Ya Alex, your channel is so good i thought it was smoke and mirrors for 6 months. I told myself you were fake news, but every once in a while I would find interest. It became clear to me at some point that this channel is very real and is speaking truth from quality sources. I have been a fan ever since, best wishes Alex.
We're working on the ability to drop chappies (chappie the movie) from B21's like a skybound "droid carrier" from star wars, hot dropping robots like its the helldivers videogame. "Do you have what it takes to be a citizen? Join starfleet today!" - starship troopers
@@overworlder"Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost."
I served in USAF in the 70s. I know what public knowledge was then and what they told us as enlisted personnel. If these AI drone swarms are public knowledge, what they actually have as top secret classified is pure science fiction quality stuff. 😮 😊 Thanks, Alex, for the updates!
Lol back in the 70's was no internet to share online what anyone had and now it is leaked all the time, SR72 Darkstar is well known for years, B21, all hypersonic projects of USA been broadcast for the world to see. USA needs to brag to look like is in front of everyone. I knew USA was not behind in hypersonics because been following Australia USA hypersonic tests in HIFIRE, SCIFIRE developed HAWC and HACAM scramjet missiles. This is not secret because USA is not really in front of anyone in this tech as never saw the need for it and thought their huge armies could defeat anyone.. Australia been doing it fully as knew had a small popualtion and needed to boost ADF cheap and humans were not the answer. Why Australia MQ28A Ghost bat drone was built. USA uses many Australian small drones with AI swarm capabilties. MQ28A Ghost bat has AI swarm and does not need a human piloted plane to do it's missions as the AI can do it autonomously. Australia helped USA build switchblade drone, USA uses Australia Defendtex D40 drone and it is in Ukraine war Defendtex owns Metal Storm technology, yea that Aussie company built MAUL underbarrel attachment..
Na, russian nesting dolls! Make the drones stealth though, and keep turning the return radar signals on and off! Then it looks like a disco night full of russian dolls on their radar, until all hell breaks loose Wait... Can we make them all look like middle fingers? And finish with a smiley face that just loiters afterwards? Viral warfare! Hearts and minds!
Hearing that the drones are capable of being dispensed like flares perked my ears! Next step, deployable drone defense for the drone offense. Defense that destroys the missile and then the aircraft firing missiles. Could you imagine the B21 unloading like one of those droid carriers in star wars! Just racks and racks of drones in that thing. Next up, droppin Chappies!
The US Army just chose General Dynamics and Rheinmetall as finalists for the 4000 Bradley replacement IFVs. Could you do a Firepower series video about this program, the two finalists and the other three that dropped out. Or more generally the current state of IFVs (Bradley, CV90, Puma, Lynx) and their most likely future. Maybe even including anti air IFVs like some CV90 variants and SkyRanger.
This is why I always laugh at every "The US is doomed in a war with China" comment. If these drone swarm programs from 2014 and 2020 are public knowledge, I can only imagine what the secret parts of these drone swarm programs look like now.
Yeah... but just think what the chinese have with their absolutely ridiculously gigantic manufacturing capabilities. That's what gave the U.S its victory in WW2, superior manufacturing capabilities. It doesn't have that anymore, its opponent does.
@@Nitzanbenari The US is the 2nd largest exporter in the world (specializing in manufacturing cars, aircraft, transistors, computers and telecommunications), and the world's #1 weapons manufacturer (41% of the world's weapons sales are done with the USA). The USA is also the highest producer of oil in the entire world and in natural gas. We'll be fine. Don't fall for the Chinese fear-mongering
@@Nitzanbenari China has serious quality control issues in their manufacturing, specifically military manufacturing. They are loosing customers due to faulty equipment and customer support.
@@chaosXP3RT 41% is not a quantity of weapons. It's the cost of an overvalued scrap metal developed in the 1980s. It has more to do with Balance of trade and thus no alternative for partners to buy something else.
And yet, human ingenuity and adaptability always wins. For a better perspective, I prefer Sly Stallone's line in Rambo: First Blood Part II: "I always believed the mind is the best weapon."
I love this video. I commented a while ago about something like swarms of Perdix-style drones (maybe a little faster) being deployed as countermeasures, maybe with tiny explosive payloads to swarm and take out a missile together like a guided curtain/wall. They wouldn’t have to catch the missile just get between it and the deploying aircraft at a safe distance. I think it’s a tough engineering challenge, but I think might be possible after watching this one. I love that drones being deployed from flare canisters is in here!
What's true and amazing is being involved with top contracts like this one...getting ahold of the 'BOM'. As a supply contractor, a franchised military distributor has key people inside sourcing this Bill of materials. From solder to MOSFETs to power supply to wires , fiber optic connectors, unique electronics cabinets or enclosures RAD hardened and custom shielded RF cables. I lived that life for almost two decades. We won the contract then sourced out everything we bid on. From on site source inspection to a very precise delivery schedule Lockheed Martin or Military Sea Command had going on. Intense. And there were always long lead times on some special items, like a special A to D converter from a semiconductor factory. So when I watch these superb films, I can say that I was a part of that. 💡
@@Jareers-ef8hp Nothing is stopping them. They just need tons of servers to run an AI on, developers to create the AI, time to run simulations for the AI. Then they need to make actual drones and train the AI on each drones physical capabilities, create the hardware to run the code that the AI's algorithm kicks out to control the drones. After all that you are in the experimental stages of drone swarms.
Don't get me wrong, what Ukraine is doing with FPV drones in the war against the invading Russian army is pretty cool. But it always amazes me to see the stuff the US Military has up their sleeve. They've been working on this stuff for over a decade. To this day I still believe that a lot of UFO sightings were actually early drone testing by the military. Zipping around, changing direction on a dime. "No way a pilot could survive maneuvers like that." was a frequent comment, and I guess they were right :)
Could you do a video about the future of Shorad? Will short range air defense provided by the laser stryker? Will the Bradley replacement IFV XM30 function as an anti air cannon? Should the US look at the SkyRanger / Skynex / millenium gun system? And will there be a Stinger replacement with a better battery, targeting, and most importantly more affordable? Or is this affordable future the APKWS guidance upgrade for the cheap and plentiful Hydra 70mm rocket? Should we slap that on Avenger Hummvees? Or IRIS-T? And how are M-shorad Strykers doing?
I know that at least the swedish CV90 can work as Anti-drone defense with the right ammo and modules, hopefully the XM30 has some kind of drone defense too
Its interesting to hear they have already launched drones from flare tubes. I have actually considered the idea of "smart flares." Basically mini drones that will be loaded with threat detection data pre-launch. Then they would maneuver to physically place themselves between the threat and the defending aircraft.
Great channel if only want to know what USA does and blind you to other countries programme and what they have. USA way behind in drone technology lol. Australia has many of these already. Australia MQ28A Ghost bat is the only CCA with drone swarm ai capabilities. Defendtex D40 is in use with US and UK militaries and is in Ukraine war. Switchblade was a joint programme with Australia probably why Defendtex is similar bit better with AI swarm capabilities..
Way to go Alex, telling everyone our strategies! 😂 Seriously, it is important that the American people know that our defense apparatus is thinking long term about future war. And hopefully working to prevent it from happening at all. Great work as always.
lol this will just be another tool the government uses to control us. If we tried to use the 2a against tyranny they can just sky net us in the stone age and throw us in matrix jail pods.
I saw all I needed to see about drone swarms during the Gerard Butler “Angel Has Fallen” movie. Putting myself in that situation made me feel very exposed and overwhelmed, and in a very hopeless scenario. Maybe there’s a way to counter that move, but it looked…dire. I immediately recalled a drone documentary about some kids at MIT setting about a dozen in independent flight (with collision avoidance), then starting a hive program whence they operated as a single cohesive unit. Similar to a shoaling school of fish. It took about three seconds to think of the brilliant drone self-sacrifice scene the movie producers put into play; evidently, someone there saw a similar documentary.
Ya looks cool. I wonder how powerful its control is? It would be cool to see one dog fighting an f16 and winning. I hope our AI aircraft are capable of higher g forces than any human, by a large degree. So much so that it remains classified like the dive depth of submarines. It would all but gaurantee victory and might remove the need for defensive measures like flares.
Yeah, that's all well and good. The problem is, sometimes you're not given a choice on whether to go to war. Sometimes it comes to you whether you like it or not. See Ukraine. See U.S.A. in WW2. See Israel. See... well, this list could go on for quite some time. You don't always have a choice to 'war' or 'not to war.' Often that choice is made by someone else, for reasons usually attributable to greed, and you'd better be prepared for it, because if you aren't, it may cost you absolutely EVERYTHING!
Every military installation, ship in the navy or tank/apc, squad/individual that is spending time out in the open is going to have to have a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic anti-drone/swarm technology attached to it or it's a sitting duck.
It would be really cool if they could use those tiny drones in the same way that flares are used: as a way to protect the aircraft in an active engagement.
I see you are learning Premiere Pro. I did the same last year. Its nice to have complete control, but i discovered some of the complex strategies take time to learn. Ironically RUclips is great for that. I enjoy your show and wish you well.
You wonder how to stop it. 1. Lasers to knock out cameras by burning out 2. Small projectiles to knock out the propellers. 3. Electromagnetic jammers. Any other ideas?
Alex, how do I buy into your startup? US Air Force electronic warfare system specialist here. I am wondering if it is time to move into a new era for chaff. Traditionally chaff is just been strips of aluminum foil ejected out of an aircraft in order to attract radar guided missiles. We live in an age of micro Drones, stealth technology and advanced material science. Imagine deploying thousands or tens of thousands Of micro Drones contain small robotic flour, coated with stealth on the outside and a Reflective inside. The ability To deploy cheap smart, chaff on a large scale, able to loiter and turn on and off at the wheel of The AI could overwhelm air defenses.
lol am laughing even Australia way ahead in this field, most USA drones use Australian technology. MQ8 Firescout AI helicopter uses Australian object indetification and tracking systems. p3 Orion uses that same Aussie company object id and tracking systems. Ukraine has about 4 Australian AI drones in it's war, Australia MQ28A Ghost bat has all he said USA wants in a CCA. it does not need a human piloted jet to control it in missiosn as can perform missions autonomously and in swarms of other drones and why is named Ghost bat as is what the Australian animal does in real life...
The xinese seem to be high on gutter oil, thinking they can somehow oversaturate American fleets with their kludge rocketry, thinking that they need mass batteries and just need to launch and then somehow would make it to target,
@@JohnJaneson2449 3D printing is a terrible way to make most things *at scale*. It's useful for prototypes but if they claim to use it for mass manufacturing then they're just spouting buzzwords.
@@JohnJaneson2449 Are you gonna 3D print the motors, batteries and electronics too? Guess who makes those. Actually also guess who makes the 3D printers or the 3D filaments, lol
Imagine a system that could be deployed by some means to fly above navy flotillas. It would make it impossible for any kind of anti ship weapons to get a lock.
Your content is so good other youtubers try to take your topics and try to stretch it out claiming it their own even after they reference you and your viseo...I am talking about you Simon Whistler
Yeah, “distributed” systems is a vague term. This is all a great idea, if the layers of complexity each node relies upon are also distributed. If you have a swarm of a thousand drones, but the enemy can take it out by cutting one cord-you’re missing the whole point. So I really hope we possess the encryption technology, operational security, and frankly, compliance practices to field an actual distributed system.
Australia owns IP in 3 key technologies, what do you get when you combine them?……Rotational Detonation and Scram Jet propulsion, and AI controlled drone (MQ28) The future will be interesting.
Alex please.. Kamikaze drones i.e. attritable and sacrificial airborne munitions, has Nothing! to do with suicide. Quite the opposite! As a leading communicator in the military aviation domain, could I please make you consider using an alternative and more proper description of the attack drones i.e. "Kamikaze drones". FYI - Kamikaze means Divine Wind, but the word is associated with self destructing, pilot guided explosives, and as such is a much more fitting name, without employing the concept of suicide. As a matter of fact, the air suicide attack units from the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2, were officially called "Shinpū tokubetsu kōgeki tai", meaning "divine wind special attack units".
I'm surprised not by the concept described in this video but that anyone has the temerity to breathe a word about it. This is one of three critical concepts I believe is entirely within the capability of any country that possesses decision making and piloting AI so is both obvious and yet can't be spoken about because even the slightest misspeak could have enormous consequences tipping an adversary.
Because it is not new and every country is doing it and for once USA is not in the lead of it either, Australia MQ28A Ghost Bat AI drone is known as world most advanced AI combat drone it has AI swarm and does not need a manned jet to control it, it's AI can operate in swarms comunicating with other AI drones to carry out a mission. A mission can be uploaded before take off and the drone performs the whole mission autonomously. Australia Defendtex D40 drone is in Ukraine war and seen it fly in to a Russian tank hatch and blow it up, has drone swarm AI. seen it in Aussie video swarms of 20 or so attack a pickup truck. Was in a video swarming a US base, was hundreds of drones, USA and UK militaries use it too. Has a carrier drone capable of carrying heaps of smaller AI drones and also has a 80 missile launcher system, Defendtex bought the technology of Australian company Metal Storm that built the MAUL under barrel attachment for M4, M16 . Australia has so many AI drones with drone swarm capabilities it's giving me a headache following them all. Australia sent a carboard wax drone to Ukraine that can carry a small explosive, cardboard will not show up on any radar lol..
These low cost drones are going to be a major challenge to defend against. The saturation point is obviously a problem, but so too is the economic problem of shooting down a $10k drone with a $1m air defense missile. Even if they’re all shot down early in the engagement, at some point the defender runs out of air defense missiles or runs out of money producing to produce them. If this is a suicide drone/missile, some kind of cheap defense mechanism is badly needed. Rail guns and directed energy weapons (aka ‘lasers’) are a good option here, but that too can be costly in terms of the number of systems needed to cover a wide area. And that doesn’t necessarily address the drones that are meant to carry a munition at a higher altitude and then return to base.
So the plan is to complete with the country we gave our manufacturing capabilities to, knowing they are capable of making a useful product at about 50 bucks a pop or less...
Weakness: radar jamming. This is an issue right now in Ukr and is rarely mentioned. Fully autonomic drones make sense, but I would really worry that any kind of mesh communication will simply be jammed in a proximity of a high value target.
Honestly, this is *thee* best channel of its kind on RUclips. A league of your own, Alex.
Still going on about snakes Island get I right ya monkey
Idk if any channel with the same level of reliability and credibility
@@foxglow6798Ryan McBeth is great also
Ya Alex, your channel is so good i thought it was smoke and mirrors for 6 months. I told myself you were fake news, but every once in a while I would find interest. It became clear to me at some point that this channel is very real and is speaking truth from quality sources.
I have been a fan ever since, best wishes Alex.
Agree 100%
Over 200 likes in 22 minutes. Glad to see this channel get the views it deserves. Thanks for the awesome work Alex.
Double that in the next 9 min.
over 1k in one hour
War was always scary. I’m impressed with our ability to always raise the bar.
We're working on the ability to drop chappies (chappie the movie) from B21's like a skybound "droid carrier" from star wars, hot dropping robots like its the helldivers videogame.
"Do you have what it takes to be a citizen? Join starfleet today!" - starship troopers
@@brandonhoffman4712won't be long before ODST is real!
@@brandonhoffman4712 I'm doing my part!
All that raising the bar and it still pails in comparison to technology made long ago.
Good luck operating drone swarms in a nuclear apocalypse.
Let's call them HK for Hunter Killers. Maybe the AI that controls them could be called Skynet
Skynet's main attribute seems to be mind-control from the 80s.
Sounds enticing, what could possibly go wrong!
Maybe they could use a humanoid friend or even a dog?
@@overworlder"Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost."
@@Bagginsess that trilogy is my favorite, the dialogues in the Matrix are impecable!
I served in USAF in the 70s. I know what public knowledge was then and what they told us as enlisted personnel. If these AI drone swarms are public knowledge, what they actually have as top secret classified is pure science fiction quality stuff. 😮 😊 Thanks, Alex, for the updates!
Lol back in the 70's was no internet to share online what anyone had and now it is leaked all the time, SR72 Darkstar is well known for years, B21, all hypersonic projects of USA been broadcast for the world to see. USA needs to brag to look like is in front of everyone.
I knew USA was not behind in hypersonics because been following Australia USA hypersonic tests in HIFIRE, SCIFIRE developed HAWC and HACAM scramjet missiles.
This is not secret because USA is not really in front of anyone in this tech as never saw the need for it and thought their huge armies could defeat anyone..
Australia been doing it fully as knew had a small popualtion and needed to boost ADF cheap and humans were not the answer.
Why Australia MQ28A Ghost bat drone was built. USA uses many Australian small drones with AI swarm capabilties.
MQ28A Ghost bat has AI swarm and does not need a human piloted plane to do it's missions as the AI can do it autonomously.
Australia helped USA build switchblade drone, USA uses Australia Defendtex D40 drone and it is in Ukraine war
Defendtex owns Metal Storm technology, yea that Aussie company built MAUL underbarrel attachment..
I keep wondering why our gov. Isn't worried about the looming nuclear war
Threat......it doesn't make sense
Hundreds of drones showing up on radar as SU-57's would be the ultimate troll move...
Na, russian nesting dolls! Make the drones stealth though, and keep turning the return radar signals on and off!
Then it looks like a disco night full of russian dolls on their radar, until all hell breaks loose
Wait... Can we make them all look like middle fingers? And finish with a smiley face that just loiters afterwards? Viral warfare! Hearts and minds!
Especially since (according to ruzzian claims if I recall correctly) the SU-57 has at least 3 radars in it
One su57, blink two su57, blink four, blink 8, blink 16.... Etc
I like the way you think!
Bold assumption the SU-57's radar would see it coming ....
Hearing that the drones are capable of being dispensed like flares perked my ears!
Next step, deployable drone defense for the drone offense. Defense that destroys the missile and then the aircraft firing missiles.
Could you imagine the B21 unloading like one of those droid carriers in star wars! Just racks and racks of drones in that thing.
Next up, droppin Chappies!
Omg, awesome! Drones taking out drones! I wanna see the simulation.
Or something like the arsenal bird from ace combat 7
Former F-16 avionics journeyman here, great video! Thanks for the quality.
Fantastic. I'm excited every time I get a notification from this channel.
Microwave technology also under development in U.S. can give these battalion of drones a serious workout.
It's the Black Ops 2 campaign lmao
Swarm drone deploy
The US Army just chose General Dynamics and Rheinmetall as finalists for the 4000 Bradley replacement IFVs.
Could you do a Firepower series video about this program, the two finalists and the other three that dropped out. Or more generally the current state of IFVs (Bradley, CV90, Puma, Lynx) and their most likely future. Maybe even including anti air IFVs like some CV90 variants and SkyRanger.
This is why I always laugh at every "The US is doomed in a war with China" comment. If these drone swarm programs from 2014 and 2020 are public knowledge, I can only imagine what the secret parts of these drone swarm programs look like now.
Yeah... but just think what the chinese have with their absolutely ridiculously gigantic manufacturing capabilities. That's what gave the U.S its victory in WW2, superior manufacturing capabilities. It doesn't have that anymore, its opponent does.
@@Nitzanbenari The US is the 2nd largest exporter in the world (specializing in manufacturing cars, aircraft, transistors, computers and telecommunications), and the world's #1 weapons manufacturer (41% of the world's weapons sales are done with the USA). The USA is also the highest producer of oil in the entire world and in natural gas.
We'll be fine. Don't fall for the Chinese fear-mongering
@@Nitzanbenari China has serious quality control issues in their manufacturing, specifically military manufacturing. They are loosing customers due to faulty equipment and customer support.
Public is 10-15 years behind private or whatever they say lol
@@chaosXP3RT 41% is not a quantity of weapons. It's the cost of an overvalued scrap metal developed in the 1980s. It has more to do with Balance of trade and thus no alternative for partners to buy something else.
Thanks for the update. t seems nobody else comes close to the quality of your product. Keep up the good work.
The future of war is looking very scary. Like something out of a Terminator movie.
And yet, human ingenuity and adaptability always wins.
For a better perspective, I prefer Sly Stallone's line in Rambo: First Blood Part II:
"I always believed the mind is the best weapon."
Yes, and we can read Joel ch. 2 for a preview.
"Kill Decision," by Daniel Suarez, deals with AI-directed drone swarms. And those scenes are nightmare fuel.
This is Drone Power
They call it sky-net. Once it becomes self aware, it will drop much more than the hyphen!
@@brandonhoffman4712 cringe.
I love this video. I commented a while ago about something like swarms of Perdix-style drones (maybe a little faster) being deployed as countermeasures, maybe with tiny explosive payloads to swarm and take out a missile together like a guided curtain/wall. They wouldn’t have to catch the missile just get between it and the deploying aircraft at a safe distance. I think it’s a tough engineering challenge, but I think might be possible after watching this one. I love that drones being deployed from flare canisters is in here!
What's true and amazing is being involved with top contracts like this one...getting ahold of the 'BOM'. As a supply contractor, a franchised military distributor has key people inside sourcing this Bill of materials. From solder to MOSFETs to power supply to wires , fiber optic connectors, unique electronics cabinets or enclosures RAD hardened and custom shielded RF cables. I lived that life for almost two decades. We won the contract then sourced out everything we bid on. From on site source inspection to a very precise delivery schedule Lockheed Martin or Military Sea Command had going on. Intense. And there were always long lead times on some special items, like a special A to D converter from a semiconductor factory. So when I watch these superb films, I can say that I was a part of that. 💡
Watching those drones drop out of the fighters is such a chilling thing to even consider… scary!
It makes sense. Saturate air and space with millions/billions of drones, own the space/skies
that is too many drones 💀
Im Brandon Hoffman, and that sounds like AIR POWER!
I just don’t see what’s stopping other countries from doing the same thing.
@@Jareers-ef8hp Nothing is stopping them. They just need tons of servers to run an AI on, developers to create the AI, time to run simulations for the AI. Then they need to make actual drones and train the AI on each drones physical capabilities, create the hardware to run the code that the AI's algorithm kicks out to control the drones.
After all that you are in the experimental stages of drone swarms.
@@ItsJoKeZWhy?
Literally Ghost recon breakpoint
This is so badas*, definitely gives me a huge smile! :) kudos to you, Alex!
Don't get me wrong, what Ukraine is doing with FPV drones in the war against the invading Russian army is pretty cool. But it always amazes me to see the stuff the US Military has up their sleeve. They've been working on this stuff for over a decade. To this day I still believe that a lot of UFO sightings were actually early drone testing by the military. Zipping around, changing direction on a dime. "No way a pilot could survive maneuvers like that." was a frequent comment, and I guess they were right :)
Excellent script, pacing, information, and great ending.
A great analysis of a very interesting subject, Alex. Thanks
"This workout is gonna be borin- OMG ALEX HIII
Oh, come on now. The scariest two words that the US Military will ever hear are now, always and forever 'budget cuts"
😊😊
Could you do a video about the future of Shorad?
Will short range air defense provided by the laser stryker? Will the Bradley replacement IFV XM30 function as an anti air cannon? Should the US look at the SkyRanger / Skynex / millenium gun system? And will there be a Stinger replacement with a better battery, targeting, and most importantly more affordable? Or is this affordable future the APKWS guidance upgrade for the cheap and plentiful Hydra 70mm rocket? Should we slap that on Avenger Hummvees? Or IRIS-T? And how are M-shorad Strykers doing?
I know that at least the swedish CV90 can work as Anti-drone defense with the right ammo and modules, hopefully the XM30 has some kind of drone defense too
I, for one, welcome our new Drone Swarm overlords.
"Crewed or Crude, an analysis of 5th gen vs 6th gen aircraft"
Nothing really new here but still well done and enjoyable, kudos.
I direct you to the 1953 science fiction story “The Second Variety” by Philip K. Dick
Ooo, im interested. Is it good?
(Edit) Just read the last paragraph, is that cheating?
P.S. it sounds good!
@@brandonhoffman4712 yes, it is good. I think it was James Cameron[s inspiration for the first Terminator movie.
They made a movie adaptation of that story called “Screamers” starring Peter Weller of Robocop fame.
@@MykePaganthat and the "Future Soldier" episode of The Outer Limits. Written by Harlan Ellison. Starring Charles Bronson.
Thank you Alex, I would like to think that most viewers would like the idea of less pilots being sent home in boxes... I know I do.
Its interesting to hear they have already launched drones from flare tubes. I have actually considered the idea of "smart flares." Basically mini drones that will be loaded with threat detection data pre-launch. Then they would maneuver to physically place themselves between the threat and the defending aircraft.
Thanks for the info. Great channel
Great channel if only want to know what USA does and blind you to other countries programme and what they have.
USA way behind in drone technology lol. Australia has many of these already. Australia MQ28A Ghost bat is the only CCA with drone swarm ai capabilities. Defendtex D40 is in use with US and UK militaries and is in Ukraine war.
Switchblade was a joint programme with Australia probably why Defendtex is similar bit better with AI swarm capabilities..
I'm so glad to hear the news.
another day another ace combat lore seeping into reality
A video on the satellite pictures of the Chinese drone carrier would love to hear your take.
Can we have an update on the Replicator program? Recent reports its first drone systems are being deployed to the Indo-Pacific.
You got it!
@@SandboxxApp - Awesome! 😁
Literally Ace Combat 7
Way to go Alex, telling everyone our strategies! 😂 Seriously, it is important that the American people know that our defense apparatus is thinking long term about future war. And hopefully working to prevent it from happening at all. Great work as always.
If he's allowed to talk about it, then it's been declassified. 🤷🏼♂️
This information has been known for a while now.
lol this will just be another tool the government uses to control us. If we tried to use the 2a against tyranny they can just sky net us in the stone age and throw us in matrix jail pods.
@@JohnJaneson2449 I do wonder about his sources. I’d bet he has information he cannot upload
Well, the problem will be that the main adversaries are working on it too, like always.
I saw all I needed to see about drone swarms during the Gerard Butler “Angel Has Fallen” movie. Putting myself in that situation made me feel very exposed and overwhelmed, and in a very hopeless scenario. Maybe there’s a way to counter that move, but it looked…dire.
I immediately recalled a drone documentary about some kids at MIT setting about a dozen in independent flight (with collision avoidance), then starting a hive program whence they operated as a single cohesive unit. Similar to a shoaling school of fish. It took about three seconds to think of the brilliant drone self-sacrifice scene the movie producers put into play; evidently, someone there saw a similar documentary.
A video about the X65 and active flow control would be cool.
Ya looks cool. I wonder how powerful its control is? It would be cool to see one dog fighting an f16 and winning.
I hope our AI aircraft are capable of higher g forces than any human, by a large degree. So much so that it remains classified like the dive depth of submarines. It would all but gaurantee victory and might remove the need for defensive measures like flares.
I mean always had a thought if you blanket the sky with enough drones you can pretty much stop anything
This is how you stop wars! War is becoming to frightening, and as a small nation it is not worth the expense.
Yeah, that's all well and good. The problem is, sometimes you're not given a choice on whether to go to war. Sometimes it comes to you whether you like it or not. See Ukraine. See U.S.A. in WW2. See Israel. See... well, this list could go on for quite some time. You don't always have a choice to 'war' or 'not to war.' Often that choice is made by someone else, for reasons usually attributable to greed, and you'd better be prepared for it, because if you aren't, it may cost you absolutely EVERYTHING!
The decoys are a cool idea. I thought AI doesn't have great spatial abilities. Does DoD have more advanced AI?
Look at the displays they did in South Korea for the Olympics. Drone swarms have been here a while and we are behind the game
Every military installation, ship in the navy or tank/apc, squad/individual that is spending time out in the open is going to have to have a mix of kinetic and non-kinetic anti-drone/swarm technology attached to it or it's a sitting duck.
Better be un-hackable
It would be really cool if they could use those tiny drones in the same way that flares are used: as a way to protect the aircraft in an active engagement.
Anduril, has an anti-drone drone called Anvil look it up. Also Pulsar is the anti-electronic tool to jam signals.
Next in the evolution timeline: drone swarm killer.
We are already befind, a long ways to go if we are going to lead
Great video!
I see you are learning Premiere Pro. I did the same last year. Its nice to have complete control, but i discovered some of the complex strategies take time to learn. Ironically RUclips is great for that. I enjoy your show and wish you well.
You wonder how to stop it.
1. Lasers to knock out cameras by burning out
2. Small projectiles to knock out the propellers.
3. Electromagnetic jammers.
Any other ideas?
Este canal es una obra de arte
Reminds me of Enders Game!
Yikes
Alex, how do I buy into your startup? US Air Force electronic warfare system specialist here. I am wondering if it is time to move into a new era for chaff. Traditionally chaff is just been strips of aluminum foil ejected out of an aircraft in order to attract radar guided missiles. We live in an age of micro Drones, stealth technology and advanced material science. Imagine deploying thousands or tens of thousands Of micro Drones contain small robotic flour, coated with stealth on the outside and a Reflective inside. The ability To deploy cheap smart, chaff on a large scale, able to loiter and turn on and off at the wheel of The AI could overwhelm air defenses.
Finally catching up to the real battlefield.
lol am laughing even Australia way ahead in this field, most USA drones use Australian technology. MQ8 Firescout AI helicopter uses Australian object indetification and tracking systems. p3 Orion uses that same Aussie company object id and tracking systems.
Ukraine has about 4 Australian AI drones in it's war, Australia MQ28A Ghost bat has all he said USA wants in a CCA. it does not need a human piloted jet to control it in missiosn as can perform missions autonomously and in swarms of other drones and why is named Ghost bat as is what the Australian animal does in real life...
The near future is absolutely terrifying.
Do they have a plan to counter jamming?
Could there be defensive drone swarms?
What is old will become new again, hello my old friend M42 Duster
Great channel. One thought, the Pentagon & its contractors better put as much effort into making sure this technology doesn't get hacked and stolen!
The xinese seem to be high on gutter oil, thinking they can somehow oversaturate American fleets with their kludge rocketry, thinking that they need mass batteries and just need to launch and then somehow would make it to target,
These bad boys better not come with a price tag of $9999999 per drone.😂😂
1:25 it says 3D printed, maybe not too expensive
@@JohnJaneson2449 3D printing is more expensive then plastic injection molding and other means of mass production.
@@JohnJaneson2449 3D printing is a terrible way to make most things *at scale*. It's useful for prototypes but if they claim to use it for mass manufacturing then they're just spouting buzzwords.
@@JohnJaneson2449 Are you gonna 3D print the motors, batteries and electronics too? Guess who makes those.
Actually also guess who makes the 3D printers or the 3D filaments, lol
We're in luck. They're a dollar off - this decade only!
$99999998 each!
so excited to show this to all the comment warriors saying the US is behind and not ready to face china with drones.
EMP's back on the menu??
Imagine a system that could be deployed by some means to fly above navy flotillas.
It would make it impossible for any kind of anti ship weapons to get a lock.
exactly. i have been saying this for a while now. this is the future.
Don’t tell the Chinese!
They too have been testing drone swarms, but I am sure you already know that. 😁
Your content is so good other youtubers try to take your topics and try to stretch it out claiming it their own even after they reference you and your viseo...I am talking about you Simon Whistler
Thanks.
Carriers from StarCraft
Yeah, “distributed” systems is a vague term. This is all a great idea, if the layers of complexity each node relies upon are also distributed. If you have a swarm of a thousand drones, but the enemy can take it out by cutting one cord-you’re missing the whole point.
So I really hope we possess the encryption technology, operational security, and frankly, compliance practices to field an actual distributed system.
This is really cool but also a little scary
Russias saturation point is 2 bottles of vodka.
Is the Chance of AI-controlled F16 the reason why USA isnt donating F16 to the Ukraine?
Think of a AI-F16 dropping a swarm of AI-drones...
It will be really Meta if these drones mimic F35 signatures so the enemy will think the smaller RCS are the high value stealth fighter targets.
Australia owns IP in 3 key technologies, what do you get when you combine them?……Rotational Detonation and Scram Jet propulsion, and AI controlled drone (MQ28)
The future will be interesting.
Skynet approves!
Just think sometime in the near future in some conflict some one is going to say "release the swarm". Just like a damn movie....
Alex please.. Kamikaze drones i.e. attritable and sacrificial airborne munitions, has Nothing! to do with suicide. Quite the opposite! As a leading communicator in the military aviation domain, could I please make you consider using an alternative and more proper description of the attack drones i.e. "Kamikaze drones". FYI - Kamikaze means Divine Wind, but the word is associated with self destructing, pilot guided explosives, and as such is a much more fitting name, without employing the concept of suicide. As a matter of fact, the air suicide attack units from the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2, were officially called "Shinpū tokubetsu kōgeki tai", meaning "divine wind special attack units".
I'm surprised not by the concept described in this video but that anyone has the temerity to breathe a word about it. This is one of three critical concepts I believe is entirely within the capability of any country that possesses decision making and piloting AI so is both obvious and yet can't be spoken about because even the slightest misspeak could have enormous consequences tipping an adversary.
Because it is not new and every country is doing it and for once USA is not in the lead of it either,
Australia MQ28A Ghost Bat AI drone is known as world most advanced AI combat drone it has AI swarm and does not need a manned jet to control it, it's AI can operate in swarms comunicating with other AI drones to carry out a mission.
A mission can be uploaded before take off and the drone performs the whole mission autonomously.
Australia Defendtex D40 drone is in Ukraine war and seen it fly in to a Russian tank hatch and blow it up, has drone swarm AI. seen it in Aussie video swarms of 20 or so attack a pickup truck.
Was in a video swarming a US base, was hundreds of drones, USA and UK militaries use it too.
Has a carrier drone capable of carrying heaps of smaller AI drones and also has a 80 missile launcher system, Defendtex bought the technology of Australian company Metal Storm that built the MAUL under barrel attachment for M4, M16 .
Australia has so many AI drones with drone swarm capabilities it's giving me a headache following them all.
Australia sent a carboard wax drone to Ukraine that can carry a small explosive, cardboard will not show up on any radar lol..
Autonomous drone swarm cluster munitions... jesus
You just said Skyborg program, how scary and ironic, kinda reminds me of this movie I watched from the 80's
These low cost drones are going to be a major challenge to defend against. The saturation point is obviously a problem, but so too is the economic problem of shooting down a $10k drone with a $1m air defense missile. Even if they’re all shot down early in the engagement, at some point the defender runs out of air defense missiles or runs out of money producing to produce them.
If this is a suicide drone/missile, some kind of cheap defense mechanism is badly needed. Rail guns and directed energy weapons (aka ‘lasers’) are a good option here, but that too can be costly in terms of the number of systems needed to cover a wide area. And that doesn’t necessarily address the drones that are meant to carry a munition at a higher altitude and then return to base.
When you realize that Alex doesn't actually wear glasses.... You can't unsee it.
Super!
Very interesting!
*Black Ops II Multiplayer theme intensifies*
We don’t play fair. We win.
So the plan is to complete with the country we gave our manufacturing capabilities to, knowing they are capable of making a useful product at about 50 bucks a pop or less...
the movie terminator comes to mind
Pie in the sky dreams
Imagine seeing a wave of birds flying towards you in the battlefield, only to realize it's a 1000 drones, and each of them can kill you. That's scary
Weakness: radar jamming. This is an issue right now in Ukr and is rarely mentioned.
Fully autonomic drones make sense, but I would really worry that any kind of mesh communication will simply be jammed in a proximity of a high value target.