An off-the-shelf consumer drone drops a small bomb right through the sunroof of a car carrying Russian troops. Ukrainians find new ways to fend off the invaders. What does this mean for warfare going forward?
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15 replies on “Bombs Away: Democratized Precision-Guided Weapons with Consumer Drones in Ukraine”
I guarantee that my oldest could use a small, motorized car or a drone to pinpoint accuracy with only a little practice. Heck, he could even touch anything that he wanted swooping a competition kite. Given that maybe ten percent of American boys are nearly as adept, maybe we should rethink national defense.
The first submarine used in war was probably the Turtle from the American Revolution. It was not a success.
So I’m sitting on my couch post covid…..I’ll call it C +6…and this show, while quite dark in nature, and the ensuing comments brought the first smile since Saturday. Steve nailed it with “bad guy from the dead pool”. And Bart Lago’s “Tremors” comment nearly trumped the vision of Eric Swallow-well Sharting himself! I sure missed this group.
Welcome back RR – sorry to hear you were taken ill. Hope you are mending well.
Thanks RS…I was like Steve Green in thinking that if omichron is “covid-lite” then I want that one to get acquired immunity……but when this variant finally caught up with me last Saturday, let’s just say I didn’t get to chose exactly how my body would respond….yuck.
All through the high fever…..I kept telling myself that it wasn’t as bad as Bill’s case so stop whining!
At least I had THAT going for me, which was nice.
Umm… maybe it’s just me, but the first thing that popped into my mind was how easy it can be now, in our hyper-tribalized society, for some Americans to target other Americans who happen to be their political enemies. (Think Supreme Court justices, for example) Somehow I don’t feel safer…
No, I was developing the same idea. The sniper that terrorized the DC Beltway (I think there, or some other freeway) just got an upgrade. I am not sure of the power of the bomb dropped since there wasn’t much visible from the inside of the car, but a C4 RC car or model plane could probably do considerable damage. A couple drones with 2 bombs each and a terror cell of 5 could cause chaos at any outdoor concert this summer if they felt like it.
Great show. I’ve been following this specific conversation throughout the Ukrainian invasion and, like you, it’s occurred to me that the lethality of a single soldier or pair of soldiers has probably surpassed that of a Sherman tank. It reminds me of Robert Heinlein’s vision for the Mobile Infantry in Starship Troopers. Not so much the movie, but the book describes the technology, deployability and lethality of MI soldiers working in small teams. Heinlein saw the future.
Steve, don’t forget Earl Bass & Burt Gummer in Tremors-II.
Loved Burt’s cost analysis in Tremors-III
Johnson was in the Naval Reserve during WWII. He was awarded the Silver Star for OBSERVING while on a bombing run. That’s no joke. Here’s the award citation:
My Dad got a Silver Star for saving the life of a General under fire when he was a NCO in Korea. (And would subsequently earn an Oak Leaf Cluster denoting another Silver Star among several other decorations including the Army DSC.) When someone like LBJ gets a Silver Star for “marked coolness” it cheapens the award.
I heard that upon watching this video Eric Swalwell shart himself
Shart?
Is that an externally-motivated, inverse bowel movement?
In the name of keeping things family friendly I won’t print details about Swalwell’s personal hygiene, but you can read the urban dictionary definition here.
It’s an endothermic distal alimentary exhaust orifice failure due to sphincter clutch mechanism degradation, vascular compromise and enlargement to include the entire organism.
Standard problem often seen in a man who is one giant hemorrhoid.