US Testing Drone Swarm Capability - Perdix Swarm

This is footage of a 2016 drone swarm test conducted by the US at China Lake, California. The Perdix Swarm Demonstrations and testing proved that these swarms could be dropped by aircraft at speeds up-to Mach 0.6 and at temperatures as low as -10 degrees C. These drones, specifically, were designed for aerial surveillance, though more applications would undoubtedly be evaluated (such as explosive payloads). 103 drones are dropped from three F/A-18's, converging on their final target a few minutes later.
Each individual drone is not controlled in itself but instead it shares a collective, distributed "brain," travelling in leaderless "swarms," members of which can adapt to changes in drone numbers and remain coordinated with their counterparts.
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[@shaymcquaid]

Insane. I was an Infantryman in the 80's. I do not want to be an Infantryman in the 2030's.

[@Cybersawz]

I was attached to USMC 1st MARDIV, Lima 3/5 as a Hospital Corpsman in the early 1980's. Couldn't imagination conducting first aid with swarms of these flying around inflicting carnage.

[@borregoayudando1481]

cold war is a thing of the past, we are in WW3 and 4, the 20th century is replaying

[@robfarrell9104]

Shoot, urban combat in Baghdad was bad enough. What with not being able to pin point shot origins because of the echos. Couldn’t imagine hearing that buzz.

[@Galvatorrix]

Life expectancy is 2 weeks in Ukraine at the front for the AFU because of BOBR

[@borregoayudando1481]

@@Galvatorrix ww1 levels of horror and unpreparedness

[@samael335]

Oh wow. Hearing the sound of that drone swarm above, knowing that it's made by flying grenades, would be absolutely horrifying. Psychological warfare on par with the Stuka siren.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Yea id just say „Screw you guys Im going home

[@Alte.Kameraden]

STUKA pilots would be proud of the terrifying effect this would have one people for the first time.

[@johnthewatermen]

Or screaming mimis

[@TimeForCrusades]

I like it!

[@scottzehrung4829]

H.G. Wells “War of the Worlds” level sound.

[@KFox210]

Imagine hearing this on a night patrol Intimidation factor is real

[@Midicow]

NOT THE BEES!

[@DCHZS]

Enemy: Alexa! Gtfoh!

[@DejiiJones_]

Yea then they start landing and exploding

[@cozz124]

shit is straight from the animatrix or something

[@Epimyst]

If this was 2016, Imagine what they can do now that drones are proven highly effective in combat...

[@shampooner]

Autonomous weapons systems treaty

[@unable1234]

The thing is the US has been using drones for deacdes alrdy. We alrdy know they are efftive. Isis starting using granade dropping drone back in 2010

[@bobhatesrainbows]

​@@shampoonerdon't worry, pulling out of international treaties is the latest fashion.

[@thefew.theproud.19Kilo]

@@shampoonerthis doesn’t fall under LAWS

[@maltheri9833]

​@@shampoonerMaybe only an agreement that a mass drone swarm attack on citizens will be treated as a nuclear attack.

[@N0xiety]

One day, this is gonna become another terrifying sounds of war. With dozens of drones coming for attack, it sounds like the sky is screaming for death.

[@WhatBeDaPointMon]

The true horror will come when they are capable of functioning silently. The only thing you'll be hearing is random explosions and screaming comrades.

[@CAGonRiv]

​@@WhatBeDaPointMonhmmm. Everyone echoing your statement made me worry about my own drone research...

[@srinivarma1320]

Hopefully the only people who will hear it are the people who are making them

[@zfig1899]

​@@srinivarma1320no

[@user-lt6gh7eL27]

If you can jam their GPS/other frequencies they would be of little threat unless they have IR cameras and onboard AI

[@biffmalibu666]

I could totally see myself explaining the sound these things make to my VA shrink.

[@SPN16]

Hearing loss deemed not service related 🤣

[@hvac402]

What they told me

[@Kreedogger]

Remember in Vietnam when auditory warfare was deployed with the loudspeakers mounted on boats that blared extremely disturbing sounds and voices? These swarm drone drops are next level except this time its not just a recording coming from an auditory source. The sound of these drones signifies that enemy location awareness has been achieved and they make it known. It can and should panic enemy forces.

[@caldwell20066]

Technology exists now where they can transmit sound over distance using a laser. So you can torture your enemy depending on their religion or beliefs and have ghosts or figures from religion literally speaking to them.

[@jedimindtrixr4kidz294]

Im not sure they would sound like this today. This is from from 2016, and now they've got some sweet new rotor technology that's not shrieky. Single blade.. toroid something something.

[@Justbase]

thought the same fn thing. that noise is stuff of nightmares

[@Kreedogger]

@@jedimindtrixr4kidz294 !!! Oh, wow. Great point. Thanks for that info. Imagine having specified drone units simply to deploy recon as well as confuse the enemy on the battlefield though. I find it to be possibly viable in particular, but very limited, situations.

[@jedimindtrixr4kidz294]

@@Kreedogger Yeah seeing all the footage coming out of Ukraine, just the sound of a single one of those things must be terrifying. A whole swarm could trigger some mass surrendering.

[@InfectedByZanza]

This footage is from 2016, but drones were first used in Desert storm, they had gps signals on them to emulate fighter jets, activating SAM sites, SAM sites would use their AA ammunition on the drones instead of real jets. When SAM sites activated, F18s fired their HARM (high speed anti radiation missiles) that use RADIO frequency of the SAM site to guide them to the target.

[@haydonlee]

yeah i remember watching a youtube video about this and my mind was blown. The US was really playing 4D chess with more advanced weapon systems.

[@InfectedByZanza]

@@haydonlee US is so far ahead technologically when it comes to Military its mind boggling.

[@Lucysdad66]

Wow if they got a lock on you your done..

[@seansharp4629]

Holy fuck.

[@Bryan-cs9to]

Drones have been around since the 1st world war

[@ElegantMessTechPC]

And imagine how much they've evolved over the last 8yrs...friggin' crazy !

[@cozz124]

and its only going to get faster and scarier ahh sweet man made horrors beyond my comprehension

[@T.efpunkt]

1) Integrate such a swarm into himars launched missiles. 2) Equip all drones with different sensors ( ⅓ IR, ⅓ radar, ⅓ visual) and warheads (⅓HE, ⅓AT, ⅓ frag), this gives you all options with minimal size per drone. 3) Teach swarm AI to search area of operation, locate and designate targets to individual drones. 4) Man in the loop option fits here. 5) First wave of drones goes in. 6) rest observes result, reevaluates situation. 7) next wave goes in. 8) repeat step 6-7 until all drones are gone. 9) ??? 10) If you're one of the engineers working on this and you guys are still looking for a catchy name, consider naming your product "Skynet", especially if you leave out step 4.

[@arm-cv7rd]

Sounds like its time to move to a different planet 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@uku4171]

Exactly. Computer vision trained to target high value targets using visible light wavelengths and radar, and heat-seeking anti-personnel drones. Put it in something that isn't GPS-guided (like an ATACMS) to prevent signals jamming and you have a weapon to make a base completely inoperable with a couple of missiles. The future is in cheap drones with good software.

[@Marryatau]

Oh yeah let’s do what a KZbinr thinks to list, yes lists win wars, totally laughable bunch of nonsense. Drones will be obsolete faster than they came. You should see what artillery can do

[@Marryatau]

Ahaha stupid! You realize all of that depends on electromagnetic spectrum, and that a single electromagnetic pulse would drop all of those like flies, hahaha you’re so pathetic talking about software like it’s still 1967!!! Ahahahahahaha

[@uku4171]

@@Marryatau lmaooo there's no way you actually believe that, right?

[@keelanmcgurk4052]

Well, that’s delightfully horrifying 😅

[@Mr.Knotty1]

If you are the enemy, just the sound of the drones circling above you like that would make you 💩 your pants. That's a crazy capability.

[@einarabelc5]

And once the idea is out anyone can do it

[@j.a.3138]

@@einarabelc5 and by the time they accomplish it, US would have already released a whole new technology

[@CAGonRiv]

​@@j.a.3138you both are correct. We've evolved the AI five fold since this build.

[@MetalBadger1]

2:20 the terrifying sound of a new era

[@chriswhite3692]

Have them play Ride of the Valkyrie as their signature sound. Oddball was right- it scares the hell out of people.

[@mackgriffin7397]

lol the screams are haunting

[@leetackett8566]

Glad to see they didn’t demonetize everything you post. I barely see anything now

[@FUNKER530]

We have to be really selective of the raw footage we post here. Most of our raw will forever now live on the App/Website.

[@nickmcgookin247]

Yea but when it's zooms in what are we looking at don't see anything deploy

[@bobjackson7516]

@@nickmcgookin247 I'm watching on a 22" monitor, and it's hard to see. Small black drones bring dropped, one by one, from the white pods under the wings of the fighter.

[@bruhism173]

​@@FUNKER530it's sad to see people commiting commander of the 92nd naval rifle brigade at stalingrad against the fight against KZbin Censorship

[@everypitchcounts4875]

The ground base launcher version is called LOCUST swarm system. The new interceptor drone is called Roadrunner.

[@pro_154]

Imagine it going meep meep

[@picolascage5270]

@@pro_154 lmfao

[@ClericChris]

If the A-10 Brrt scared the ground troop before, whatever noise that was is going to be absolutely terrifying. It sounds like you're being dragged through the gates of hell.

[@seasuper3402]

The laughing of demons that probably know exactly where you are and 1 just 1 is coming for you And you don't know which one is coming for you

[@denyscpoyner]

Like a swarm of angry bee's, damn that's terrifying.😮

[@0ffshor3]

Wow the sound they make

[@t.r.4496]

Sounds like a huge ass murder of crows

[@deralictv.]

would be a sick AKA😅

[@andrewb386]

Now imagine each one of these has its own encoded and frequency hopping beacon signal. Now imagine HIMARS, Excalibur, or any kind of guided munition, coded to find it and go there.

[@gilliesiut2332]

This is terrifying. The circle ⭕️ then simultaneously attacking from all sides. My god. That sounds would haunt any survivors for the rest of their lives

[@wizzy.k222]

That screeching noise sounds like in a 90’s horror movie when the story builds up to someone getting killed

[@joshwilson7486]

Damn that would be terrifying to be on the ground and on the wrong side of these

[@BadEnergyJohn]

We’re gonna need a bigger bug zapper

[@TheLutherRed]

And to think soon some people will be hunted by these, that sound alone is gonna haunt many people

[@davenitro31]

That sound alone is nightmare fuel....

[@Monty-Remick]

That sound is haunting!!! 😳😳😳

[@dmanduff9108]

Well, there's something that's actually terrifying... 😮

[@Notred1775]

that sounds is going to become one of the scariest war sounds. you hear it, its already too late for you.

[@Arbiter710]

Testing it at “China lake” makes it even more better

[@seattlesix9953]

🤣🤣🤣 sounds like a million PRC soldiers soiling their pants

[@DatGuyWithDaGlasses]

I can literally already see a war movie being depicted as a horror film, with scenes having a bleak yet disturbing violin track playing when soldiers are in a trench. One scene will finally omit the violin theme of the trench, and it’ll be replaced by the sound of all those swarming drones in similar pitch, eerily close to the theme of that place on some Jonny Greenwood shit

[@colemooney-bq8gi]

Can we appreciate the camera man flying beside the jets for a minute all they are the real super hero's 😂

[@chadhagans6687]

The sound of incoming death certainly has changed

[@EverydayRoadster]

I like the fact that this test was done at the China lake site.

[@canadianoperator]

That sound alone is terrifying.

[@DTHRocket]

A. Terrifying, and B. Hilarious that F/A 18's are dropping quadcopters.

[@TroubleActual]

Just the sound scares the hell out of me!!!

[@BackseatCharlie]

The drone sounds made me feel like I was in Silent Hill..lol

[@TimeForCrusades]

Such a lovely sound

[@suntzu5562]

Boy, i sure would never expect the gov to use these against their own people some day!

[@CanadianMason85]

Are we ignoring the UAPs at 0:18 and 0:22?

[@mw9297]

See it coming across the desert at 0:13 bottom left. 🛸👽

[@uku4171]

It's a cockpit reflection

[@Xiaoxiao738]

Thats sound is terrifying, imagine just chilling in your base and your hear that coming at you from the distance.

[@j.g.b.2350]

I do believe I found my new alarm sound to wake up to. Very motivating

[@rcheezy7501]

Wow that would be absolutely terrifying to have coming at you

[@Blank55600]

Oh yeah that's not gonna backfire or anything

[@CausalityLoop]

It's scary but also kind of funny that it's an F-18 taking a deer poop.

[@chancepayne3013]

Imagine you survived the swarm only to be greeted with the site of 3:21 😳

[@Collan-D]

lol with a couple jdams raining down

[@miralemcolakovic6031]

Did you notice any object flying at high speed between the two planes? Watch somewhere from 21 seconds of the video!

[@WheelerRickRambles]

That’s a serious swarm!

[@Konanzor]

"No one stopped to ask if we should."

[@Japanimepop]

the sound of those drones swarming would be terrifying to anyone. You can't shoot them down and you can't hide

[@CAGonRiv]

You can do both.

[@BruvaBob]

That sound is terrifying

[@notyouraveragegoldenpotato]

This is the sound of impending doom in horror movies since 1980😂 also duck hunting is real big around here. Lotta fellas clear the skies every morning of anything flying

[@hailshonny]

Fark... They look autonomous. 😮 Crazy technology.

[@MrAuxiom]

i found the sound even more terrifying than the well known A-10 shooting

[@novemberguy]

That sound is straight out of a horror movie.

[@RenSam22]

This shit is gonna cause next level ptsd.

[@Harv3st]

Awww the jets having babies on camera.

[@ZuhZero]

imagine your sleeping in your foxhole in the middle of the woods and you get woken up to this sound

[@kevinb.8649]

That sound is the stuff on nightmares!!!

[@RAAF307]

So glad we are on the same side! lol

[@quietusplus1221]

That noise from above. Horrifying

[@andrewb386]

It looks like the days of "manned anything" are fading quickly now. Without the need for any life support hardware, systems of any kind will be amazing.

[@bravoyab9634]

Holy shit this is terrifying. And it’s from 2016!!

[@MannFace51]

Well thats about the scariest thing ive seen in a while

[@clueless4085]

That sound is fucking *terrifying*

[@MCMilitaryForce]

This is how future warfare going to be

[@LowEffortGardening]

That sound is haunting

[@RvrRaiderD1]

Have you ever seen something so beautiful 😲

[@Box545x39]

Time to get a cabin in the woods and just chill.

[@scdrescher1]

Isn’t that the sound they play in the horror movies when the protagonist realizes they’re screwed?

[@lifeisasimulatedillusion]

Its like the 21st century version of the Stuka dive bomber sirens.

[@olanderdecastro52]

Looks like a giant bird pooping out pellets...

[@jesusofbullets]

The sound… It’s the Stuka for a new generation.

[@A6Legit]

2:20 the futures sound of impending doom.

[@zanebandy3380]

Love you guys but like... why would you post this... I'm assuming it was posted somewhere else first

[@douggroulx1525]

That is just something else a, kind of Incredible!

[@ryanwardlaw7822]

Most terrifying shit I could think of. That sounds of them ALL overhead would be devastating to the not just the body but mind too

[@shawnmendrek3544]

Well the military does have a drone disabler, but from I saw in demonstrations it only works on one, not a swarm but it did lock on automatically, but I am sure they will improve that if they haven't already. Terrifying sound. What is crazier, if someone wanted to send a death swarm on a city near you, probably going to be hard to pull off depending on location but enough scare talk.

[@prunabluepepper]

Daniel Suarez wrote a book called "kill decision". It describes this and more.

[@173rdA]

That sound is what nightmares are made of for modern infantrymen.

[@Featherless1]

The same style drone was on the bottom of the plane that hit the World Trade Center on 9/11. You can see it clear as day in the video and in pictures...

[@rarted]

new sounds of war just dropped

[@-PlayMaker-]

Holy fucc that sound is all you need to win the fight that’s horrifying

[@networkguy3152]

Well that’s terrifying

[@seventhuser904]

2:17 this sounds like insidious movie's intro BGM.

[@underbird]

So these are the locusts

[@truthwarrior1489]

🎯

[@townsville69]

They made them green. The programmer is definitely an Ork player in 40k. For Da Boyz !!

[@walterpetersenis728]

Grew up in the middle of nowhere Florida and that's what it sounded like right at dark every night, mosquitoes !

[@pastuh]

such drones could detect and eliminate mines

[@T.efpunkt]

They already use drones to trigger certain types of mines.

[@michaelford3027]

In this video, at 0:18 and again at 0:22, it appears that a white uap flies in front of the 2 F18's at a very high speed. Up, then down. I missed it the first time watching.

[@magatsu82]

2:37 that lava damage

[@RogerCharlamange]

Next time someone you know says "Oh but China is working on drone swarms!!!!!" show them this lmfao

[@abemartinez8844]

Nice !!!!! Look at them move!!

[@bahamaslive]

What the hell was the object (or objects) that came from top to bottom at 0:22 ?

[@RENO_K]

Imagine just having a bunker full of these drones as a defense force, it builds a net in the sky when threats are received in radar, it has proximity fuses, defending against any type of threat, able to be remote detonated, After it's not in use it'll fly back to base to be recharged and reused

[@RENO_K]

Too small to be picked up by radar, when u see it you're too late, they go kaboom along with your fighter jet

[@CAGonRiv]

Pretty dope idea doe

[@5477pann]

Remind me of a movie called " Batteries Not Included"

[@RoundBrushStevesteve]

what's that white thing that zooms past at 00:21 ?

[@mw9297]

What all those pilots see 👽🛸🤫

[@StevenMalatesta]

So basically the soundtrack of The Shining. That’ll do.