First vids of active testing of drone swarms that I am aware of were from 2017. https://youtube.com/watch?v=DjUdVxJH6yI . It's been five years since then. They are now capable of even avoiding crashes in dense forests.
In a similar vein how long before military squads have transportation robots or additional robot troops. The LS3 robot was tested but the project got shelved by 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legged_Squad_Support_System . Was there any project after that which is still viable to fill a similar role or have they given up on robot animal equivalents for military usage? The humanoid robots got stuck at the ad level as far as I am aware. Drones will likely fill that niche.
US soldier exosuit developments have made genuine advancements over the years and I can bet my right nut that they have active exosuit usage for their specialized troops, off the record. I believe this because in Japan industrial workers were already using exosuits by 2017.
In a similar vein I think the bio mechanical insect project likely succeeded but had to be shelved because of the level of biodiversity loss around human habitations made them unviable. They instead filled that niche at government level with mandatory chips for dogs.
In addition, fun fact, the F 35B jet can vertically takeoff.
Night vision is already as good as science fiction grade, able to give you vision as clear as the day.
So after sharing all these links i come to my primary point, what else do you think is going to be the big new future warfare upgrade in the next one or two decades and how long is the stuff that's in prototype mode right now take to come out. The more specifics with links the better.
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Wrote a whole thing out, figured it might not be the smartest public comment, so this the summary:
New technology can only be effective if the operator on the ground has enough competency and training to operate the equipment.
I'll probably write a book one day on the disconnect the operations side has with the R&D and training/personal side.
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You are not wrong about that but we are getting closer and closer to a point that dumber and dumber people can get the same results. For example - modern planes almost fly themselves with their advanced autopilot.
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Sure, but what happens when AP fails.
Pilot standards aren't going to drop for $100 million aircraft.
Much more to an aircraft than flying it, especially the F-35. Tons of highly specialized maintenance is required.
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if you think flying the f-35 is easy, then you are sadly mistaken. there is a lot more to this aircraft than meets the eye. it requires constant maintenance and care, and if you're not up to the task, then you shouldn't be flying it.
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If you haven't flown one then you're opinion is invalid.
Jk, just don't like starting irrelevant arguments that drift from my point on the cat site.
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Your ignorant bigotry is disgusting and has no place in a civilized society.
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Makes sense. What kinda weapons you figure the special forces are using these days?
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Except most of the "cutting edge" tech is never intended to be used with grunts.
Take the exosuit. R-slurred concept really for cost/benny. But it's intended use would be for extraction/assassination in a defended urban environment, not on a battlefield.
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The cutting edge stuff is ideas that sound cool to flag officers and SES's who've been out of operations for 2 decades but never get used.
My career is strictly commutations in operational environments. Hopefully the halo suit guys have some more sense than the communication folks.
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