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Inside the U.S. Military’s New Drone Warfare School | WSJ



Small, inexpensive “off the shelf” drones, like those Ukraine is using against Russia and Hamas is deploying against Israel, are transforming modern warfare. To train American soldiers to counter the threat of civilian drones modified with explosives, the U.S. military recently opened a specialized drone warfare school.

WSJ visited the first academy of its kind, the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems University, that will train about 1,000 troops a year.

Chapters:
0:00 Drone attacks
0:55 The director of the school
3:28 Historical background
4:15 Drones in Ukraine
5:01 Drones in swarms

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@ronaldwhite1730

Thank you . ( 2024 / Aug / 11 )

@robertwang7825

With the production capacity of China and its lower costs , I don’t see how US can challenge China in the drone , robodog, unmanned tanks , robosharks , etc race. You can handle small numbers but if thousands or tens of thousands are launched , that will be a problem as seen in Ukr war.

@PrzemysawDziubczynski

Look at the Ukraina-Russia war, kamikaze drones are too fast to aim and shot them.

@edgararturogomezmeisel2217

Shooting to a static hovering drone? … I'm not sure it works like that in real life.