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[[File:Drone warfare.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[Meme]] depiction of drone targets in the [[technological]] [[innovation]]s introduced during the [[NATO war in Ukraine]].]] | [[File:Drone warfare.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[Meme]] depiction of drone targets in the [[technological]] [[innovation]]s introduced during the [[NATO war in Ukraine]].]] | ||
'''Drone [[war]]fare''' consists of the use of [[Drone|unmanned aircraft]] to destroy targets without the benefit of on-site human decision-making and discretion. | '''Drone [[war]]fare''' consists of the use of [[Drone|unmanned aircraft]] to destroy targets without the benefit of on-site human decision-making and discretion. | ||
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| + | The 2024 [[NATO invasion of Kursk]] initially succeeded with the help of an [[electronic warfare]] blitz that blinded [[Russia]]'s reconnaissance drones and knocked their FPVs out of the sky. Russia struck back with new drones guided by a fiber optic cable, immune to [[radio]] jamming. This was the first time such [[weapon]]s were used in combat. Wire-guided [[missile]]s like TOW or the Javelin have used copper wire to carry control signals for decades. More recently, fiber-optic cables have been used to carry [[video]] signals for the long-range version of the [[Israel]]i Spike anti-tank missile, but fiber optics have not been used previously in attack drones. And while Spike-LR costs over $200k a shot, these new Russian attack drones are about 1/100 as much.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/08/20/russia-launches-new-drone-weapons-against-kursk-offensive/ Russia Launches New Drone Weapons Against Kursk Offensive], David Hambling, ''[[Forbes]]'', Aug 20, 2024. </ref> | ||
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Unlike his previous data-management [[AI]] system, Project Maven, Eric Schmidt's latest Project White Stork is specifically geared toward creating AI [[drone|attack drones]]—ones which can operate autonomously even in an [[electronic warfare|electronic warfare (EW)]] jamming heavy environment. What Schmidt, [[DARPA]], the [[CIA]], and [[Ukraine]] are doing is essentially trying to create fully autonomous [[drone war|drone swarm fleets]] that would turn the battlefield into a nightmarish no-go zone for any “topside” troops.<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/can-the-west-still-win-analyzing</ref> | Unlike his previous data-management [[AI]] system, Project Maven, Eric Schmidt's latest Project White Stork is specifically geared toward creating AI [[drone|attack drones]]—ones which can operate autonomously even in an [[electronic warfare|electronic warfare (EW)]] jamming heavy environment. What Schmidt, [[DARPA]], the [[CIA]], and [[Ukraine]] are doing is essentially trying to create fully autonomous [[drone war|drone swarm fleets]] that would turn the battlefield into a nightmarish no-go zone for any “topside” troops.<ref>[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/can-the-west-still-win-analyzing</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:31, August 27, 2024
Drone warfare consists of the use of unmanned aircraft to destroy targets without the benefit of on-site human decision-making and discretion.
The 2024 NATO invasion of Kursk initially succeeded with the help of an electronic warfare blitz that blinded Russia's reconnaissance drones and knocked their FPVs out of the sky. Russia struck back with new drones guided by a fiber optic cable, immune to radio jamming. This was the first time such weapons were used in combat. Wire-guided missiles like TOW or the Javelin have used copper wire to carry control signals for decades. More recently, fiber-optic cables have been used to carry video signals for the long-range version of the Israeli Spike anti-tank missile, but fiber optics have not been used previously in attack drones. And while Spike-LR costs over $200k a shot, these new Russian attack drones are about 1/100 as much.[1]
Project Maven
- See also: NATO war in Ukraine
The New York Times named ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt as being the main impetus behind Ukraine's new push toward autonomous AI drones which can hunt human targets on their own after their signal has been cut by Electronic warfare.[2]
Google’s pilot project with the US Defense Department’s Project Maven, an effort to identify objects in drone footage, was discussed widely within the company when information about the project was shared on an internal mailing list. Some Google employees were outraged that the company would offer resources to the military for surveillance technology involved in drone operations while others argued that the project raised important ethical questions about the development and use of machine learning.
Schmidt summed up the tech industry’s concerns about collaborating with the Pentagon, “There’s a general concern in the tech community of somehow the military-industrial complex using their stuff to kill people incorrectly," leaving unanswered the question of the "correct" or proper way to kill people.[3]
Project White Stork
Unlike his previous data-management AI system, Project Maven, Eric Schmidt's latest Project White Stork is specifically geared toward creating AI attack drones—ones which can operate autonomously even in an electronic warfare (EW) jamming heavy environment. What Schmidt, DARPA, the CIA, and Ukraine are doing is essentially trying to create fully autonomous drone swarm fleets that would turn the battlefield into a nightmarish no-go zone for any “topside” troops.[4]
References
- ↑ Russia Launches New Drone Weapons Against Kursk Offensive, David Hambling, Forbes, Aug 20, 2024.
- ↑ In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Was Overwhelmed. David E. Sanger, New York Times, Published April 23, 2024 Updated April 25, 2024.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/us/politics/ukraine-new-american-technology.html
- ↑ https://gizmodo.com/google-is-helping-the-pentagon-build-ai-for-drones-1823464533
- ↑ [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/can-the-west-still-win-analyzing