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keepamovin
7 months ago
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How Ukraine’s killer drones are beating Russian ja...
It's strange - blocking GPS is typical around military sites. So, assume the drones were hard-coded to zero a location - they couldn't do it, as GPS would be blocked. They had to be piloted. Interesting.
XorNot
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Inertial navigation is a thing though. Your smart phone has a very capable accelerometer for a short flight.
mensetmanusman
7 months ago
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Error propagation makes inertial navigation only useful over short distances.
gosub100
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In addition to the other reply, it might have been done with CV. Identify landmarks to get bearings, drop bomb on thing that looks like airplane.
cma
7 months ago
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Saw something saying they trained them on old Soviet planes at a military museum
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/53784
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