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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the US arguably lost the VN war because they kept expecting the VK to fight like the US

why would you try to counter the jet at 30k feet?

a jet takes so long to build and so much to maintain the supply chain is super vulnerable

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Making a cloud of drone flak is very cheap and easy and can take out multiple types of threats. They talk to each other and act as a redundant pinpoint targeting system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Boom a cheap EMP blast takes out all your 700 drones.

It's a never ending battle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

But that EMP blast also destroys any electronic hardware (radios, NVG, etc) that your good guys have on them as well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Faraday cages on the drones electronics. Battle continues

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bigger more expensive EMP burns through your more expensive MYLAR caged drones.

Battle continues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Bigger faraday cage and larger battery

Battle continues

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The drones are now the size of the fighter jets 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

The fighter jets now have to get more EMP protection too, and ate gitting bigger.

The fight continues

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

what kind of up time do they have

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I imagine a drone built for this could be an hour or two as some return to charge periodically on specific areas under protection.