Last night there was a display of mini-drones in formation over Guangzhou, ostensibly to celebrate the New Year.
But clearly coordinating over 1,000 drones so perfectly is unlikely to be a job for an army of fallible humans.
Imagine a battlefield where instead of dumping 500-pound smart-guided bombs out of circling jet fighters with only a short "playtime" to kill a handful of insurgents, a swarm of computer-controlled heat-seeking/visually guided dronelets seek out and kill individuals precisely and cheaply, with a few ounces of explosive each.
The potential has been discussed online within the last two years, e.g. here:
https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Air-Force-Seeks-Swarms-of-Attack-Mini-Drones-101454682
Was China saying, we're there now and woe betide etc.?
2 comments:
Coded? Not sure it's even subtle!
@Nick: But you have a military mind; I'm just a civvy.
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