chris talpas

Sounds like Perun is listening

Guidance will certainly be the challenge. Not only detection and target discrimination but how do you prevent fratricide? Does that then require some IFF since you aren’t going to launch singletons against a swarm. The aforementioned bats have solved the target discrimination problem in a swarm setting. Do different models of drones have significantly different acoustic signatures? If so, could they home on that? Then again a bunch of dpicm armed drones sent into a swarm to explode could do substantial damage. All depends on how dispersed the swarm is. Widely dispersed until final targets probably makes sense.

I’m hoping that our own government will consider the lessons of this war before it spends what little money money is allocated to the military on replacing tanks. i hope your voice is heard and heeded.

Very timely in light of recent discussion on drone technology

The rate drone warfare is evolving is astounding. Who was seriously envisioning the variety of offensive capabilities that exist today? And it continues to evolve…

They are important indeed since they are a heavy bomber able to carry a significant missile payload. Essentially their B52 equivalent. Smart strategy that pushes back their safe basing. Wonder if the AWACS take down was preparation for this increased drone warfare?

Oh for principled leaders like this today… certainly not a loser in my opinion

I would love to see our country up their game in the Czechia ammunition initiative. Our $30M CDN (22M US) looks a bit anemic against Norway’s 143 M €. Although I realize their finances are in better order.

Nice to see France supporting another fledgling democracy as they fight for their independence.

The one thing I worry about as we march towards autonomous systems is that we could be sowing the seeds of our destruction by our AI overlords. I’m sure they will thank us for the proof of concept. Of course one would be foolish to not develop this technology while one’s enemies do.

Now imagine the Bradley able to view the drone footage in real time giving themselves real time BDA. In this fully illuminated space, any EM signature downsides would be more than offset by the better situational awareness. Suddenly vehicles get to see the map in overhead view with all the benefits that those weak willed among us who don’t play on ironman.

I wonder if that however demotivates and creates resentment in the air defence forces? Could that contribute to their low levels of effectiveness? Compared to Ukraine’s relative rate of success in shooting down drones, for example, the Russians have been rather abysmal. Not to imply that their air defence isn’t to be trifled with.

It isn’t code in the classical sense. You have the mathematical construct of a neuron which you code for and then have a vast interconnected web of these. You then train it where the strength of those interconnections is adjusted during training. It is analogous to our own brain where as we learn certain neural pathways are strengthened while others are pared away. It is almost a black box. The rate of improvement in AI both in narrow and broad applications is nothing short of astounding. I just worry the we are racing to develop the tools of our own demise with autonomous kill drones coupled with LLM AI that are becoming increasingly capable and closer to sentience. I would rather hope for Kurzweil symbiosis instead.

Isn’t a sizeable amount of trading in the market driven by AI trading algorithms?

After reading this, I think Zelensky would be a fool to dismiss him.

Latest drop from Perun and certainly relevant to this discussion:

Maybe taking some inspiration from the British in ww2 going after their numerically stronger enemy in Africa where they could press their logistical advantage, albeit at a much smaller scale. Has the strategic benefit of introducing friction into Russia’s African operations.

Chelyabinsk most famous for the large meteor back in 2013 injuring over a thousand people with an explosive yield of half a megaton.

Would giving the Ukrainians the ability to cause some hurt to the Rostov on Don logistics hubs and infrastructure of a military nature (HQ, ammo or fuel dumps) be too escalatory? Bringing the war to the home front might apply some needed domestic pressure as well as muck up supply efforts to the occupation forces.

Aren’t those critters called Wolverines? Hmmm swarms of cyber implanted mind controlled wolverines- zerglings

I think the fact that the civil aviation industry (Boeing, AirBus, engine manufacturers, for instance) also do a fair amount of business with Western governments strongly influences their desire to be seen as complying with sanctions

Depending on what it’s real world kill probability turns out to be as well as its cost, it could be quite cost effective against aircraft. Carbon fibre may be to reduce RCS. Might be much harder to detect than SAMs or opposing fighters. Never knew what hit him i can see it supplementing AD.

Not to digress too much but continuing the 80’s commercial with a Soviet theme

That is a good perspective. Makes one wonder about how much more mines have been put in place further back. Given the near impossibility of significant breaching operations in this new age of drones and drone directed high precision artillery, how do you avoid stalemate? Could a concerted effort on the logistics chain using longer ranged Atacams and friendly ISR assets over the winter cause forces to wither on the vine?

A man should be also judged by his deeds. We have benefited much from his efforts in maps and mods. Says this non-esteemed citizen of Canada.