| shavenferret said: Even EW isn't that great now. All they need to do is combine fiber optic and AI tech to avoid being susceptible to this EW stuff.  Now that i think about it, drones offer a cheap and easy way to conduct terrorism. We may see the Chechens use drones against their masters when they finally see how Russia is 100% weaksauce.   |
The IDF got you beat, they've been using commercial drones to terrorize since 2018 at least.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/8/israel-retrofitting-dji-commercial-drones-to-bomb-and-surveil-gaza
By 2018, DJI drones were reportedly in extensive use across numerous divisions in the Israeli military. The Israeli campaign group Hamushim found evidence that Israeli military-trained operators were using DJI’s Matrice 600 model to drop tear gas on civilian protesters during the following year’s Great March of Return in Gaza.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/26/g-s1-35437/israel-sniper-drones-gaza-eyewitnesses
https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6357/Gaza:-Israeli-army-expands-its-use-of-quadcopters-to-kill-more-Palestinian-civilians
Houthis and Hezbollah have also used drones, as well as Iran in the spectacular retaliatory attack last year. Hamas is also starting to use drones now, captured from the IDF.
No doubt research into EMP weapons is ramping up across the world super powers.
https://mindmatters.ai/2025/05/defense-emp-cannons-could-down-drone-swarms-like-bug-spray/
