The F-35 Big/Expensive/Few Platform & Missile cult is in deep denial of this battlefield reality.
Air superiority below 2,000 feet/600 meters has been lost by crewed aircraft.
F-35's are irrelevant for the Mavic drone threat, save as a budget threat to the C-UAS procurement.
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Air superiority below 2,000 feet/600 meters has been lost by crewed aircraft.
F-35's are irrelevant for the Mavic drone threat, save as a budget threat to the C-UAS procurement.
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https://twitter.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/1938575886485508136
The arrival of the Ukrainian Gogol-M, a 20-foot span fixed-wing aerial drone mothership, with over a 200km radius of action while carrying a payload of two 30km ranged attack drones under its wings, underlines the impact of low level airspace as a drone "avenue of approach."
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The Gogol-M flys low and slow, below ground based radar coverage like a helicopter.
It opens up headquarters, ground & air logistics in the operational depths to artificial intelligence aided FPV drone attacks.
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It opens up headquarters, ground & air logistics in the operational depths to artificial intelligence aided FPV drone attacks.
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As the UK Guardian described the Gogol-M:
"The reusable mothership and its killer offspring cost $10,000 (£7,500), all-in. It can travel up to 300km, with the suicidal attack drones able to fly a further 30km.
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"The reusable mothership and its killer offspring cost $10,000 (£7,500), all-in. It can travel up to 300km, with the suicidal attack drones able to fly a further 30km.
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Such a mission would previously have required missile systems with a price tag of between $3m and $5m, it is claimed."
That $10,000 price point for a Gogol-M with two FPV munitions humbugs any thought of using the F-35 in the C-UAS role.
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That $10,000 price point for a Gogol-M with two FPV munitions humbugs any thought of using the F-35 in the C-UAS role.
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The cheapest air-to-air missile on the F-35 is the AIM-9X Sidewinder, which costs $400K a shot.
Even the much touted APKWS 70mm laser guided rocket costs 2.5 times the unit cost of a loaded out Gogol-M.
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Even the much touted APKWS 70mm laser guided rocket costs 2.5 times the unit cost of a loaded out Gogol-M.
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The cost curve of mass produced precision guided drones is making the per unit cost drop 100x to 1,000x cheaper than what Post-Cold War Big/Expensive/Few platform & missile paradigm can contend with.
This means any mission a drone can do, a drone will do, every time.
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This means any mission a drone can do, a drone will do, every time.
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