacked by Neptune land-based anti-ship ballistic missiles. This is evidenced by the damage to the ship’s hull in at least two places that indicate missile-strikes.

[@BoBnotThat1]

So glad someone is talking about this, as its just been taken for granted. Not as the game changing thing they've become, walking shells on to targets, dropping hand grenades on troops, flying into tanks. They are literally on land, sea and air. They've hit them all, and for such a cheep price, to a missile used to do the same.

[@steveperreira5850]

Well Said

[@onegrail9398]

its worth noting that it was the russian drone that initiated contact and was also the one that was taken out. for some reason this video claims the Ukrainian one initiated contact...

[@j.f.fisher5318]

To me, this looks like a reversal of the trends that created the military revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries that led to the rise of modern nation states.

[@jasonbirchoff2605]

I think cheap drones will replace artillery shells. Think of them as smart artillery rounds.

[@nestorportuguez8964]

how about a missile of a swarming drone publish by US some years ago. was that not true? so that TDJ drone can not done like the swarming drone did.

[@NatanDaTater]

Loitering munitions, such as the switchblade, or even a 400 dollar FPV drone are revolutionizing the battlefield. Measly 500 dollar drones with munitions strapped to the bottom are able to take out expensive tanks and armored personnel carriers, with the only limitation being the drone pilot’s skill. The increasing threat of cheap to make and operate drones is the next nuclear level threat due to the easily accessible and destructive capabilities.

[@imerupp]

Trench's were a lot more complex than we remember today in The Great War.

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

There needs to be an update video, as even in the past 6 months a lot has changed in Ukraine. They're going all in on 3D printed FPV drones, the Anti-Personel and especially Anti-Armor capability is incredible. Mothership drones, that are like flying aircraft carriers for quadcopter drones are a thing, often using agricultural drones. And i know of at least 1 engineer/machinist who is moving his operation to Ukraine to build gigantic octocopter-like drones that can drop 155mm artillery shells. It's quite possible we're seeing another Dreadnaught Effect here

[@lawrencefrost9063]

In 1906 the First Sea Lord John “Jackie” Fisher launched the HMS Dreadnought, what nowadays would be called a school case of disruptive innovation. Not a new invention, but putting together the most advanced technologies at the time in engines, armour and weapons, the Dreadnought made obsolete all contemporary warships. Including those of the most powerful navy at that time, the British Navy. As a result, all navies were at level and the naval arms race with Germany started.

[@gibzrival1565]

This video shifted from russia's drone problem to america's drone problem🤔

[@MMABones]

I have never been so confused.

[@williamyoung9401]

The American defense industry is well aware of its shortcomings. They don't care. They think the U.S. military still totally dominates the globe, so there's no reason for innovation. Just keep the monopoly and the stock price high.

[@Tespri]

yeah seems like he is more like for pro zhina and ruzzia by trying to gaslight the topic into something else. Basically lure in people with clickbait and then talk about something else.

[@Silver_Prussian]

Russia doesnt have such a problem as they produce and employ several times the amount of drones ukraine does, they also down about 10k a month with electronic warfare Sources: Hundreds of reports by ukrainian soldier on the ground and by the RUSI

[@Tespri]

@@Silver_Prussian man you have to seriously delusional if you think that Ruzzia can out produce and out last 33 + x countries.

[@IamKimsational]

I honestly was engaged with this video the moment it started. I was, of course, interested already, but you made this video so informative, made it seamlessly run in an excellent timeline, with reminders that, "Hey, I'll come back to that; keep it in mind," and kept coming with easy-to-digest information, even to a woman like me who has never flown a drone, but understand a lot about how they are used, the why, etc., but you've filled in a lot of blanks for me. Also, it makes me extremely anxious to see our country faltering, when this is something we should act on now, not to reign terror on someone else, but for defensive purposes, etc. I'm subscribing to your channel, and I'll check out your stable of vids to get caught up to all you've covered. Thank you again for the herculean effort to put something out that is informative and/or interesting to those like myself, as well as to war veterans/current military or just those with drone experience. I have been a video player for years, as have my sons. I've always had a suspicion that was going to pay off in some way, should they ever been drafted or serve in the military, as my family has a very long history of doing. I look forward to seeing your channel's future offerings.

[@Kaatu-barada-nikto]

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[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

Kim... That is well stated. Keep informed, write your congressman and senators. Stay active and persevere!

[@HarryHoudini-it9or]

As open to the idea of sending your sons off to war as you are, I sincerely hope they never have to go...(I shake my head at some of you US citizens). Wake up!

[@danh-or5nt]

Having worked for years in the national security space I can tell you this is one of the best overviews of UAVs for military applications. DOD and others should watch this. That said, I would have preferred more attention given to what some refer to as Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) to detect, track and disrupt GPS guidance and operator radio control of the drone. It takes time to field C-UAS devices across the battle space, but I have little doubt a more robust defense is probably in the offing by next spring on both sides. One other matter. It's no secret that Ukraine suffers from a significant shortage of munitions such as the 155mm shells, and the US and its European allies cannot come close to meeting the demand (maybe 1/3 of what Ukraine needs). Precision guided munitions would offer a dramatic improvement in kill rates, but these are in even shorter supply and very expensive. Drones armed with explosive charges and small GPS guided bomblets could fill some of the gap.

[@hawaiiangunner]

This didn't age well

[@FrancescoDondi]

How so?

[@neanda]

This war is basically the testing ground for anonymous drone assassinations. Daniel Suarez wrote a good book about this around 10 years ago called Kill Decision. It was about anyone being able to send out armed drones, it was near fiction, but now they can do it. The Slaughterbots vid on KZbin also predicted this. Daniel Suarez, a former IT guy now sci-fi author, had to think about a solution for the dystopian, but logical, future. He proposed that all drones have to be on a central register and emit their license number, so it’s linked to a person, and then we have ‘police drones’ that take down any other drones that are not registered. That’s kind of like Denmark requiring people to register if they live here so that they know who’s who, so I better do it before they take me down.

[@nothingtoseehere1221]

aged like milk id say

[@VHTF_]

@@nothingtoseehere1221 ?

[@Low_commotion]

No offense but whenever I hear people talk about solutions for near-future tech like AI or drones or 3D printed guns, the only answer _always_ seems to be a centralized database and somehow getting everyone (including our foes!) to play ball into the foreseeable future. Where are the people proposing _technological_ solutions that don't require political buy-in from abroad? EM warfare? Counter-drone drone interceptors that can launch from a rutsack (like a miniaturized version of Anduril's anti-drone)? What about bottle-rocket sized anti-drone self-propelled projectiles? Ironically I think a _Chinese developer_ would sooner propose such solutions than a westerner today. This is, of course, ignoring the surveillance regime that would be necessary to monitor all drone flights in real-time, throughout western countries since these are so much smaller than even a Cesna. Are we trying to think about solutions that _don't_ require a camera on every corner? What's the point of victory over China if our societies become as centrally-managed as theirs? We're just going to hope that the same government that blackmailed MLK and produced COINTELPRO & PRISM remain the good guys w/ China-level surveillance? Is the only path into the future one that makes the current _UK_ seem like Montana in terms of freedom?

[@Tryste]

War on terror already used automated killing drone that needed no human operator: basically a person using a phone, calling suspected terrorists, having them in his contacts or emailing them would increase his threat score, at a point the automated system would dispatch a Predator when it decide to eliminate the threat, unfortunatly it could strike at any time, when the target is in a market place or a wedding hitting bystanders. If it's the case, These innocent bystanders are then used by terrorist propaganda to recruits new terrorists for revenge, which benefit their communication and recruitment operations. And the cycle continue, which is profitable for the Militaro-Industrial Complex in the long run (keeping a low/mild intensity threat, for a endless war and unlimited fundings) Automated killing is already tested for years in extra judicial killings. Obama holding the record of strikes.

[@mr_green_ucp]

you can print diy drone with some cheap electronics, not super hard job

[@krivdaa9627]

6000 commercial drones? It's a VAST underestimation. It may be around accurate to describe a monthly increase for each of the sides (including FPVs). Literally both sides developed potential of fielding thousands drones monthly.

[@mitchellkasdin1899]

So to make a partial list of commercial over-the-shelf drone usage: reconnaissance, forward observer (fo), gps targeting for himars , sniper using a drone as the eyes and ears for a howitzer refining line of fire, drones used for voluntary surrender, grenade launcher etc.

[@gareonconley1956]

Yes, but only because we don't want to support them with actual weapons. About a 100 of those used to get delivered every week

[@boaoftheboaians]

The fact that Anduril took their name from Aragorn’s sword, as a Tolkien nerd myself, caught my eye, very fitting actually 😂 Drone are definitely central to the future of military combat, I have a hard time seeing any realistic scenario where they are not

[@cy_per]

Mae govannen! 😊

[@LumenMichaelOne]

Was Anduil Isuldur's sword that was shattered by Sauron that severed The Ring?

[@boaoftheboaians]

@@LumenMichaelOne Yep! That exact sword!

[@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059]

So are ways of knocking them down.

[@cthoadmin7458]

Anduril, flame of the West. The sword that was broken reforged.

[@frol41]

Your videos are really high quality and well produced! Having a hard time understanding why you don’t have millions of subscribers 🙌 Keep up the good work!

[@westeam4247]

because its high quality biases media

[@MarkDalbey-cv9sb]

if you say that his videos are quality, I will take your word for that. What I will say is that he is not all that accurate , and for this I won't take your word on. He said that trenches were a military innovation in the early 20th century. There were definitely trenches then, but there were a few around St Petersburg in the Civil War. That is when trenches were an innovation. A few decades before the 20th century. This is a fairly major thing. It is not a gotcha thing.

[@mwam1985]

The US isn't behind in UAS technologies, the difference is that the DOD buys systems that fits it's method of fighting, and that is combined warfare.

[@VictimGuy]

Curious to how the RQ170 compares to other drones once its released

[@BosonCollider]

Drones are an incredibly important new component of it though

[@peterclarke3020]

There is a glaring need for lots of cheap drones, and drones of all types. As weapons and observers for military use. Drones need to outnumber soldiers.

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

I think you have a point when it comes to drones specifically designed for the military. However when it comes to drones like the mavic and other Enterprise drones used in business, the US is far behind. Many of us have been wishing for a US alternative to our Phantoms Mavics Matrices, etc. unfortunately there is none. The best American drones cost at least five times more and don't work as well. The Freefly Alta X might be an exception. That one is specifically designed for the film industry.

[@TheFrewah]

@@VictimGuyThat’s a $6 million drone!

[@Riidher]

Very well said... Your point is sharp and on target. This challenge is only going to get larger as time goes on, thank you for shedding light on these missed opportunities. One can only hope that our innovators will pick this up and run with it.

[@jaibusby673]

less miles per flight they did not improve the copied with mistarks

[@sebastianb.1926]

The EDM soundtrack makes this look like a surreal advertisement for American made drones.

[@divermike8943]

Wikipedia says the US made SwitchBlade 300 costs $6,000. That's really cheap. In comparison and M-16 rifle costs about $645 each. So not all US military drones are expensive.

[@stefanmisic7405]

Its quite the opposite actually. Ukraine has a bigger issue with drones - just find articles before counteroffensive where they were showing off their UAV capabilities...none of it is being displayed right now. Russia has somehow found a way to jam it and its been doing it quite successfully for a while now. Would like for Ukraine to step up its UAV game but without industry, its a tough sell.

[@cproteus]

Ukraine presently still has more industrial capability than Russia due to sanctions.

[@wolverinexman5105]

​​​​@@cproteusction? The sanction impose to Russia is a sanction to them...where can you see, you sanction yourself not allowing yourself to have electricity, is that sanction against Russia or sanction against you? Only western countries follow their sanction, not the world...look how Europe and america is collapsing because of inflation, high prices of gas and goods? While Russia gains more from selling gas to other nations, whole western countries buying Russian gas via other nations with mark up prices. Look?.western evil empire sanction their own selves. NATO. North Atlantic Terrorist Organization..

[@abdou.the.heretic]

​@@cproteusMuh copes are running out

[@NeostormXLMAX]

This channel is a us propaganda mouthpiece yet again

[@funneymoney1]

I can’t take anyone serious that believes the US should be involved in the Ukraine conflict.

[@vanceman99]

Wow, what a great piece ....you obviously put a lot of work into this video! The one thing that seems to be missing is that, after you design all of these range, speed, camera and payload capabilities into these drones, you have to make them much less vulnerable to the electronic interference systems that Russia is using to take down so many of Ukraine's drones now.

[@Kaatu-barada-nikto]

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[@mexicanlucky]

Great piece? He didn't even mention the lancet or the object 51.

[@Loller521]

Hello from Ukraine guys. I've heard those "Shaheed" drones at night as the were flying somewhere near me with a sound of a bike from San-Andreas. Scary shit.. But since patriot arrived, haven't heard them 😂 Thank you US 🇺🇸

[@TheIcpfan23]

Greetings from the US I agree we all need peace real soon good luck to you Ukraine let's whoop some ass

[@Loller521]

@@TheIcpfan23 ❤️

[@wiktorpoliszczuk1372]

😀😀Only HIMARS will fix russian propaganda for good and soon

[@ZOVDREVNIX]

Did you even think about what you wrote? The price of the patriot rocket 2 000 000 - 4 000 000 $ Shahid 7000 - 20,000$ no one will shoot down drones with a patriot, this is absolute nonsense!

[@Loller521]

@@ZOVDREVNIX you thought process makes sense of course. But you don't have to count just price of the drone, add the price of the target it's trying to hit. I know for sure that if smaller systems or "mobile groups" (just 4 guys with pickup truck, giant searchlight and a machine gun) cannot hit the drone and it's reaching a city than military has to use patriot missile. But you have no other option, it's not just about money, that's about lives of civilians..

[@Lucifer-w7t]

This came first from model airplanes THAT actually flew... that was over 40yrs ago...then you NOW have drones that attack...we knew back then that THIS was going to be a weapon in the wrong hands but I really NEVER imagined THIS stuff today...its sad and crazy...wish people would be good 👍😎... Cool podcast

[@charlesward4314]

Drones themselves will become a commodity. It's how to use them smartly. Currently most deployments require one pilot per drone. So development in control systems and enabling the drone a degree of autonomy is where the step change will occur. Imagine launching a swarm that could think for themselves?

[@peacepoet1947]

I've seen that in a Tech talk. They need a drone for taking out other enemy drones from the air rather than using a higher value missiles to take down enemy drones.

[@karizma8175]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eauUeWNogKaHp7s Not quite :autonomy" as they are programmed - but it's happening

[@mjmolina9747]

​@@peacepoet194768 pn

[@billhughes9612]

@@peacepoet1947 Bullets from the ground are cheaper bar none.

[@billhughes9612]

@@peacepoet1947 By the way no radar operator in their right mind is going to use a Patriot to take down a drone. ground based gunfire is the way to go. AK rounds are cheap and very good at ventilating anything in the air. ANything flying higher than AK rounds can be jammed.

[@christophersmith5303]

We lost our edge in "drones" for the same reason we may lose a war in the future - the military industrial complex and Pentagon love fancy big ticket systems of war. If you gave the Congress/Pentagon the opportunity to purchase a widget that worked best at 1/10th of the cost of a widget offered by Raytheon, Hughes, General Dynamics, etc, they would purchase the more expensive widget every time. Why? Because those established companies pay the politicians and hire the decision makers from the Pentagon. They also offer lots of low-show high paying board positions. Our national security is being eroded by corruption and it has been for a long time. Eisenhower was right and people would do well to back and listen to his warnings. Drones are much like helicopters that were supposed to be flying trucks - not modern jets stuff full of advanced avionics. Same thing will happen again and we will be less secure because of it.

[@orrrlllyy3473]

welp, this didnt age well

[@floatingmaster]

It's so easy to confuse the AK-74 with "47"

[@petercrites9311]

Trenches are not at all a new combat invention. They have been well documented throughout all of recorded history, and were likely used long before that too.

[@user-kz7zp1xz6c]

Yea that part was bullshit. I just googeled it, the roman empire already used trenches in warfare.

[@ILoveBluePeople]

Trenches were pretty shit before guns.... You'd be better off out of a trench if guns didn't exist... Easy to swing down on someone compared to up

[@sergtimosh]

Switchblades just failed to shine in any significant manner in this war.

[@abderrahimbenmoussa4359]

The grenade + drone is a huge risk not only in war but also from a terror point of view. Both are very simple to acquire in some places and can be manned by few people totally hidden in car or elsewhere and attack anywhere. Every big country should get falcon trainers to get drones down anywhere they get for Falcons and other birds of prey are actually the most effiscient tools to get drones down even at high altitude.

[@armondtanz]

Pigeons need to step up. Theyve lived off our free bread crumbs for decades. Its payback time!!!

[@ThePhilosophyOfNature]

@@armondtanz Legendo! :))))))

[@Lobos222]

That is not a huge risk tbh. These drones can also be jammed pretty easily.

[@MrBashem]

@@Lobos222 Ah yes, everyone has a jammer in their backward. Maybe in the future but not right now. Instead of car bombings will be drone bombings.

[@Lobos222]

@@MrBashem LoL, lets just say as a former shocktrooper myself. You would be surprised what we have...

[@lukylex]

For every new weapon there are many new inventions which come out to counter it , the issue is the amount of time in between before those features are available.

[@B.D.E.]

Some of the drone dropped grenade footage is horrifying. I've seen things I'll never forget.

[@domagojmendas1468]

@John Coogan Trenches are invented in 17th century. It was developed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in the 17th century for laying siege to fortresses. Its defensive use was first institutionalized as a tactic during the American Civil War. (trench warfare summary | Encyclopedia Britannica | Britannica online)

[@dakotasilverman7915]

Even if the trench was invented in the 20th century I’d argue that the aircraft carrier is probably a better innovation

[@domagojmendas1468]

@@dakotasilverman7915 Contraception is even better!

[@dakotasilverman7915]

@@domagojmendas1468 I don’t see the military innovation there but yes!

[@davidharris2147]

@Dakota Silverman Well, the hypersonic missile is far better than even an aircraft carrier. So is the Sarmat missile. Who really even needs a floating runway anymore when unstoppable missiles can hit the aircraft carrier and just sink that runway to the bottom of the ocean.

[@SickPillow]

@@davidharris2147 Russian hypersonic missles are garbage. Patriot missile system is shooting them down as easily as normal missiles.

[@jimalbi]

Imagine a high altitude flying big drone able to drop a swarm of 20 smaller independent drones.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

Ok, but why not 200 or 2,000? Or 20,000 the size of bees?

[@jimalbi]

@@dixonpinfold2582 You'd need more than firecracker explosive charges...

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@jimalbi A drone bee with a firecracker or other noxious deliverable, possibly even a biological one, could get a lot done. Say the bee finds a pair of eyes in enemy territory and explodes very close up to them.

[@kennethweber2193]

Hey John, are you personally invested in Anduril, or financially benefiting from mentioning them so often in your videos? If so - I feel like you should add this to your disclaimer. I'm noticing they are coming up a lot.

[@carrioncrow8191]

These old school US drone companies are in Arlington, VA, because they need to have money close to where the people in control of the contracts. They are very closely tied to the military, and the civilians who are “in charge. They don’t want to fly across the country for something that would just be a lunch meeting. Just speculation

[@70newlife]

Its 8 months since the video was published. How did it work out for Ukraine? 😂😂

[@BasedCzar]

It took 22 mins to realize this was an ad.

[@akki20897]

The american entitlement in this video is something else

[@SighKronmiller]

4 months later and Russia is still advancing and demilitarizing about 1,000 AFU per day.

[@jonathonbrooks651]

Haha! Don't post that here! This a NAFO cope channel! They'll get very upset

[@williambrasky3891]

Damn man, you miffed it on this one. Lot of mistakes and I’m only about 5 min in. Two biggest were the claim that the US is no longer a leader in drone tech and a Bayraktar sunk the Moskva (I don’t even know where you got that. There was a rumor early on about one being used to distract radar operators, but even that theory is by now widely seen as discredited).

[@jakehix8132]

Russia claimed the Moskva sank due to ammunitions exploding during a fire onboard. It's due to that fact that everything was speculated about at the time. There's very little reason to be miffed enough over that and a opinion statement about drone superiority, but you do you.

[@neanda]

if you're only 5 mins in, maybe you should watch it all to get the bigger picture and have an informed opinion. also, you find out he's promoting Anduril, which is a for-profit company, war profiteering bascially. if they were non profit, it'd be a different story. but, tbh, this is just like a lengthy way to promote silicon valley so that they can have more avocado on toast. smh. the beginning bit was good though, but not when you find out it's a fluff piece for a company his friends have invested in. btw, William rumours are rife in the fog of war, that's the point. they're not facts and this comment will likely be deleted, like my other ones that give constructive criticism to the viewers but doesn't sit right with the creator. this is the one thing i don't like about youtube, that creators can delete comments so that only the ones that pander to them remain, rather than letting upvotes and downvotes control what comments make more sense. smfh

[@williambrasky3891]

@@neanda Yea, I did. You’re right. That’s exactly what this was. He’s always given me that brogrammer vibe. Definitely not someone I’d ever trust, but despite having all his blood drained & injected by Peter Theil, he does produce relatively decent content. It’s good to have confirmation of that suspicion out in the open. So long as you approach it with that in mind, there’s plenty of value on offer left to find.

[@bolobalaman]

Soon we will have the Drone Swarm Army in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

[@morrisoc1]

Just found your channel and after watching this video to the end thought I would share how well presented, researched and consise it was. So many others add unnecessary drama and end of days messaging your content simply presents the facts and closes with a message of hope for the future. Subscribed 👍The only takeaway that I believe needs to be really highlighted is the industrial espionage aspect. Sure the US and it allies can invent the best tech but getting there costs $$$. China, well, I guess if you skip all the RnD skipping straight to manufacture and also not forgetting a little sprinkle of government inspired maket share over profit then who could compete? If the US is unable to control its secrets and refuses to sell to anyone then it's hard to see an insentive for any company to put the time, effort and money into the development of future platforms.

[@planner37]

The FAA crushed the US drone industry before it ever got started. The rest of the world was using drones while the FAA banned them in the USA. Naturally China saw an opportunity and gained a monopoly. It was particularly galling to see that they were in common use in my industry in Fiji while I was not allowed to use them here in the US.

[@Kaatu-barada-nikto]

Latest sit-rep.......kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqTIaYmFftqonrs

[@Frazec_Atsjenkov]

9:10 Trenches and trench warfare were not an early 20th-century innovation but go back much farther in time.

[@ColdHawk]

You want to fix this situation in the US? I have an answer. Create a new team sport called… Drone Dogfight! A TV show like Robot Wars, corporate sponsors, regional competitions feeding into national level competitions with significant cash prizes and recognition leading to potential employment in tech industry. Competition could be scaled for teams at different levels. It could start with basic racing and maneuvers in grade school. Middle school level would incorporate beginning to design and build, and engage in combat. This could progress all the way through to the graduate and post graduate level building and programming semi-autonomous air, land and sea drones operating in squadrons to achieve complex objectives. Parents and schools might really appreciate the STEM education their kids receive. Definitely, putting money into school clubs will help with acceptance. This way our country is better prepared for a technological future, as well as developing a depth of skill and talent that can contribute to national security as the need arises. It’s a concept as old as English longbow tournaments in the Middle Ages. So, what do you think? A new sport, coming soon to a field near you…

[@TheDarkstar826]

The LW 30 system looks obsolete. There is pilots out there that fly super low to the ground without being caught. I see that failing too.

[@-dcoogan-]

It's not often I run into a fellow "Hound of War"... EXCELLENT video! Extremely professional, high-quality, in-depth work. Subscribed! (No Coogan bias!)

[@noalear]

You can easily direct microwaves to knock drones out of the sky. No need for fancy lasers. Set up multiple antennas to detect and triangulate fast moving signal sources and paint the area with microwaves until it goes offline. High RPM motors aren't exactly electronically quiet and you cant shield what you cant ground.

[@francisoneill3784]

Thank you so much 😊 A very enjoyable and informative, clear and well presented video. I learned a lot here. Learned more about drones in almost 25 minutes, than in the last two years. We must innovate, streamline, focus and move, quickly and mindfully, to stay/get ahead of our adversaries. Subscribed 👍

[@gavinpowell4607]

An "enjoyable" video...? It's not an episode of Friends mate, those drones kill people. Are you a comment bot?

[@williamlavallee8916]

Over blowing the drone and the trench. There are lots of anti-trench weapons none of which are mentioned here. Not to mention the need for air superiority or at least contested airspace..

[@Akash.Chopra]

Here's a fun game. Take a shot every time John mentions *_Shahed_*

[@scroopynooperz9051]

I know a Shahed. He's a nice guy and a pacifist. I wonder what went wrong in this other Shahed's life that it chooses a life of suicide martyrdom

[@Akash.Chopra]

@@scroopynooperz9051 🤣

[@justinwallace390]

I'm drunk bro

[@whatelse1222]

If the planet keeps getting warmer we won’t have to worry about who has the best drones or who is winner the war.

[@heimes7625]

This Coogan Show is always exciting 👍👍

[@distorteddingo9230]

Complete NONSENSE propaganda!! UKRAINE no longer buys byraktur OR "switch blade" drones because Russians Air defense & EW figured out how to stop all these . That's why they lost Bakhmut 😂😂

[@justtheaesome6058]

"more unstable world" yeah i think america has already done that over the past 50 years...

[@herambpatkar]

US could use the IT Software outsourcing route for drones and affordable defence tech with frendly neutral countries like India, vietnaam, Philippines, Taiwan etc these are willing to cooperate to mitigate the risk of chinese expansion. US software companies already have a huge presence in India and Philippines...the infrastructure is already inplace to venture into this new domain.

[@Ikkeligeglad]

But we don't trust you in India just look what is happening now regarding to the situation in Ukraine , India only takes advantage of the situation and buy cheap crude oil from Russia and lets the Ukrainians die, shame on you!!

[@yuriib5483]

hahahaha india, friendly, neutral, this is some funny koolaid you are drinking

[@JeZZGro]

Lol most of them are joining BRICS. Welcome to reality western kid.

[@B.D.E.]

Vietnam isn't friendly neutral when it comes to this conflict, not with their current, old-guard general secretary.

[@vlad-marincalota6819]

Maybe just invest into Eastern Europe where IT guys work for the same price as Indians already? Idk, just saying

[@e21big]

To be called a 'Loitering Munition', it must first has a loitering capability. The Shahed is a light cruise missile.

[@andrewnelson3725]

Uhh.. what about Ukraines drone problem ??

[@ygryaznov]

he is not gonna cover it. cause they paid him for this video. as soon as russians pay - then he will talk

[@dewberry3043]

Ukraine NATO Proxy war does not have a problem. They are always correct and never goes wrong haha

[@BigM0neyHustla]

Yea the only trouble they’re gonna have is trying to find pilots after going to war production with 1200% increased production

[@christopersambeli2823]

this video didnt age well

[@michaelbourrell2693]

The beginning of the drone wars.

[@ajagaabdulbasit]

Big thanks for making a video on this aspect of the war. The drone is inspired by the Chinese Mugin-5, it is an amazing tech. This drone is changing the war and is a beast of its kind. Seems America is lagging.

[@esnardojaredralph94]

their hindering themselves by those agreement while their enemy uses every tool at the disposal, every strategy to win

[@biggestouf]

The US has been experimenting for a while now. kzbin.info/www/bejne/epu4lYmuf61pr6s Remember not everything is public.

[@distorteddingo9230]

Complete NONSENSE propaganda!! UKRAINE no longer buys byraktur OR "switch blade" drones because Russians Air defense & EW figured out how to stop all these . That's why they lost Bakhmut 😂😂

[@USandGlobal]

Where do those chips in the drones come from ?😂

[@esnardojaredralph94]

@@USandGlobal china, or silicon valley

[@ivano8]

Great video. My only complaint is the music at 17:xx-20:00 onwards is kinda annoying. Did a fire alarm go off during its production? :)

[@ejeknight07]

Meanwhile....russis is winning the war

[@HarrisonMartinson]

I wish you were more transparent about your involvement with the companies you advertise but thanks for making quality regardless.

[@draconicisha]

we already have a counter to drone swarms, the C-UAS, a counter drone small arms style weapon, instead of bullets it emits EM waves to scatter signals, dropping almost any drone out of the sky since its connection to the pilot is cut, and it can down multiple at once

[@Willy_Tepes]

It is no problem to program yourself around that issue.

[@draconicisha]

@@Willy_Tepes yeah but autopiloting makes it so much easier to predict course and shoot down

[@Willy_Tepes]

You don't get that AI can respond to onboard sensors and decide it's own course? I can even program it to fly like a bird would. Modern flight controllers can do terrain following. Shooting down something the size of a small bird that suddenly appears and is coming in your direction at 200 km/h is not an easy task. You wanna try hitting that with an AK?@@draconicisha

[@davidcerullo7976]

"THE JETSONS" robot wars part 1. Jane! Stop this crazy thing! Jane! Help!

[@markallen6433]

Bro, how much did Lucky pay you to glaze him this hard? I'm only mad cause you edged us the whole vid, I was like "he better know about Anduril's ramming drone, and shill my boy Palmer Lucky" when you started with that weak ass drone bumper cars vid. Cool vid though. We lasers for drone interdiction too, and we've been sitting on functional designs since 2001, we just scrapped the project because it was using a chemical laser source, and the cost and the mass was undesirable, so we switched to electrical sourced lasers, and we're operating at sea a 150kw laser and developing models that run at 300ish, long term plans are to get close to MW scale if they can make the electronics reliable at that scale It's like a bunch of projects too, not just one that might get canceled, and they are already operating trials in Israel for balloon and drone interdiction, though I think at reduced kw ratings for those models. China isn't really ahead, they just make stuff that's a better deal, but like you really think DJI prosumer drones would be successfully flying over US forces?

[@jakehix8132]

"but like you really think DJI prosumer drones would be successfully flying over US forces" not 1 to 1, but sending tens of thousands of drones, with a small percentage tipped with warheads > conventional air force ability to defend.

[@markallen6433]

​@@jakehix8132 Yeah, sure, that could work if you had 10k drones, armed, and an ability to control all of them effectively at the same time, and the US didn't know that you had this insane concentration motherload of drones, because if the US knew you had them, they'd just air strike them in the logistics portion of their movement to the front. Also assuming here that the control scheme is hardened to US EW jamming and disorientation... also assuming the US isn't fielding things like the C-RAM or the laser analog, cause if you weaponize a drone, and then a laser or a gatling gun takes it out with a few rounds, kinda a bad trade for the drone builder. US army has things like the Stryker with EW specialization, the Stryker with the SHORAD kit and the Directed Energy SHORAD version. I mean those are actively being produced for 2 years on the former and the latter's in field trials pew pewing drones. So Yeah, if you could get 10k drones up to the front lines without the US knowing, and those 10k drones were EW hardened, and you launched them at whatever, and you could successfully coordinate the massive horde of drones, that one thing would be super dead, but like, comeon, you get why this is a silly circumstance right? The US isn't drone-immune, but it's not like we have the same thorns that the UAF have. We're many orders of magnitude spikier than they are, when we are correctly deployed. I think that the tech that would be needed to really overwhelm the US force composition is going to have to be a swarm of self guiding AI controlled drones that have some ver clever stealthy approach, and I don't think anything like it is on the field yet, Very worried about when that does hit the battlefield, because it's going to obliterate any force, or any group of civilians it comes across, and some really bad things are going to happen in some places when thats a cost effective tool.

[@tomw6117]

Dji is actually the company that makes civilian drones. People in China use DJI drones to spray pesticides and take videos. Because the Chinese government refuses to supply both Russia and Ukraine with military equipment, they can only buy DJI drones.

[@peterclarke3020]

It’s not a case of pivoting to cheaper drones, they need these as well as all existing hardware. Drones $200, $400, $1,000, $5,000, etc With different capabilities.

[@goatwarrior3570]

Chinese kids go to school to learn how to develop future technology. American kids go to school to learn about genders, protesting and hair dye.

[@RichardBreed]

boy, r u good or what. brillient scripting, editing...i had 40 year career in tv...broadcast tv! yeah, the dark ages.

[@markathena4730]

I'm going to need a minimal overhead display of my drop point, with a direct overhead video link within 50 feet of my target location, and real time battlefield data streamed to my overhead mini map display, that includes heartbeat data, gunshot data, and thermal signatures. I need sit rep on intel about enemy artillery near my rally point, and I need the guys around me in my squad to have the same tactical capabilities and data that I have just in case mission status turns red, and we need to exfil. . .

[@TheBradass]

Did I just watch an infomercial? 😂

[@aaaronme]

Funfact, my gf was back in russia for a few weeks and sold her dji drone while she was there and it was bought after just 20 hours of putting it online buy the military.

[@Tespri]

so your girlfriend is single handedly responsible of murder of little children in another country.

[@HelpingHorders]

The trench has been used since forts were invented

[@newone-gd9sk]

The propaganda just doesnt stop, huh?

[@ericthered1461]

Hey, this ain't no joke. The USA had best get on the stick or get left behind, who dropped the ball on this one

[@megadutcher4107]

Illegally annexed how exactly?...they Democratically voted to join Russia.

[@johnarthur1020]

Great vid, very informative. Best wishes for more content like this 👍

[@ze_kangz932]

Yeah but Russia is winning:)

[@allanjeffries6937]

9:10 John might of had a point about the trench and that it reached its highest development point in the 20th century, but it was invented in the 17th century by the french. personally, i think the tank was the most impactful military innovation during the early 20th century for it's ability to overcome the trench.

[@Mastakilla91]

This clown video has aged like milk.

[@terrific804]

What makes land aquisition against the owners will legal? And who says what is legal? Whoever has POWER.

[@drunkenmuse]

Behold a person behind paid by Anduril, lmao. Just listen to the audio when it goes from doom and gloom to introducing Anduril, it's like a goddamn infomercial.

[@curtisblanco4029]

Trenches don't defend against airburst artillery or mortars.

[@erictred4529]

We are basically building the A.I. his own army so when he is ready to take over the A.I. can unleash hell.

[@hectororellana3397]

You don’t attack a drone, you attack the signals that make them fly.

[@tmj_online]

I like your channel and videos man. The content, the quality! keep it up!

[@Thaidory]

Low quality telphoto lens on Mavic-3? It shoots 4k and has 30x hybrid digital/optical zoom. Autel and Anafi drones of similar size have worse optics.

[@bwartick]

Like a lot of the points made here, and some good info! But I would like to clarify that everything about the ww1 trench warfare, bar a very very small number of tactical renovations to accommodate the larger and faster modes of attack, was centuries old technology stemming from the mid renaissance. In fact, the creation of some fortification types in the 15th century made it virtually impossible to take a fortress by storm, leaving only the tried and true method of trenches and towers to starve the opponent out. That generalization not withstanding, the ottomans were infamous 'trenchers' and so were the romans. Trench and static warfare goes back almost as far as warfare itself in our records, within multiple civilizations. So yeah....but also definitely no.

[@heinzotto1194]

That also bothered me, thanks for commenting that.

[@brucewilson6372]

The trench was not an initiation of the 20th century, in was around in the mid 19th century and in 1845 in New Zealand Maori wars! These where also used to attack fortifications well before that in the 18th century.

[@ercost60]

Great video and info. Now what's with the jazz hands?

[@phil20_20]

When they start giving drones AI autonomy, then we'll have a real problem.

[@ivansherbinin]

I love how the background music is very relaxing and not brain washing at all. 20:13 "Anduril" ...where have I heard of those guys before? ...oh right, in your every video 😂

[@mrglayden1690]

0:18 "This is the first ever recorded drone dog fight" I dunno, me and my friends used to have "drone wars" about 8 and a half years ago where we were ramming our droned into each other to crash them, pretty sure I have footage of it around somewhere too, lol

[@djosearth3618]

How did it turn out did you get to keep the trillion wprth pof land containging all the gas reserves etc or did his/her parents force you two to the negotiation table regarding all that esp w so many lives being lost while you (samesex?) propellor wrestle? :]

[@mrglayden1690]

@@djosearth3618 hostilities ended but ceasefire was never signed, we live in an uneasy peace

[@georgepalmer5497]

Maybe they could put up infrared protective nets over stationary, high value assets. Also, they could use the trophy system that tanks use to shoot down incoming anti-tank missiles to take down drones. Also, they say they want to put a 30 mm gun on the new MX tank. Maybe we should replace a few of those guns with lasers.

[@okarinablues2135]

Laser is susceptible to vibrations, that's why its usage is so limited in army. The stabilization system would do wonders if you have such technology with you in battlefield.

[@dennisboisvert3143]

Outstanding job your perception of geopolitics I believe is right on for whatever that's over.