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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.
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>
==Project Maven==
==Project Maven==
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>
==References==
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==External link==
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