How America intends to use DRONE SWARMS to own the skies
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- While FPV drones are already changing the face of warfare in conflicts like Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the future of drone warfare, and specifically drone swarms, is even more daunting.
Here's a short breakdown of some of the ways the United States military aims to bring this technology to the battlefield in the not-too-distant future.
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Honestly, this is *thee* best channel of its kind on TH-cam. 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
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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%
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 ....
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?
@@TenOrbital"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!
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
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.
Microwave technology also under development in U.S. can give these battalion of drones a serious workout.
Former F-16 avionics journeyman here, great video! Thanks for the quality.
It's the Black Ops 2 campaign lmao
Swarm drone deploy
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..
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.
This is Drone Power
They call it sky-net. Once it becomes self aware, it will drop much more than the hyphen!
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.
Fantastic. I'm excited every time I get a notification from this channel.
Literally Ghost recon breakpoint
"This workout is gonna be borin- OMG ALEX HIII
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.
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
A great analysis of a very interesting subject, Alex. Thanks
Thanks for the update. t seems nobody else comes close to the quality of your product. Keep up the good work.
Great video!
Oh, come on now. The scariest two words that the US Military will ever hear are now, always and forever 'budget cuts"
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"Kill Decision," by Daniel Suarez, deals with AI-directed drone swarms. And those scenes are nightmare fuel.
I'm so glad to hear the news.
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!
This is so badas*, definitely gives me a huge smile! :) kudos to you, Alex!
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!
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.
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.
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..
Very interesting!
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
Nothing really new here but still well done and enjoyable, kudos.
another day another ace combat lore seeping into reality
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!
Super!
Excellent script, pacing, information, and great ending.
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Thanks.
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 TH-cam is great for that. I enjoy your show and wish you well.
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.
Literally Ace Combat 7
Better be un-hackable
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.
Watching those drones drop out of the fighters is such a chilling thing to even consider… scary!
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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.
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
I, for one, welcome our new Drone Swarm overlords.
"Crewed or Crude, an analysis of 5th gen vs 6th gen aircraft"
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! 😁
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.
A video on the satellite pictures of the Chinese drone carrier would love to hear your take.
This is really cool but also a little scary
Next in the evolution timeline: drone swarm killer.
I mean always had a thought if you blanket the sky with enough drones you can pretty much stop anything
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...
Well, the problem will be that the main adversaries are working on it too, like always.
Great channel. One thought, the Pentagon & its contractors better put as much effort into making sure this technology doesn't get hacked and stolen!
You just said Skyborg program, how scary and ironic, kinda reminds me of this movie I watched from the 80's
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
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.
The near future is absolutely terrifying.
Just think sometime in the near future in some conflict some one is going to say "release the swarm". Just like a damn movie....
Don’t tell the Chinese!
They too have been testing drone swarms, but I am sure you already know that. 😁
We are already befind, a long ways to go if we are going to lead
When you realize that Alex doesn't actually wear glasses.... You can't unsee it.
EMP's back on the menu??
The decoys are a cool idea. I thought AI doesn't have great spatial abilities. Does DoD have more advanced AI?
exactly. i have been saying this for a while now. this is the future.
Skynet approves!
Do they have a plan to counter jamming?
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
Carriers from StarCraft
the movie terminator comes to mind
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.
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.
*Black Ops II Multiplayer theme intensifies*
Could there be defensive drone swarms?
What is old will become new again, hello my old friend M42 Duster
Flare dispensers?! Our Army Aviation will have its own Air Force with all of our Blackhawks and Chinooks.
Electro Magnetic Pulse Weapon Defense Dome System eats drones for lunch, Nikola Tesla + Albert Einstein style.
Decoys indeed. As in, information being shared with us. Just imagine what’s in development that we know nothing about. 👊😎
so excited to show this to all the comment warriors saying the US is behind and not ready to face china with drones.
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.
With AI guided drones, there really is nowhere to hide.
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.
That is possible.
Great vid as always. Would be interesting to see a video about how the USAF plans to combat drone swarms as China is working on similar programs.
We've been dropping them out of wing mounted pods since 2016 lol
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It's like that matrix bird flock formation of killer drones.
Dont tell the enemy everything
Sounds like the Zerg or Tyranids or the Arachnids!
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..
Russias saturation point is 2 bottles of vodka.
this is literally black ops 2
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.
Missiles of all ranges; Drones of every size and type, from Fighter Aircraft to Mosquito drones 😄; Uncrewed Surface and Underwater Combat vehicles; Land based Uncrewed Armored Attack Robots, and USA-UAR support vehicles, reconn, etc.
Lots of Bullets and Shells to!
Big, manned vehicles are just targets.....
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