SwitchyWitchyandBitchy

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Russia and the US (via Ukraine) are in a drone arms race which largely consist of making more sophisticated jammers and detectors vs more jamming resistant and harder to detect drones. And based on this article it's not a race the US is winning.

That stealth drone project looks cool and if that's a capstone project from 2017, detecting them through means other than detecting their radio signals will be very difficult. Though they used an extremely weak radar (60mW) and a very high frequency one (40GHz) so they did very much set themselves up for success. The fact that they lowered detection range from 100m with a baseball to like 20m is still impressive for an (undergrad?) university project.

Edit: sorry for the paywalled article. I read it earlier this year and didn't realize the reader view was disabled now. Trying to see if I can find a way around it for this post.

Update: Here ya go!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I wonder if Iran and Russia are using this situation to test out their drone tech and develop tactics and doctrine against actual American soldiers and bases. At the moment, Russia and Ukraine are the only countries that have drone warfare experience in a high intensity near peer war.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

Bring back the shotgun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

taylor-commie It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (4 children)

How did you learn all of this if I may ask? Do you have any recommendations on literature or learning resources that aren't just anti-DPRK propaganda?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

My favorite cover of war pigs, I actually prefer it to the original.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Typing on a tiny e-ink touch screen sounds like a quick way to get me to throw this thing out a window. This just seems like self-punishment the phone. I'd much rather have a focused OS that isnt app-centric on a smartphone, but no navigation/maps or web browser is a deal breaker for me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

The fact that TPB existed at a network TV series for so long is a miracle.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago

When all you have is ~~a hammer~~ imperialism, every problem is ~~a nail~~ caused by tankies huh?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

They like to joke about glassing the Middle East right? Would be a sort of poetic justice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Oh that wasn't a requirement when I made mine, and I have mine linked to my phone. But like JoeByeThem said, you can get a prepaid phone. Though I guess if you lose the phone number by not keeping it active, somebody could steal the account.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I decided to give it a shot since I was planning on upgrading anyway. I'll update when I get the phone!

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