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| The Perfect Can Wait: Good Solutions to the 'Drone Swarm' Problem |
| 2018-08-16 |
| [WarOnTheRocks] The nearly successful drone assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month highlighted yet again a persistent worry for U.S. defense planners: the possibility that a swarm of cheap drone-borne bombs might overwhelm the sophisticated defenses a U.S. base or ship. While the defense industry has seized upon this concern and is currently at work developing new high-tech solutions to this problem, the Department of Defense can’t rely on those alone. It makes sense to develop such solutions, but the Department of Defense procurement process is long and the threat is now. With a little ingenuity, there is much that can be done with existing technology to defend effectively against drone threats. Accordingly, this article focuses on the measures the Department of Defense can employ now, with existing technology, to mitigate the threat of drone swarms. |
| Posted by:newc |
| #9 If EMP guns were field able that would eliminate drone swarms |
| Posted by: Blossom Hupager6063 2018-08-16 21:56 |
| #8 Actually, I was thinking of a single small RC speedboat hull mold filled with explosive as an example. Your point is well taken though. "In the chaos of combat..." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-16 21:32 |
| #7 Cole was a rules of engagement issue, not a swarm attack. You are probably thinking of the Vincennes which was swarmed by Iranian small boats which led to the mistake that took down an airliner. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-08-16 14:10 |
| #6 I suspect that a horde of small drones attacking a naval vessel would be far less successful than imagined. USS Cole |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-08-16 13:09 |
| #5 I suspect that a horde of small drones would provide a cheap and useful "cover" around one much more powerful drone. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-08-16 12:49 |
| #4 Seriously, the article mentions swarming a base or a ship. how much explosive power could a single drone small enough to be part of a drone actually carry? Sounds great for an assassination but I suspect that a horde of small drones attacking a naval vessel would be far less successful than imagined. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-08-16 12:18 |
| #3 Punt guns. They could bring down whole flocks of birds. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-08-16 09:37 |
| #2 12 gage shot-guns? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-08-16 06:48 |
| #1 drone/counter-drone - Professional Soldiers ® |
| Posted by: newc 2018-08-16 01:00 |