Watch the Navy's LOCUST launcher fire a swarm of drones

The Navy's new LOCUST (Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology) launchers fire a swarm of drones that can jam enemy communications, and waste enemy resources by drawing fire. The launchers are capable of tube-launching 31 drones in just 40 seconds. The drones can fly autonomously but can also be controlled manually.
At just $15,000 a unit, the drones are expendable and can be used in dangerous situations. LOCUS is now in its development and testing phase.
--------------------------------------------------
Follow BI Video on Twitter: bit.ly/1oS68Zs
Follow BI on Facebook: bit.ly/1W9Lk0n
Read more: www.businessins...
--------------------------------------------------
Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders - the digital generation.

[@5thBeatle]

This video is showing two completely different drones: One that has folding wings that is launched from a tube; and the other with fixed wings that cannot fit in a tube.

[@type568]

This.

[@imbalos]

incredible analysis

[@WatchTMC]

Well, this Journalism got them 6,12m Subscribers so far, so it seems to be fine.

[@Psi105]

They're switching shots between military drones that each cost more than a new car and a group of hobbyists playing with home built drones that cost less than a midrange smartphone.

[@dudefuude7921]

Folding wing are switchblades. Fixed wing are called something like "striker". The fixed wings are extremely hard to shoot down and much cheaper. I'm guessing the fixed wing UAV's were used in developmental testing as a result--they have also be used in Anti-drone UAV testing.

[@03stmlax]

Imagine having enough money that $15,000 is "expendable"

[@tonirvd3650]

in my country the minimum wage is barely 30$ per month. so a minimum wage worker will work for 41 years and 8 months and his pay will be the price of this expendable drone. I guess people in my country are now expendable

[@Sethgolas]

The cost to get people and assets into the field where they can fire stuff like this is so high that the cost of the ammo is essentially free.

[@psychoaztecs]

substantially cheaper than launching an f35 + pilot + ordinance + maintenance crew for a sortie. 15k$ is a bang for tax payers' buck

[@jasinjamal5038]

Cost of a Javelin missile is around 200,000 USD, Tomahawk missile costs 1.4million USD. So 15k is not expensive for The USA.

[@zabintasrik4488]

People who don't understand the scale of military expenses wouldn't understand maybe. 15 grand maybe a big deal for you, and for most servicmen as well. But once you compare it with costs of other available equipments, its absolutely nothing. You could like go the range right now and shoot ammo costing more than 15k in a few hours.

[@nicholasw]

The drones coming out of the launcher don't look like the ones shown...

[@paradox_1729]

I think they are completely diffferent videoes mashed together for I have no idea why. The flying wing drones you see are x-8s, foam drones, made in china, you can easily buy them and there is no way the USAF is using it. Locust is the one with collapsible wings.

[@米空軍パイロット]

This is a mashup of different drone swarms, because the principle is similar.

[@paradox_1729]

Dear "Dude", I use x-8s. The wings can be taken off the x-8s but by collapsible I meant the wings fold like the Locust. And trust me, even if it were possible on the x-8, you wouldnt want that.

[@ORLY911]

I think they used the collapsible wings ones to test jettisoning them out of the launchers, it doesnt look like they have much space for electronics or a small payload. The winged ones they were probably figuring out how to just configure drones for mass autonomy and such, AI and stuff, get that all worked out before trying it on the experimental hardware.

[@paradox_1729]

Well spotted.

[@turboboy1983]

“Alright boys, we got ourselves a DOD contract. Let’s turn this $13 pile of servos, circuits, and styrofoam into a $15k somethin or other!”

[@Hithere-qd5po]

Chances are the main part of the price is the optics. FLIRs themself cost thousands.

[@jamesharding3459]

And millions of dollars worth of highly skilled engineers turning it into something that works. $15K for a weapons system is remarkable, and if they get it down to 10K, that’s insane.

[@mho...]

exactly my thought, doing RC as hobby for like 20 years & looking at the prizes here, its just laughable overpriced! , i bet a hobbyist could archive the same with a 1k$ budget!

[@RCP-1136]

@@mho... easily, i have built autonomous drones for fun for 500$. Although unarmed...

[@CreatingAlong]

same

[@saffronsworld1508]

I'm 75 and retired, but I can remember when the military first began working on drones and UAV's back in the 1980's. I never dreamed they would advance to what we see today.

[@dominicdudebromtl9380]

Be glad you wont be around to see the dystopian nightmare we're about to enter... at least there's that.

[@djones98501]

15k each but they cause your enemy to waste resources. K

[@kristopherhall971]

D Jones omg so fucking true. They could waste a thousand AK rounds taking one down but it would still be a net loss for the US

[@axiis1301]

15k is pocket change for the US budget when a single F-22 costs ~150 million

[@tim7696]

An opposing tank commander knowing these things cost so much, and are a decoy will save his ammo.

[@nehorlavazapalka]

these are radar jammers not atnipersonnel weapon you idot, these will be launched 400 km from S-400 battery and they will loiter 200 km from it! A single missile from that battery is 60× more expensive tan this drone

[@MrMarkRoads]

$339 million per aircraft

[@joshvieira5813]

Hostile swarm, inbound.

[@daniboiyy]

Josh Vieira E K I A

[@mastersonogashira1796]

Your SCV is under attack

[@kparker2430]

add 'self replicating' and then i'll shit.

[@KevinSun242]

Imagine launching a bunch of these alongside switchblade drones. Some are decoys, some blow you up. Can't figure out which unless you shoot them all.

[@MarxAlex]

Danger is Iran is developing same and its low cost and already Israeli techniques are being used against them as Iran begins adopting same methods

[@ldIezz]

@@MarxAlex lazer and EW will be the only counter

[@slimjimhero]

@@MarxAlex Oh man look out, it the masters of military technology Iran!

[@Sol-os5pk]

@@slimjimhero I dont think you understand. The cost of developing drones is much lower than that of fighter aircraft, and drones are going to make almost all fighter planes outdated within the next 2 decades. Its honestly terrifying

[@slimjimhero]

@@Sol-os5pk That opinion even just a few years ago would have been very validated. But honestly there are a TON of developed counter measures for them now. From hand held infantry weapons to large anti-swarm emplacements. I mean after all, did the bazooka make the tank obsolete? Did the SAM make helicopters and planes obsolete?

[@momsspaghetti9970]

Glad the US Navy is taking notes from the flies that circle around my food

[@kamoteph273]

next step would be enabling these drones to fuse while in the air to create a giant robots with a giant swords, a giant shield and maybe a giant laser gun too. it does fancy martial arts ninja moves before actually attacking enemy

[@eyescreamcake]

Navy, you need to hire this person immediately!

[@kamoteph273]

@@eyescreamcake 🤣🤣🤣

[@Silpheedx]

$15k each!!!!!! Jeeezus. Someones getting ripped off. Oh waite, that's me. Awesome...

[@micahroberts3866]

Just let them do their job. Your taxes keep you free.

[@Silpheedx]

@@micahroberts3866 BS! Every single friend I have that is military knows and complains about how corrupted the military's contracts are. Burning our taxes so morons can become filthy rich while our teachers have to buy their own school supplies. Its BS and corruption at its worst.

[@WadaPhaq]

@@micahroberts3866 more like wasting money to terrorize other countries and let own citizen suffers from property and pandemic

[@KingDiamondBones]

@@Silpheedx *uck the teachers they suck!

[@KingDiamondBones]

@@WadaPhaq lol ur a libby

[@Mathias3279]

I was expecting like 1k but nope 15k lol

[@paultremblay4836]

For that we need more awesome engeneers, more coders and less entitled managers who ask to be paid like during the 1990s. The problem is the high salary and very few qualified people for maintenance. Each projects can be create in short notice, while some engeneering are quitting for retirement or to work for other companies in the world for more lucratives salary. Problem in the USA is that everyone think they are patriot but they would not work overtime for cheap salary, like a Russian or Chinese engeneer. Many top American graduate are now working in Europe, Japan and even China. Everyone want to be rich, that's become a problem when the army try to be competitive.

[@Silpheedx]

@@paultremblay4836 Mmmmmmmm I got plenty of friends in Military jobs and the amount of money production companies overcharge for basic tech is INSANE. Its always a friend of a friend charging 15k for something that can be built for 1k.

[@namelessking8905]

Matt - If adopted mass production will make it cheaper.

[@gooslems1995]

Don’t forget the $800 toilet seat. Everything goes up from that

[@ianh1504]

Cheap enough to be expendable...... Costs as much as a car.... Wait what?

[@d3203]

Ian h better as the UAVs that cost as much as 10 houses

[@ianh1504]

da ve yeah i guess they're better than the fleet of stealth bombers each worth a small island narion

[@isunlloaoll]

That's cheap for a nation. A single F35 costs more than 100 million US dollars right noe.

[@alessandrodonadi1368]

Why are they so expensive anyway?

[@ianh1504]

william dohn what if i was like oprah, and told all the enemy combatants they all get a BRAND NEW CAAAAAAAR though? Would any of my doodz have to fight and die if they were all cruisin in their new jalopies? Also, the 15k price tag is deceptive. While one drone might cost that, they come in groups of 400. Thats $6 million. And if they dont annihilate whatever theyre swarming, you probably lose all of them.

[@Madness7125]

This was 5 years ago. Think about how far civilian drone technology has come in the last 5 years.... Bruh.

[@hendrickziegler8487]

comment for the algorith. KZbin recycling old videos in current affairs really adds to the impression of fake information... even though it is rather just false information.

[@BowToWard86]

"Oh yeah?" - CIWS

[@chrisx2953]

Imagine putting a warhead on them and making them do a kamikaze attack like in Black ops 2 point streak "Swarm"

[@jtkilroy]

Any reason to think that hasn't already been done?

[@colecooper5836]

Reading this comment after reading an article that they used them to sink a boat. Lol

[@IndoLiberation]

israeli realizing that idea long time ago with Harop and Uvision UAV

[@mint3437]

Check out the switchblade 300 and 600

[@harrymu148]

aren't those drones already switchblade drones?

[@pikminlord343]

great acronym

[@米空軍パイロット]

Umberto Fournier Backronym. When you choose a word first and then assign meaning to the letters. The military loves doing this, because it makes things sound cooler.

[@leewonnell9100]

Yes this is what the UK news as many as possible

[@davidfromamerica1871]

Small Drone’s are easier to make and cost effective to make for many Countries. We will see more Drone conflicts in the future.

[@Sol-os5pk]

Yep. Its pretty terrifying. Countries like China or Iran wont hold the same restrictions when creating the AI targeting systems for these weapons. Mindless, emotionless machines just flying around carrying packages of explosives and targeting people that they deem a threat themselves. All without any emotion or tactical analysis. OH BOY THE FUTURES GONNA BE FUN

[@fredcollins8919]

And the US/NATO Will be as always the MAIN (& Best/most effective) users of those.

[@K3Flyguy]

If they get these on the shelf at Walmart in time for the 2022 deer season in Wisconsin they could make a lot of money!!!

[@VibratingDolphinNow]

Haha holy shit $15,000 for a UAV? 31*15,000=$465,000 per launch of this machine. Cheaper than a Tomahawk but is it really worth it?

[@strong6574]

Depends? Can I recall the drones when they finish their mission? If so maybe i'll get some of the money back, maybe all of it back.

[@米空軍パイロット]

Definitely worth, considering the alternative cost.

[@6point8esspcee68]

And that cost may be total per shot.....including launch and control. Pretty cheap.

[@itsmrlonewolf]

Why not, if it wasn’t my money then I’d consider $15k expendable too!

[@wapashung01]

*probably, especially when you configured this into suicide drones lol*

[@Larph13]

The Protoss Carrier is nearing fruition.

[@Rusielle]

>

[@winter2372]

>

[@shurazu3778]

@@winter2372 long caster... Oh my god! the arsenal bird is on fire!

[@watcher5729]

Awesome tech for countering fpvs

[@Violent2aShadow]

Federal poverty level for a single person in the United States: $11,880 Price of a drone considered so cheap that it's expendable: $15,000

[@abram730]

Not too long ago they spent a 3 million to shoot down a $200 drone.

[@twirlipofthemists3201]

william dohn What enemy?

[@blin1776]

Marco Torres ok nice try troll. Has nothing to do with the video but bring up a shooting that ppl seen from a mile away. K, i will bite. He EVEN says he will become a PROFESSIONAL school shooter. Everyone that knew him says he was gonna be the one that does it. So ur judgement is flawed.

[@timjones5708]

Checkmate

[@ta192utube]

When you consider that most of the things they throw at an enemy have a price tag like a Wall Street bailout, $15k ain't bad...

[@PacoOtis]

I'm a retired military vet and was in Vietnam all the way through Somalia and remain saddened that we spend so much energy and resources to kill each other. We humans appear to be a rather dreadful lot! Best of luck to all of us!

[@Raul_Menendez]

Pffft what a joke. An aircraft with 3 stripes can take em' all down

[@ultralaggerREV1]

oh.............no..........

[@ph11p3540]

They sure can. They take out the drones by suckling them into their engines.....once. Of course there are more drones than aircraft so drone wins the attrition battle.

[@muhdarfanzaki1434]

Trigger's different

[@subaru22b18]

Cute flying drones

[@josephastier7421]

Drone swarms could be handled by tanks using "beehive" rounds that are basically a giant shotgun shell.

[@cringebaby2558]

Yea( but on average how common is that type of ammo used.

[@ph11p3540]

@@cringebaby2558 More common than you think. High explosive fragmentation rounds with timed fuses are very useful where enemy soldiers and small soft skinned vehicles are hiding in a ditch or vehind a berm where coaxial machine guns are useless. I am sure tanks carry a pair of them just in case.

[@josephastier7421]

@@ph11p3540 Oops, the "beehive" is a flechette antipersonnel round, and not what I was thinking (basically shoots a cloud of nails). The "shotgun" round that would dust the drones out of large areas of sky is the 120 mm M1028 canister round.

[@WellBattle6]

Not effective against top-attack drones though. Also canister shot is only effective from 200m to 500m, so tanks would need plenty of warning time to engage effectively with the drone in correct distance. The designed loitering range of drone swarms used like the Locust are way beyond this distance as they are meant to be shot at by radar directed anti-air missiles.

[@josephastier7421]

@@WellBattle6 OK you changed my mind. We'll have to destroy them ship to ship. If a swarm of attacking drones is detected, we scramble a swarm of defenders. The target would have a "home field" advantage, and could possibly sortie a ridiculous number of defenders. The attackers on the other hand would have to travel a long way, using resources the whole time.

[@alejandroledesma8060]

Game changers !

[@macnico9987]

When you realize the super scary, high-tech dystopian drones you're seeing are from five years ago...

[@Simeonf7750]

It's 6 now my beloved 🙏

[@andreww2098]

the tube launched ones are called 'Switchblade' and are in use in the Ukraine at this moment, they come in a man portable tube launcher and come in 2 sizes 300 and 600 the larger 600 capable of destroying tanks

[@KP3droflxp]

Are there videos of that?

[@BaileeGermanotta]

Awesome. Save our troops.

[@rantingrich]

ROFL Is that suppose to be funny! LOL!

[@fastfix.indonesia]

this is the real life combat like on the game, when it get hit, you can simply respawn with another one

[@randompeople7595]

"15k is cheap enough"

[@weebslayer3411]

The future is full of Mini V1s

[@joshschneider9766]

Be interesting to see if the navy installs locusts launchers on surface warfare ships. Could be an interesting new version of shore bombardment.

[@BoomerKeith1]

I think it could also be a new way to provide CIWS. They could arm them will small warheads, swarm an incoming missile and destroy it. Lot's of options here.

[@chrismaggio7879]

@@BoomerKeith1 I agree... at sea their best job might be defensive, as ships nowadays don't get into cannon to cannon range often (think old pirate movies!). I see these as a GREAT deterrent for the small boats that try to harass our vessels (which does happen often and we have very few options at the moment short of blasting them to pieces), as sending a swarm of possibly suicidal drones at your boat would make you think twice. They can also follow the little boats back to their origin and then take out that location with naval gunfire/aircraft missile, or even the drones themselves (especially the switchblades). From shore bases to vessels off shore would also be a great use, as they can return if the threat is not credible, or nose their way into the craft if it's a threat.

[@joshschneider9766]

Yeah it probably is more of a defensive option even a comparatively humble Burke hull puts a multi mile bubble around itself as is let alone with these. Although ciws doesn't seem to need replacing does it?

[@BoomerKeith1]

@@joshschneider9766 My initial thought was for the Chinese hypersonic anti ship missiles. The swarm tech would have significantly longer range than current CIWS the autonomy in coordination with radar information could provide an effective mid to close range defense of these weapons.

[@fredcollins8919]

@@chrismaggio7879 we ALSO have PLENTY of Small fast ágile assault "boats" both in Navy & elite USMC & that # is about to grow along with # of drones both ON ships large & Small & on Land etc etc. That asíde our fast boats & crews áre far better than those of Any potential Enemy

[@leslieocasio2829]

If this dont scare you what will. The possibilities are endless

[@Evan_Adams]

very cool

[@getl0st]

Until it deploys a directional shaped charge through your frontal lobe....

[@A6Legit]

They always got the best acronyms

[@algator55]

We're almost there......They had breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails and stings like scorpions, They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal( facial recognition) on their foreheads.

[@MagicMahn]

Honestly, I think John saw Helicopters. Already here. Faces like the faces of man. Breathe fire. Helicopters are pretty loud and can sound like chariots. Gog and Magog babye lets goooooooooooooo

[@kparker2430]

i honestly feel you might be a wasted literary talent.

[@MagicMahn]

@@kparker2430 lol. Just a google search from curiousity is all.

[@ForageGardener]

@@kparker2430 thats from the bible lol

[@srimulyati4497]

Amazing drone

[@SupesMe]

So is this how they attacked that Russian Airbase a few weeks back?

[@Welkon1]

Supes Me You mean last year? Fucking Christ man

[@LeroyBrown]

Also a oil refinery in the middle east

[@first-thoughtgiver-of-will2456]

In my opinion the immediate future of warfare is increased intelligence, remote operation and automation.

[@Valkires1]

Considering how expensive missiles are and other military hardware, 10k isn't that bad...

[@rob4214]

Not when you fire 31 of them.

[@Reignor99]

this is straight out of a video game

[@designbam780]

EXPENDABLE?!? $15.000 per drone?!? Looks like great new way to make military complex even more rich and powerful. Imagine what $15.000 can do in a classroom. Digital blackboard, tablet for every student, digital education...

[@d3203]

DesignBam all the classes are paid by the taxes the state is gaining from the production of them. Also cause these are made in the US, citizens are working there to pay taxes the schoolsystem needs and gives the children a home.

[@d3203]

DesignBam btw for example the digital boards in schools are unnecessary. U just don't need them. They love to do what they want and just turn them self of. And teachers are mostly old and cant handle these

[@designbam780]

da ve sorry for my comment... Finland have the best schools and they use digital billboards. Old teachers once will retire and new yang will come. Weapons are bought with tax money and not a way around...

[@alessandrodonadi1368]

da ve, why is 15k their price anyway? I mean they just jam signals and for such use you are going to pay 460000$? Seems a bit pricey for such service. I'm no expert on anything, but as it is is just a waste of money at the moment. Money that are better spent elsewhere. And yes digitalization of school is actually beneficial, my high school recently switched and there is much more flexibility now then before even if things are not yet optimized. Besides, using your same argument, why does the military need new technology at all? , they got by so far! You can see clearly why this is flawed

[@Hyperfoxeye]

DesignBam thats already being paid for dipshit. Also digital blackboards sound like an even bigger waste of money

[@urosmarkovic6535]

Fps Russia guy with twin AA12 automatic shotguns with drum magazines: HEH, AMATEURS...

[@N9Nz]

ADVANCED UAV ONLINE!

[@silvermistneoncloud845]

This reminds me of the Classic Command and Conquer Generals

[@andrewgordon235]

Replacing the radar jamming payload with the payload from a CBU-72 sub munition would get you a fuel/air explosion that chases down its victims. Although it would have to be miniaturized to fit on the drone the concept is sound.

[@laststand6420]

@Oliver Twist Strap a tiny gun to them and start strafing. You may not do much damage but imagine how paranoid you could keep the enemy.

[@laststand6420]

@Oliver Twist True, it would require a strong enough frame

[@DmitriyLaktyushkin]

@Oliver Twist Strap a HE payload in and you have an anti-personnel suicide drone for probably

[@OfficialCoastieGuardian]

Damn new Kill-streak unlocked gonna equip it immediately

[@joesbros865]

“Hunter killer drone deployed”

[@Ganiscol]

I swear the Pentagon has a secret department cooking up acronyms before the product is even ready to be tested.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

"cheap"

[@TheChupacabra]

Ender’s game here we come!

[@ccc9591]

“At just $15,000 a unit” yeah okay

[@twocansams6335]

My guess is, depends on the range of the drone and the military encryption to pilot the thing is not cheap.

[@aj2228]

The US spreads freedom and human rights.

[@wapashung01]

*if we armed this as a suicide drones, imagine the disaster lol*

[@raditya5663]

Good idea

[@namelessking8905]

Turkey is already looking into suicide drone swarms.

[@abhayn1895]

Close in weapons system and Directed energy are probably the only solutions available for such drones

[@eyescreamcake]

Nets?

[@HeliRy]

I can't wait till we start hearing the "war stories" of drone pilot "veterans"

[@ForageGardener]

The US has been using drones in combat for 20 years

[@ananthakrishnan2165]

Brilliant idea !

[@drivenbyrage5710]

Drone are expendable. Humans are not.

[@jhowardsupporter]

Tax payer money is expendable and so is the tax payer.

[@mousammallik7526]

@@jhowardsupporter A republican I presume?

[@jhowardsupporter]

@@mousammallik7526 The military acts independent of the government. You can't vote members in or out. They have a bottomless pit of money. There is even things the President doesn't have the clearance to find out about. Area 51 is a prime example, neither Trump nor Biden can walk in there and have a look around, nor can they ask questions about it. JFK was most likely killed because he was trying to dig too deep into these deep state programs.

[@ahmedhazbar6880]

Such a nice approach to utilize the talents of video games addicts

[@bombardierrecreationalprod1023]

Ok well not to be a party pooper but what right does the U.S. have to police the waters off the coasts of other countries ?

[@bombardierrecreationalprod1023]

william dohn what r u talking about? Maybe if America minded it's own buisness and stopped invading countries it would have nothing to worry about! What you going to do when you run put of resources? I wouldn't be surprised if you invaded Canada for the abundant resources in that country !

[@bombardierrecreationalprod1023]

Anyway America needs to help fix the world not make it worse !

[@lambertlum1087]

Bry Guy. Well, there is something worse than the US navy policing the world's oceans. It's the Chinese navy policing the world's oceans. Whereas the US is alliance minded, the Chinese are imperialist minded. Nations get a choice. Do you want the US patrolling your coast or do you want the Chinese patrolling your coast? At least in the South China Seas, every nation has chosen the US rather than the Chinese.

[@bombardierrecreationalprod1023]

Lambert Lum ya China is on our doorstep 😒, stop your bullshit !!

[@lambertlum1087]

Bry Guy. Not our doorstep, but certainly the doorstep of the nations of the South China Seas. China is building those artificial islands, and bullying smaller nations into giving up their claims. Those nations can't stand against China. That is why they call to the US for help.

[@zackpennachi]

This is why we have homeless people.... A single one of those drones costs more than it would to feed a citizen for a year, yet they consider the drones cheap enough for single use.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Yo, you have to defend the country or someone else will invade it. Suck it up, welcome to the thunderdome.

[@thirstyserpent1079]

In california a massive reason for the homelessness is mind set and drugs, attempts by politicians and activist to "Fix" certain social problems by just pouring money on it have only failed, with the problem increasing and the amount spent ballooning, partially because you know these same people that go on about such social issue are grifting fucks. An example in California the difference in school results between different groups only increased despite dumping money on the problem.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

Oh shit that's a Phoenix Ghost launcher!!!!

[@dadsonworldwide3238]

1 $15 k my a$$ it's more like $1,500 to build, without weapons at the most.

[@Bob_Loblaw]

Now imagine each drone had a small firearm and explosive. Just fly close enough to something and they self destruct. 100s to 1000s of them.

[@fredcollins8919]

US Navy Will prob be THE first Navy worldwide yo have & use those & often & effectively

[@gabebx4038]

Don't mess with the USA

[@seahippies]

true dude...LET the USA mess with itself...1965-2015 more Americans have been killed by Americans than in ALL the wars ever fought by Americans (the slaughtered native tribes not counted)...*Yes even including the War of independence...The terror is within

[@MrMarkRoads]

It just keeps us lean...

[@arcticpara7775]

Darryl-----try to follow current events--SAD

[@dujuan9646]

Darryl Hetherington so you're telling me that a lot of people died in 50 years??? Wow that's shocking!! People can actually die! Woowwwwwww!!!!

[@paultremblay4836]

Nice choice for name and the acronym make it perfectly normal

[@marselvitti]

15k is cheap?? WHAT??

[@theproswaginist8293]

Todd CK compared to other things. It's a steal XD. The average Marine costs 50k, now imagine the other services.

[@米空軍パイロット]

And that is 50k a year, not counting their equipment. 15k as a one time cost is very cheap. In addition, these drones can be recovered and reused.

[@chezzylee]

Exactly what you got on command and conquer generals

[@id104335409]

Fake. Drones are not even the same type.

[@vincevic1062]

it's all fake

[@vaporhtrail4350]

There's a videogame reference here somewhere

[@gmflights1498]

What's the music btw?

[@QuickLode]

+

[@NANA-v7w5n]

Modern military is terrifying

[@DraconX3]

The comment sections of videos like this are always a laugh to gauge just how dumb our population really is. Complaining in snarky ways about the cost. Lets see, 400k dollars or so for a swarm of disposable drones. Or a 68 MILLION DOLLAR F-18E Growler to do the same job with a living being at risk of being shot at. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@3073Sean]

At about the 11 second mark, you can see about every other drone just failing and falling into the dirt. I am pretty sure they didn't win that contract. LOL

[@MarshalBeard]

Dude... Those are the drone casings... That's what fires them out of the launcher. You can see it in the slow mo in the very first few seconds. You think they're just launching straight up drones out of tubes without a casing? LOL.

[@testing6621]

"15k per drone, cheap enough to be expendable." "OK, but do we have money to feed the poor or educate the children?" "No of course not, whose going to pay for that?"

[@TS-bh7hn]

Test Ing the government spends far more on its people than its military. Stop with the generic hippy bullshit lol, the United States military defense is one of the most important things on this earth right now. It's what's keeping us from a worldwide communist regime

[@testing6621]

Hahaha

[@Wavefront101]

A country run on consuming other countries eventually eats itself.

[@Dimetropteryx]

1. Communism as a threat has been dead for 30 years. Not one country that has gotten rid of it has returned to it. It's no longer an argument for military spending. 2. The components are not US made. They're made in Asia, for example in communist China, which is oppressive but not very communist anymore. 3. The sum that goes to US factory workers is negligible compared to the cost of the drone. The money does disappear, and everyone knows where to. 4. The military exists to serve the people, not the other way around. While it is a necessary evil for almost every country, it's not paramount by any stretch of the imagination. 5. Stop referring to "defence". What the MIC does has nothing to do with defence.

[@ianh1504]

The oil we steal from the people on the wrong end of one of these

[@joeschlotthauer840]

Drone Lives Matter.

[@BadNewsLexis]

They got $$ for wars but cant feed the poor -2pac

[@travwiilhavefun7412]

Put together with face recognition and you got your self a swarm of assissans

[@rebaav]

More sanitization of warfare, the more distance between the operator and their victim, in the layers of technology, the more the victims are depersonalized so to justify their deaths. Kill them first though, right?

[@shamsulazhar]

So true, it's like the gamification of war and we already have fully trained gamers, I mean operators.

[@myaalso7541]

yep

[@thehummermeister8992]

Would you rather send your son or a drone? The answer is simple.

[@SCIFIguy64]

Eventually wars will only be fought by drones, hopefully. The sooner we get there, the sooner loss of life is halted. Perhaps in a few hundred years, we will have drone wars become a sporting event where the top minds come and try to play some massive real time strategy game with them over a couple islands.

[@douglasaranda2010]

Reminds me one episode from StarTrek where two planets were at war for centuries, and they made an agreement to stop infrastructure damaging and the horrors of war, so they waged war virtually, and "sacrificed" without pain the amount of people who supposedly died at their virtual battle... The Captain forced a Peace talk and then Treaty by turning off their system, meaning that one of the sides violated the agreement, which in turn meant that the chaos of Real war would come back...

[@Spratdragon]

Enermy swarm inbound! I miss blops 2

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Yooooooooooooo China literally copied this and demo'd it recently..typical copy cat PLA... XD

[@hilton.allaister]

Funny how this video got recommended after I watched that Chinese knock off of this

[@semitope]

They really need to get these costs under control.

[@robertelee6712]

It's scary, they call it a locust. The bible talks about locusts in the bible and what they will do.

[@danaelliot1041]

Robert E Lee thank u. That's d exact same thing I was saying.

[@oc8176]

I think they meant actual locusts.

[@georgekelly6426]

Robert E Lee interesting point

[@Redoralive]

They eat grass.

[@robertelee6712]

Redoralive These don't eat grass, but bite you in the ass

[@-cutekey2454]

bruh this is like the "what will the iphone 50 WOULD LOOK LIKE IN 2099" AH VIDEO

[@matthijsoudshoorn1724]

Black ops 2 killstreak vibes

[@1pasupaty]

This is that scene from Olympus has fallen

[@jamesgovin5625]

Someone is already 1 up-ing you as we speak. Guaranteed

[@frankbeans2175]

I don't know why but this reminds me of C&C generals

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

Must Be Belkan Tech

[@marlineharrold1937]

Thanks.

[@gbjkt4208]

Thus....Arsenal Bird is born soon.....

[@NotAnonymousNo80014]

Today it's the Navy's drones, tomorrow your local police department's drones. Can't wait till one of these blows me up for speeding.

[@uniquesensitivesnowflake7366]

a swarm of this can beat unknowingly flying fighter plane

[@audiakeny7063]

Love +bot positive robotics..

[@hungoat8603]

Great pla