Russia's Drone Problem Has Only Just Begun

[@PeterHansen8]

24 minute-long advertisement for a defense contractor

[@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

[@ercost60]

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

[@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.

[@newone-gd9sk]

The propaganda just doesnt stop, huh?

[@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.

[@hawaiiangunner]

This didn't age well

[@FrancescoDondi]

How so?

[@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.

[@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 ;)

[@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

[@noahmoroski1764]

Great videos and I like what andural is doing but it’s very clear you have an agenda getting them exposure 😂😂

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

This video was brought to you by Anduril Industries.

[@garretthaney9134]

Literally. He's with Founders Fund, a venture capital firm that invested in Anduril.

[@mrmikes4553]

I hope you are right. They are doing their jobs in trying to protect America. Most people bitch and moan and don't do nothing except to be a keyboard warrior.

[@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..

[@orrrlllyy3473]

welp, this didnt age well

[@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.

[@davidcerullo7976]

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

[@70newlife]

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

[@imerupp]

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

[@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.

[@blablablaclaclacla9895]

10 months after this article was published, Situation is reverse😂😂😂😂😂😂 UKRAINE IS BEING DESTROYED BY RUSSIAN DRONES

[@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…

[@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.

[@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.

[@Wardiary24]

The first video is actually a russian drone downing an Ukrainian one , i have the "first upload version" by a russian source.... So if you can't even make sure ur sources are legit what the hell are you bringing to the table?!

[@akki20897]

The american entitlement in this video is something else

[@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.

[@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

[@tanjim4487]

You are wrong on everything! Now even the US generals and NATO are saying that ukraine can't win the war LMAO

[@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.

[@ronaldrio7950]

Western propaganda yt channel. Ukraine will win in imagination cos of the clown hero zelensky 😂

[@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

[@SHREK2]

Honestly, this was a decent video until it became Anduril promotional propaganda. It's not honest to not disclose that you're affiliated with Anduril by way of Founder's Fund. For context, John Coogan is the Entrepreneur In Residence at Founder's Fund (Peter Thiel's VC firm) which is a prominent investor in Anduril.

[@Chandanappsec]

You are an US propagandist, coz you called Zelensky as hero 😂, you give it away bro

[@sebastianb.1926]

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

[@sangeenshahkhan]

This video comes with so much bullshit that it should come with its own disclaimer of bullshit toxicity.

[@ejeknight07]

Meanwhile....russis is winning the war

[@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.

[@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!

[@Pharesm]

I'm sure Russia can buy more drones from China...

[@ze_kangz932]

Yeah but Russia is winning:)

[@angelaferkel7922]

*With such high production quality of your videos its a shame you are so biased and it just ruins the credibility of these videos that have potential but are spoiled by a western biased childish tone*

[@ericwillis777]

Amazing, can't you see that your comment is, itself, using childish insult !

[@BasedCzar]

It took 22 mins to realize this was an ad.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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]

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

[@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!

[@christopersambeli2823]

this video didnt age well

[@tristqnejdjeh7278]

Haven't heard much about prigohzhin lately huh? That's weird. Prighozhins plane gets shot out of the sky over russia and all of a sudden it's back to your regularly scheduled programming

[@HarrisonMartinson]

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

[@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.

[@RYCOPZ]

Nobody 'allowed' China to take the lead in the drone space. We all paid them to do it. China rules manufacturing for not only drones but all of the chips, sensors,, optics, circuit boards, motors, electronics and every single other part that all drones are made of. Outside the high end military market literally everybody's drones are made from Chinese parts. Probably including Anduril's drones. Software comes from all over the world. What sets DJI apart is their mastery at blending capability with usability. Logical after more than a decade of iteration in design, technology and software for products aimed at the top of the prosumer/consumer market.

[@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

[@phil20_20]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@SergTTL]

Hi from Ukraine! This is a great video.

[@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

[@johnarthur1020]

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

[@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

[@spladam3845]

Trenches are not an innovation of the 20th century. The Bayraktar TB2 is almost useless to Ukraine now, and has been for some time, due to the fact it's so easy to shoot down. DJI offered the government a drone that updates bios encrypted off-line, US consumer DJI drones are not a threat. U.S. complacency is the threat.

[@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.

[@TimVoktwo]

Does Russia manufacture drones? How many type of drones does Russia have? You don't even know the capability of your enemy's military industrial complex, how can you win the war? How did Ukraine lost over 70K soldiers in 3 months on there spring and summer offensive if they really have that good drones? Your story telling is a winded advertising of the drones made by China, Turkey, and Ukraine. My2cents 😊

[@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]

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

[@mexicanlucky]

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

[@lilytea3]

0:00: 🚁 Drones are transforming warfare, but most are made in China, posing national security risks for the US and its allies. 3:53: 💣 The Shaheed drone is a cheap and expendable weapon that can overwhelm anti-air defenses and cause significant damage. 7:13: 🔍 Turkey's drone diplomacy is expanding its geopolitical influence and creating a less stable world. 10:48: 🚁 The use of drones in warfare is changing due to advancements in technology and the involvement of other countries. 14:48: 🚁 DJI, a popular drone manufacturer, is revealed to have ties with the Chinese military, raising concerns about data security and surveillance. 18:19: 🚁 China has become the world leader in commercial and combat drone technology, making it a central part of the country's military strategy. 21:52: 📡 Anderol is a defense company that focuses on developing software-defined systems for military missions. Recap by Tammy AI

[@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.

[@dennyroozeboom4795]

This is one of the poorest longer military videos the algorithm has given me in a long time. Wrong about the development of drone technology and why it appeals to Iran. Drawing conclusions from that assignment with a totally different drone technology. Its like jumping from the subject of trucks to wheelbarrows, yes they both have wheels but there not the same thing and have very different use cases and resources requirements. Trenches have been well documented since ancient times, what are you even talking about??? Even somebody with quick google search could have figured that one out (the answer to the significant technology would have been planes or radar in my opinion). Not to mention saying that entrenchment would be obsolete because it has a weakness???? Soldiers are awfully vulnerable to bullets but you still see them running around don't you? Also taking down slow drones never was a problem for militaries, a machine gun or other already existing energy based weapons are widely available. The problem is detecting them, they have a very small radar signature which makes them hard to find. When they do the signature is so big because it has gotten so close, in order to catch up sometimes you have to use more expensive rockets. If anyone wants a good analysis on the impact of drones and what it means for counties, the channel Perun has excellent videos on someone that studied and works in the field of military analysis. He doesn't have fancy music with suspense but it's very well researched. Edit: spelling

[@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.

[@michaellargey9081]

Like America never attacked or killed innocent civilians. America wants to decide who has access to weapons. Anti China rhetoric with propaganda like this is ridiculous. China doesn't' have 800 military bases round the world, America does....

[@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.

[@StevenAllen-z6b]

Wacky, inflatable, flailing arm man does Anduril investment pitch dressed up as a drone documentary. Trust me bro Anduril is going to the moon.

[@megadutcher4107]

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

[@tristqnejdjeh7278]

Right. Probably with a 99.98% turnout and positive rating, from people that definitely lived there all their lives.

[@rozza2012]

American's sure have world class memory holes. The U.S backed 2014 Euromaidan coup that split Ukraine European west from ethnic Russian east that started a civil war for example.

[@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...

[@paulhusby8344]

And one last routine inquiry: Follow the Money Trail, and ask ourselves, 'who's happy, who's not, and why . . . What financial self-interest, if any, does John Coogan have in this topic? This is a routine question, hypothesizing about the presenter's underlying motives - and glaring lack of big-picture moral-reasoning within his analysis.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@paulhusby8344]

So much technical knowledge presented in what is to my eye almost celebratory tones. I paid close attention to the conclusion to hopefully see of some kind of overarching evaluation based upon human self-preservation and moral-reasoning skills. But no. No questioning of the big-picture (aka literally destroying ourselves and planet within our own lifetimes) within this man's video. Technical brilliance, but not enough elementary cause & effect emotional-intelligence to move beyond primitive nationalism and to ask existential questions informed by some version of nurturing wisdom.

[@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?

[@gerrys6265]

I like the way the 'host' glibly talks about friendly and hostile ('good' and 'bad') so conclusively and positively from the U.S. perspective. This whole video seems like an 'ad' by the U.S. administration except that they insert a few woopses in there as if to deflect that criticism.

[@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 😂😂

[@goatvision6908]

This video could be summarised in five minutes. Pointless allegories and meaningless metaphors. Just goes on and on with nothing but verbage.

[@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

[@markpanko7732]

You are not telling the truth

[@Cocoluna66]

Well all this content isn't ageing well

[@B.D.E.]

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

[@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

[@deven6518]

Its now 7months later and russia has now surpassed the entire world in drone production, variety and arguably complexity. This video didnt age well

[@Mastakilla91]

This clown video has aged like milk.

[@marcom7866]

I think you mean "legally" annexed by Russia XD no worries though I'm sure after the first 5 seconds you got everything else correct right? XD sheep will be sheep.

[@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

[@tutumama6500]

Yoooooo ! Commentator,.. did you used to be an "orchestra conductor'' or "traffic cop" in recent times by any chance ???? Lol Lol 🖐️😄👆🤩☝️😄🤚

[@-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!)

[@daciandraco6462]

This piece of propaganda missed the mark by about what, 1 year? Who's even heard anything about the Bayraktar in 2023?

[@ropo772]

CHANGE THE BACK GROUND MUSIC! ITS SO FRIGGIN ANNOYING! LIKE ITS DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU NOT WANT TO WATCH THIS PROGRAM. PLEASE! IT HURTS TO LISTEN.

[@tanjim4487]

You are wrong on everything! Now even the US generals and NATO are saying that ukraine can't win the war LMAO

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

Very thoughtful I do hope our leaders are/will get the message soon. Combat ront line adaptations should not have to be desperate measures. Down with Arlington; phase out our crusty lumbering and EXPENSIVE old military-industrial complexes! Up with Silicon valley and a new dynamic and rapid way of innovation and actualization. Our survival demands it.

[@TheBradass]

Did I just watch an infomercial? 😂

[@SoulArtSound]

LOL... Bayraktar hype was debunked the moment war in Ukraine started, u literally don't know wtf u talking about, only "success' was against Armenians in Nagorno Karabah, they had few ancient "OSA's"....