Cheap drones are reshaping the war in the sky (scrolling infographic) (opens in new tab)

Only passing mention of Ukraine's drone tech which is ahead of a lot of that stuff. Trump's a bit negative:

>“We don't need their help in drone defense,” Trump told Fox News in an interview. “We know more about drones than anybody. We have the best drones in the world, actually.” (mar 14)

but I'm not so sure about that.

The laser systems make sense. It’s focusing a beam on a drone. But it has range issues.

Radar and GPS jamming are stop gaps. Cameras and onboard processors are so cheap.

Drones are more autonomous, all they need is vision and IMU orientation. Not much radar and GPS jamming can do about.

We thought Russia was a paper tiger. But US is also a paper tiger.

For all the hype of Anduril/F35 and modern weaponry where trillions were spent, US is failing pretty bad in Iran.

And where does “America First” really come here. Life is worse for average American than before Trump is elected.

Antidrone systems will be the next frontier.