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Re:Ukrainian Drones Are Burning Down Russia's Oil and Gas In... by ungreased0675 on Saturday January 27, 2024 @10:54AM (#39156544)
Ukraine is already consuming a huge quantity of imported and indigenously manufactured drones. Other countries also do not have millions of drones to send. Ukraine is already at the cutting edge of this type of warfare. Everyone else is scrambling to catch up. Search Replicator for the US DoD program.
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Re:Ukrainian Drones Are Burning Down Russia's Oil and Gas In... by more_corn on Saturday January 27, 2024 @01:51PM (#39158544)
Why don’t other countries have huge programs to manufacture millions of drones? The coming war in the pacific will feature drone swarms.
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Re:Ukrainian Drones Are Burning Down Russia's Oil and Gas In... by foofie on Saturday January 27, 2024 @02:46PM (#39159106)
> Why don’t other countries have huge programs to manufacture millions of drones?

I don't think there was a demand for millions of drones.

The little demand there was, it was well met by China's cheap drone industry.

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Re:Ukrainian Drones Are Burning Down Russia's Oil and Gas In... by imtringued on Saturday January 27, 2024 @03:57PM (#39159754)
You do realize that anti ship missiles and anti air missiles already exist?

What kind of ground targets do you expect to hit with your drone swarms in the middle of the ocean?

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Re:Ukrainian Drones Are Burning Down Russia's Oil and Gas In... by klooney on Sunday January 28, 2024 @08:40AM (#39165625)
Aircraft carriers.
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