Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Cobretti2 said:

Ryuu96 said:

NEW: Ukraine is mounting a new push for the U.S. to send MQ-9 Reapers for surveillance, but Washington says the the drones are too vulnerable to jamming / being shot down. w/ ⁦⁦@paulmcleary⁩ https://t.co/VQO7SOqlSQ

— Lee Hudson (@LeeHudson_) May 3, 2024

Sounds like another excuse which will last about a year until Russia makes more progress and America finally says "actually, it's fine" Lol. I'm not saying they aren't vulnerable to jamming but if that is the case then you should be upgrading them otherwise they're just useless scrap-metal, the West is slacking on anti-jamming technology.

Yer this is bizarre. We have this drone but it sucks and is useless, so let's not use it, instead of let's fix it's vulnerabilities an make it useful. 

It also makes me wonder, if they don't have an urgency to fix the vulnerabilities, then what new tech do they have that replaces the MQ-9 we don't know about lol

Drones are moving to being run by AI instead of radio transmissions and a person controlling it.