Ukraine's Most Lethal Soldiers

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tptacek

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The article discusses Ukraine's use of drones in the war against Russia, highlighting their effectiveness and the intense nature of the conflict, while the discussion revolves around the implications of drone technology and its potential limitations.

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tptacekAuthor

4 months ago

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Just as a piece of writing, this is more intense than anything Tom Clancy ever did. It is crazy that all of this is actually happening.

kelipso

4 months ago

Considering their track record with the Ghost of Kiev and similar stories, I would say 90% chance, it’s actually a Tom Clancy ripoff.

heavenlyblue

4 months ago

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If they use encrypted chat, that means they also somehow communicate between teams residing in different buildings, and I doubt they use wires for that. Does that mean it's radio? And if it is, what stops drones from homing in on their radios?

general1465

4 months ago

It is kind of hard to exactly pinpoint source of radio signal.

1) Transmitting on one channel would be easily visible on spectral analyzer, but if you will transmit on multiple channels (Frequency hopping spread spectrum, like Bluetooth does) on some arbitrary frequencies, there is no chance to see it on spectral analyzer, unless you know where to look.

2) You would need something like a dedicated SIGINT drone which will be capturing and sending this data stream to HQ to process it, which itself would be visible like a flare in the night sky. I am not aware if Russians are using any SIGINT platform and if they do it is not publicly known. Ukrainians are having NATO SIGINT planes flying around Ukraine and will definitely have some ground based SIGINT devices from Western nations. For example we know that Ukrainians are constantly intercepting drones with interceptor drones but it is kept secret how they are actually able to find the drone in the first place.

Dxtros

4 months ago

https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.theatlantic.com/inter...

jncfhnb

4 months ago

Unless they become autonomous I don’t think drones will be as huge as people think. They’re dynamic mines, basically. That’s undoubtedly a crazy effective concept. But most countries aren’t as bloodlusted as Russia to order their troops and material to charge into a minefield. Unless electronic warfare hits a new inflection point I feel this is just going to make war more heavily indexed on long range strikes

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