Ag with kids said:
lb3 said:
Waffledynamics said:
Nortex's post reminds me: wasn't it said that Ukraine lacks effective electronic warfare tech? A lot of drones sent into Russia are supposedly stopped via those means. I need to do more research on this later, but I wonder if that is the answer to the deadly Lancet threat.
Thats why the Lancets now have fully autonomous target selection and engagement. The Russians no longer require radio links making them immune to most electronic warfare.
Well...
Not necessarily. C-UAS does have ways to deal with aircraft that are not using C2.
Not many. If you have the means to target them for electronic disruption you have the targeting data to shoot them down. But a swarm is very difficult to bring down, period, whether some sort of directed energy weapon/EMV pulse or a kinetic shot. And persistent airborne UAS is also not practical vs. infrequent drone swarms over a large front.
The only real counter is to concentrate forces within/beneath a hardened/concentrated C-UAS network of defenses but that again makes everyone on the ground very vulnerable to artillery/airstrikes anyway, and the UFA is not exactly bristling with an abundance of interceptors/assets etc. right now, nor are these easy to quickly procure/deploy effectively.
Separately; new commanders: