/AKM/ - Guns, weapons and the art of war.

>>5909
it depends, if any of those designs (specially the geran copy) can use starlink or some other satellite Internet connection, then they are fundamentally different technologies. a low-cost, mass produced geran with an unjammable internet connection would be the perfect weapon for industrial warfare because it could easily counteract the logistical infrastructure of regular armies

american media likes to fear-monger about an impending prc invasion of the roc, which is extremely unlikely, but even if it were to happen, the prc would probably wait until completing their satellite constellations which are planned to support this type of weaponry

>>5910
why would satellite connection be unjammable ? GPS get jammed all the time

>>5910
>unjammable internet connection
>Unjammable anything
Well yeah that's how we ended up with glass fiber stuff. If it uses radio waves, it can probably be jammed.

Cheapening of AI and sensors for low cost drones which could guide themselves to targets and act with some autonomy after the point where jamming is expected. Recognizing landmarks and targets along with inertial navigation and no need for remote guidance.

>>5911
for a number of reasons, the most important of which is distance. gps gets not only jammed, but also spoofed (not only is the signal from the satellite interrupted, but it is replaced with a fake signal) because gps reception is passive, unidirectional, and analogical - the technical details make it extremely easy to interfere

>>5912
>If it uses radio waves, it can probably be jammed.
truism with no content. if you jam a fpv drone 30 meters away from a moving target, that's a problem. if you jam a geran-like long-range loitering munition 30 meters away from it's static target (once it is already diving in) it literally doesn't matter. there is a reason why ukraine uses those heavy bomber drones (that can carry both the ordinance and the antenna) and why they use them at relatively high altitudes (>100 mts) and why the videos you get from those are in 1080p while the russian single use fpv drones use 360p analog tv signal and still get partially jammed during the final approach: one platform is using satellite internet, the other is not. the underdog trick against that asymmetry is the fiber drones you mention, but that doesn't scale for things like gerans

>>5910
Pretty sure Gerans already use a satellite connection for guidance. Not that it matters much once the terminal AI guidance develops more. They generally strike static targets so they can just fly to the general area using an initially set distance/direction when launched then fly the last km or two to a pre-specified target with AI guidance.