Comments on: The peak efficiency of a new weapon system is only about 2 weeks before countermeasures emerge

By: Roo_ster

Roo_ster — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:04:52 +0000

“This highlights the need for the US to develop solutions before any great-power conflict.”

Too late, dude. Would not the #1 and #2 militaries in Europe count as “great powers?” (Russia & Ukraine for the short-bus crowd. Who was #1 & #2 at the start of the conflict is the better question.)

For my part, when I had input, I argued in favor of better/more precise fire control for dumb munitions both direct & indirect.

By: Adar

Adar — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:39:23 +0000

These FPV drones [First Person View] at this point in time seem to be unstoppable. Can be jammed but can take out any any tank in existence and apparently with surprising ease.

The Russians already have an FPV drone that spools out a 6 mile [10 kilometer] long trail of fiber optic cable behind it for the controller to direct the drone. Cannot be jammed.

Those German Gephard 35 mm AAA seem to be an answer to the drone problem but are only fielded in small numbers.

By: Michael van der Riet

Michael van der Riet — Fri, 31 May 2024 18:47:33 +0000

Russia will welcome a re-targeting of JDAMS to strike electronic jammers rather than ground offense equipment. The USAF was equally easily diverted in Vietnam to fly high-loss SEAD missions and spare true military targets. Incidentally this is proof that the Ukraine-Russia war is more like the US-Russia war, with Ukrainians only required to fill coffins.