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		avereveard 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Ukraine’s killer drones are beating Russian ja... Eh that's easy enough with inertial or ground navigation and some kind of beacon on the charging bay, the hard part is in enemy territory under the fog of war, jamming, and spotting targets on the fly.

overfeed 7 months ago [–]

If the drones are self-guided there's nothing to jam[1], and what can you do after spotting a swarm of drones? Shoot $5m missiles at each one of them?

maxglute 7 months ago | [–]

Not to mention DJI has AESA radars on $8000 agricultural drones. COTS drones withsensors + sensor fusion on par with best smart munitions.

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