Thread by @TrentTelenko

@crusaderproject What we are seeing here is the AFV equivalent of the 1967 sinking of the Eilat.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Zealo…

Destroyers did not become obsolete because of a pair of Komar missile boats sinking a WW2 Z-Class DD. Neither will AFV's.

Change, however, is now upon AFV's like DD's,

@crusaderproject I will note that current AFV's are sufficiently mobile to generate non-K-Kill misses against unpowered dropped munitions.

Check the second strike video segment.

@crusaderproject The speed with which a counter to the Bayraktar TB2 plus ROKETSAN MAM-L Smart Micro Munition can be countered in the kinetic sense is easily demonstrated by the deployment of one off the shelf and one black world military technology.

@crusaderproject Off the shelf tech included upgrading CROW's type mount for improved local ADA against drones.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROWS

@crusaderproject And the "gone to black" military tech is the EXtreme ACcuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) .50 caliber laser guided smart bullet.

darpa.mil/program/extrem…

@crusaderproject The real vulnerability of small UAV's is non-kinetic.

Every UAV has a fly-by-wire wire/cable network that is vulnerable to high powered EM signals.

A concentrated EMF signal will blank a UAV's flight control and cause them to crash.

@crusaderproject The shielding to protect the electronic flight control of a small UAV is both expensive & above all heavy. 

Plus it requires specialized maintenance as the normal landing and usage of a tactical-class UAV will rapidly degrade EMF shielding at the connections allowing a high,,,

@crusaderproject ...power microwave signal to invade the fly-by-wire flight controls and down the drone.

Any UAV shielded to stop a high power EM attack is big & expensive enough to justify a Stinger with a proximity warhead.

@crusaderproject Where this is going in the long term is the mass deployment of room temperature solid state maser technology on AFV's and any other platform vulnerable to small armed UAV swarms.

See:

newatlas.com/solid-state-ma…

@crusaderproject Every AFV needs a solid state Maser (microwave counterpart to a laser) and "air defense" need to be sensor platforms in a network connected by an AFV equivalent of the NTDS data link to feed the AFV''s the data to engage small UAV's.

@crusaderproject The problem is that it will take the US Army losing a small war to deploy such a system since masers don't blow things up.

The generals think they need a bang with a big puff of smoke to get Congress to sign off.

@crusaderproject What US Generals have not learned from the 2018 Mosul fight vs ISIS off-the-shelf drones.

warontherocks.com/2018/05/air-su…

@crusaderproject This:
"First, U.S. targeting efforts must recognize an exploit the inherent value of small drones. Because of their effectiveness as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets, drones offer a valuable link to the decision-makers of an adversarial organization."

@crusaderproject and this:

Second, counter-drone systems must become a standard piece of equipment for ground combat units at multiple echelons. The 82nd Airborne’s success with an ad-hoc counter-drone system provides an example of successfully utilizing available technology to defeat small...

@crusaderproject ...rotary-wing drones on the urban battlefield. This innovation, however, will not translate into victory on every battleground. ISIL’s drones flew over extremely dense terrain, in a small area, defending a fairly linear front line. The Anti-UAV Defense System was effective in...

@crusaderproject ...dealing with drones over a single ground unit’s advance; it won’t be as useful when offensive and defensive terrain is not well-defined. Moreover, two trucks were required to move the entire system – adequate when supporting larger maneuvers, but too bulky to support smaller..

@crusaderproject ...operations, such as a single platoon’s patrol.

We are looking at air-ground task forces down to squad and AFV level.

And we need to synchronize electronic warfare with it, because that beats the small UAV threat.

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