Best news of 2025 so far! WHY is the US wasting any time and money on losers like russia? Wes do you think the Pentagon is quietly taking note? So much to learn from the Ukrainians. And by the way, please make that t-shirt. I swear I’ll pre-order a dozen.
What those tricksy Ukrainians come up with! After they survive and win this horrible war Russia brutally brought them, I can imagine Ukraine becoming a major arms supplier for the 21st century. Unfortunately new weapons will always be in demand.
The game changer here was the cheap availability of remote control, AKA starlink. Which is presumably why everyone is racing to put up a Starlink competitor just as everyone raced to copy GPS once it became apparent what a game changer knowing where you are anywhere on the globe actually is.
Of course since we’ve come full circle back to INS for critical stuff since GPS spoofing has been shown to be a significant problem.
Tying it together in a comparatively inexpensive platform that anyone with a modicum of fiberglassing skills and assembly could produce at scale, IS a game changer. But none of this would be relevant unless there was a low-latency, low power way to control the robot from afar.
Starlink signals IIRC are difficult to track or intercept thanks to the use of phased arrays and overhead LOS communication.
Best news of 2025 so far! WHY is the US wasting any time and money on losers like russia? Wes do you think the Pentagon is quietly taking note? So much to learn from the Ukrainians. And by the way, please make that t-shirt. I swear I’ll pre-order a dozen.
What those tricksy Ukrainians come up with! After they survive and win this horrible war Russia brutally brought them, I can imagine Ukraine becoming a major arms supplier for the 21st century. Unfortunately new weapons will always be in demand.
The game changer here was the cheap availability of remote control, AKA starlink. Which is presumably why everyone is racing to put up a Starlink competitor just as everyone raced to copy GPS once it became apparent what a game changer knowing where you are anywhere on the globe actually is.
Of course since we’ve come full circle back to INS for critical stuff since GPS spoofing has been shown to be a significant problem.
Tying it together in a comparatively inexpensive platform that anyone with a modicum of fiberglassing skills and assembly could produce at scale, IS a game changer. But none of this would be relevant unless there was a low-latency, low power way to control the robot from afar.
Starlink signals IIRC are difficult to track or intercept thanks to the use of phased arrays and overhead LOS communication.
Perfect solution!