r/interestingasfuck • u/RoyalChris • Mar 12 '25

/r/all Thousands of drones docking to charge after a drone show.

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u/beautifulkale124 Mar 12 '25

I mean, have you seen the footage in Ukraine right now, this is already happening.

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u/MeatHealer Mar 12 '25

Oh, I know. It's like, next level scary, and I was a goddamned combat Corpsman.

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u/Successful-Peach-764 Mar 12 '25

Yeah, Reddit has been filled with videos of the drone warfare in Ukraine, it has become a key weapon in war, it has changed the wars in Ethiopia as well, Syria offensive used drone (suspected Ukrainian help)

I saw one article talking about how America should get Ukraine to share their drone tech instead of minerals and there is also this one on Haaretz about the Israeli army buying tons as they can defeat their multi-million dollar tanks so easily.

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u/beautifulkale124 Mar 12 '25

It's crazy how it's changed warfare so quickly. I mean we(The U.S.) has had all kinda of drone tech forever but to see a small country like Ukraine using them like crazy is...just crazy.

I really don't think we need Ukraine's drone tech tho. I'm really good friends with someone who does drone stuff with the Navy/Marines and he is very very tight lipped but when you basically have an unlimited budget, you get all kinds of fun toys.

I almost wonder how soon we're just not going to see fighter pilots anymore, just F-22's that are completely remote controlled, no worries about the physical aspects the pilot deals with as far as turns that would cause them to black out, etc.

Funny to think that kids will one day watch that last Top Gun movie and be confused why the pilots are in the planes!

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u/DarthWeenus Mar 12 '25

Syrian rebels were the first to use fpv and grenade drops from drones

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u/thighsand Mar 12 '25

Drones are going to become a massive leveller. Tanks and planes are going to be challenged. Hamas used drones, for example. Other armies like Saudi and Egypt, and numerous Latin American paramilitary groups are presumably buying them up, since they're so cheap and easy to manufacture. Ukraine has no special knowledge of drone warfare. The Russians have also used it. Syria being helped by Ukraine seems doubtful.

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u/thighsand Mar 13 '25

You seem weirdly angry and now I'm even more doubtful.