SlowMotion Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20802/this-new-video-showing-darpas-master-plan-for-its-gremlins-drones-is-awesome 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 At first it looks like a great way to reduce airframe costs dramatically - then you read they have built in redundancy and are supposed to only survive 20 missions(!) - so lots and lots of lucrative contracts to build thousands of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 I think 20 is an optimistic estimate because many will be lost if there will be real AA weapons protecting targets. But even 10 missions would be 10 times more than current missiles. And no human pilots will be lost even if some drone is destroyed. And of course a large number of attacking drones is difficult to suppress. Usually defenders have a limited number of air defense missiles to use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 A bit related piece of news: drone tank sent to tests in Syria http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russia-confirms-revolutionary-new-tank-was-sent-syria-25791 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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