Ukrainian drone teams demolished a brigade of US Army tanks and armored vehicles during a live war game held this year—but the US soldiers were lucky enough to get “respawn” attempts while learning from the experience.

The semiannual military exercise, called Combined Resolve, gave the US military a firsthand taste of how modern drone warfare has evolved on the battlefields of Ukraine. The Ukrainian drone operators participating in the exercise were easily able to spot and destroy US armored vehicles by mimicking the actions of dropping bombs from above or moving close enough to simulate a kamikaze strike, according to US officials and a participant who spoke with The Wall Street Journal.

  • blargh513@sh.itjust.works
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    Ever since the air force took a technology-first approach, they’ve developed capabilities where they can put an explosive device with a few feet of where they want it to be from 40k feet up.

    That drones could wipe out or disable tanks is not at all a surprise.

    I really have no idea how more “bad people” aren’t just vaporized from orbit at this point.

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      The bad people own the drones.

      But no worry! The Flock cameras will redefine a whole new class of bad people for the fascists to murder.