Why Russians Are In Despair Over Truck-Busting ’Martian’ Drones
24d 18h ago by lemmy.world/u/woelkchen in ukraine from www.forbes.com
Because the drones are hard to detect, jam, shoot down, have at least 120km range, uses visuals + local map so GPS jamming is useless against it and can daisy chain the comm link.
Not like they don't know it, they launch hundreds of those at civilian houses and infrastructure.
It's meant as a direct answer to the article title, which asks about the 'martian' drones specifically.
Autonomous Ai drones roaming the country side was a plot point in An American War. It wasn't a good thing in the book.
Maybe we shouldn't judge real world technology off of plot points in works of fiction. Fiction must tell a story that sells copies, first and foremost.
Better weapons tend to filter down.
- first you’re a fan because it allows the underdog to continue resisting Russian aggression
- then a smaller number are a fan as it becomes a possibility for any random country, making it more challenging for the us to extend power
- then you hate it as some countries use it for aggression or repression
- then it becomes a problem as any random militia might use that as a tool to stoke terror in developed countries
-then an even smaller group are fans as they aren't getting targeted by the drones. Yet.