An interesting post, and Ian Fleming would have loved it. But as a long-time reader I’m going to jump off this topic for a moment to ask a vital question. Where are we, and by ‘we’ I mean the U.S. military or our allies, in the development of readily deployable and effective countermeasures against drone swarm attacks? Wes, you may want to spend some time on this, since it poses a grave threat to Ukraine, and ultimately to us.
Interesting timing. I'm a guest on an upcoming podcast about AI in warfare. Beyond that, just today, the SECDEF removed the remaining restrictions on US military autonomous drone development. We (the US) are certainly behind the curve according to publicly available information. Especially as Russia equips new Shaheds with Nvidia's Jetson Orin edge AI brain. I'm also helping a private company in Texas pitch something similar to Ukraine's Sky Sentinel (AI-controlled turrets) to the US Army. If the consensus from my readers is to focus more pointedly on AI in war, I'd be happy to. I attempt to keep somewhat of a variety of military-adjacent topics so readers don't get bored.
You are most qualified to choose topics, as your consistently never-boring writing demonstrates. Yet war is a proving ground that pushes the accelerator on technical development. Instead of the latest bright shiny objects we need new solutions that work. Even more importantly, we need expertise to tell the difference. If you gain insights please share them as your experience dictates. We can’t afford to be behind the curve.
An interesting post, and Ian Fleming would have loved it. But as a long-time reader I’m going to jump off this topic for a moment to ask a vital question. Where are we, and by ‘we’ I mean the U.S. military or our allies, in the development of readily deployable and effective countermeasures against drone swarm attacks? Wes, you may want to spend some time on this, since it poses a grave threat to Ukraine, and ultimately to us.
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Interesting timing. I'm a guest on an upcoming podcast about AI in warfare. Beyond that, just today, the SECDEF removed the remaining restrictions on US military autonomous drone development. We (the US) are certainly behind the curve according to publicly available information. Especially as Russia equips new Shaheds with Nvidia's Jetson Orin edge AI brain. I'm also helping a private company in Texas pitch something similar to Ukraine's Sky Sentinel (AI-controlled turrets) to the US Army. If the consensus from my readers is to focus more pointedly on AI in war, I'd be happy to. I attempt to keep somewhat of a variety of military-adjacent topics so readers don't get bored.
You are most qualified to choose topics, as your consistently never-boring writing demonstrates. Yet war is a proving ground that pushes the accelerator on technical development. Instead of the latest bright shiny objects we need new solutions that work. Even more importantly, we need expertise to tell the difference. If you gain insights please share them as your experience dictates. We can’t afford to be behind the curve.
Those crazy Russian bastards…
Great shtick with the bandage.
I mean, it *was* shtick, right?