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News & Current Events Apr 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM

Russian Sources: Ukraine is Fielding New AI-Capable Drones That Can’t Be Detected or Jammed

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Russian Sources: Ukraine is Fielding New AI-Capable Drones That Can’t Be Detected or Jammed
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Russian Sources: Ukraine is Fielding New AI-Capable Drones That Can’t Be Detected or Jammed
Official Kyiv says its drones work well and new ones are being tested. So far, only the Russian side confirms a next-generation Ukrainian drone is in action.
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pixlatedpuffin Apr 9, 2026 +742
Cool at first, but holy shit you can’t put this genie back in the bottle.
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Lucky-Qualms Apr 9, 2026 +251
Yeah I can't be the one slightly worried by this in the grand scheme of things. Can't blame Ukraine at all they're fighting for their existence. But at this point they are arguably the world leader in drone warfare and alot of countries are looking to work with them. It's certainly a scary genie.
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TipOfMeJapsEye Apr 9, 2026 +39
If the US wasn't run by putin's buddy, they would've been able to use western weapons to deal with this.
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pierrenoir2017 Apr 9, 2026 +18
Or the other way around, the US could collaborate on this tech and even use it for its own purpose when attacking for example... Iran (?). It questions if the US weaponry is still the only and optimal solution for this kind of warfare.
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Geichalt Apr 9, 2026 +20
I believe this was actually offered to the US by Ukraine (working together on drone tech based on Ukraine's experience) but Trump said no because he's a petty b****.
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SmegmaWarrior0815 Apr 9, 2026 +57
We should make sure that it is they are working with and help them any way we can so they don't fall under Russian occupation. Otherwise Russia will gain all this knowledge and technology.
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Lopsided-Rough-1562 Apr 9, 2026 +96
Yeah that YouTube short movie about killer drones comes to mind
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fourthords Apr 9, 2026 +51
*Slaughterbots*
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Cambot1138 Apr 9, 2026 +14
Probably the scariest “warning video” I’ve ever seen after Threads. Slaughterbots is probably like 5 years away from being possible.
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rcanhestro Apr 10, 2026 +7
i mean, the only thing not possible yet is the size of the drones, the actual capability of them is probably already possible.
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bkgn Apr 10, 2026 +2
Israel has been fielding rifle-equipped drones programmed to shoot anything detected as a moving human for years already. Bullets make a lot more economic sense when you're operating in an area where your murder drones can't be contested.
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Feedback-Neat Apr 9, 2026 +11
I was thinking of the movie from the 80s!
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Ok_Adhesiveness_4939 Apr 9, 2026 +13
Screamers? Probably closer to the original story though. The New Model or something.
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directselector Apr 9, 2026 +3
Batteries not included
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Xalara Apr 9, 2026 +6
Yeah, best part is I’m pretty sure that movie was something that OpenAI, or the proto version of OpenAI, did way back in the day.
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MiniGiantSpaceHams Apr 9, 2026 +20
I don't think this is a genie situation, this is just inevitable technological progress. No one could do this before, so it wasn't a decision. Now they can, and if it wasn't this war it'd be another.
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InstantShiningWizard Apr 9, 2026 +28
When manned drones became a thing years ago, my first thought was how long it would take until someone strapped a gun or some form of explosive onto it and used it to assassinate people. Thankfully, my worries were instead greatly understated.
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ShortysTRM Apr 9, 2026 +11
You: When? Militaries everywhere: Now. As you've implied, it's so much worse now than I would have imagined in such a short period, and a huge amount of that has happened in the "3-day special operation." We are watching two exhausted countries trying to find any advantage they can, so I can only imagine what countries who weren't at war have come up with while watching the war evolve.
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AlpineMarmotSquad Apr 10, 2026 +2
We used to strap fireworks to RC planes back in the 90s for fun, and I always wondered why the military didn't weaponize something similar. Guess it just took them a few years
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CipherWeaver Apr 9, 2026 +6
Fr, if these things autonomously choose their target... Well the AI battlefield is finally here. Drone swarms will be the new military standard. 
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Overall-Medicine4308 Apr 9, 2026 +7
The US or NATO should have helped Ukraine with the war before autumn 2022, when it first began using FPV drones. The world didn't really notice. Even Russia only started doing so a few months later.
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JaVelin-X- Apr 9, 2026 +4
you could have .. in 2014
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rlwhit22 Apr 9, 2026 +20
I think it was already out tbh(not that it's not terrifying). Look at the giant drone swarms that china has been displaying as light shows. I imagine lot of that coordination is being done by AI
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Willing_Mission3903 Apr 9, 2026 +45
lol no, it's just some pre-programmed stuff
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PerspicaciousGoshawk Apr 9, 2026 +18
Either way, imagine every one of those is carrying a grenade. That's going to be future urban combat
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tellsyoutogetfucked Apr 9, 2026 +8
Yea sure. Its still a machine with a deadly payload and lines of code telling it to blow up targets. AI does not need to be terminator level of intelligence, simple autonomous decision making is more than enough cause pure misery.
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CryptoThroway8205 Apr 9, 2026 +4
They probably do have sensors and an idea of where they are relative to neighbors to recalibrate though.
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WORLDSLARGEST Apr 10, 2026 +2
Right but that’s not AI…
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rcanhestro Apr 10, 2026 +3
you don't need AI to do that, it's just a routine. not so different from light shows. drone 1 goes to positions A,B,C,D drone 2 goes to positions B,C,D,A and so on.
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winpickles4life Apr 9, 2026 +2
Matter of time. Can’t wait to meet my new overlord
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OregonMothafaquer Apr 9, 2026 +2
I love our overlord. (In case it reads this)
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Expensive_Archer1662 Apr 9, 2026 +2
This sort of exists already. Infrared image matching on existing cruise missiles is “AI” and been around forever. I sincerely doubt these are “AI” in the sense target is being selected entirely by an onboard computer with no reference and no preselection.
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mollila Apr 9, 2026 +2
>can’t put this genie back in the bottle. It was going to come out anyways. Only difference is that now there's a live testing ground.
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BlackTriceratops Apr 9, 2026 +2
If you wana be with me Baby theres a price to pay Im a genie in a bottle You gotta rub me the right way
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Andyrios Apr 9, 2026 +2
Vulnerable world hypothesis dark gray ball
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Optimal_Juggernaut37 Apr 10, 2026 +2
There was a black mirror episode a while back that had one of the robot doggo's hunting humans in a near future post-apoc. That was terrifying enough as it was, but flying drones, bees, wasps, it's basically Terminator/Arc Raiders
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takesthebiscuit Apr 9, 2026 +4
The scientists that made the Nazi v2 rockets of ww2 were immediately poached by USA and took civilisation to the moon Imagine what will happen when USA gets the ai drone scientists
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Sometimes-funny Apr 9, 2026 +11
They might invade some countries….oh
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mehum Apr 9, 2026 +8
They’ll take civilisation to hell?
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Gecks777 Apr 9, 2026 +4
I don't know. I think a world full of c**** killer drones sounds scary, but in a way, it kind of democratizes self-defense. If every minor power on up has warhouses full of these things, it means attacking any other country suddenly becomes very risky, and could eventually mean the end of war and foreign interference as we know it. It would also have the drawback of making it very difficult for the good kind of foreign interference, such as global pressure preventing a country from oppressing its own people, and might make terrorist activity more accessible, but all that might be a small price to pay for generalized international security. It might be real bad news for slow adopters in the next few decades, though.
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ptwonline Apr 9, 2026 +8
It's bad news for everyone. The disproportionate fear people feel over potential attacks from these will probably lead to a very draconian future security state which in turn will give govt so much control over us that authoritarian states will become an inevitability.
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Jack_Krauser Apr 10, 2026 +3
The only thing stopping oligarchs from forming authoritarian countries around the world is the threat of the people being able to stop them, by force if necessary. This kind of absurd autonomous force multiplier combined with the information attained by modern surveillance states largely removes that possibility. You're a naive fool if you think good things will come from this.
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WingerRules Apr 10, 2026 +2
I think more likely will be development of other automated units that can take them down, and also countries using EMP weapons that destroy electronics of entire regions of a country.
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Fleischhauf Apr 9, 2026 +1
it was bound to happen, just hope that the Russians will take some more time
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So_HauserAspen Apr 10, 2026 +1
Come with me if you want to live!
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SouthSouthBay Apr 10, 2026 +1
Autonomous killer robot era has begun
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Longy_LTB Apr 10, 2026 +1
This where desperation gets you I suppose
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CurtisLeow Apr 9, 2026 +778
> “The enemy has begun using new drones called ‘Martians,’ which, unfortunately, have a cruising speed of up to 300 kilometers/hour [186 miles / hour], no longer fly under operator guidance but are controlled by artificial intelligence,” Prikhodko said. “They are undetectable by electronic warfare systems, and drone detectors don’t spot them.” I think it's amazing what the Ukranians are doing. That's basically a cruise missile, but cheaper. > The Ukrainian security and defense publication, Militarnyi, in a Wednesday report, said that Russian drone operators in early April, for the first time, encountered Ukrainian First Person View (FPV) quadcopter aircraft fitted with a conventional wing, giving the drone extended range and loitering capacity. Lower-level operators probably came up with the upgrade to create a more effective interceptor drone that attacks Russian aircraft, the report said. [Here's the report.](https://militarnyi.com/en/news/winged-fpv-quadcopters-attack-russians/) It's a VTOL aircraft that rotates 90 degrees to have increased ranged. The large wings suggest that it flies extremely slow compared to [this similar concept.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PTsHDFMams) The Ukrainians are also probably trying to do the cheapest design possible.
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snirpie Apr 9, 2026 +249
Well, even a Shahed drone fits the definition of a cruise missile, but I get what you are saying. Autonomous navigation must be a game changer in an EW heavy environment. I assume they can fly them much lower as well, without the need to maintain connection.
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HanzanPheet Apr 9, 2026 +82
All fun and games until you are on the opposite end. This tech will eventually spread to all countries and "sides." I was thinking about this last night when I saw the video of the guy sitting there with drones audibly flying overhead and then hearing an explosion at the end of the video.  The mental trauma that comes from AI guided unmanned flying bombs is almost incomprehensible. I for one am not looking forward to this future. 
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mrzurgo Apr 9, 2026 +9
I felt the same feeling watching the same video
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scud121 Apr 10, 2026 +9
It actually makes me feel like the rockets launched at us in Afghan were way better. Less accurate and not personal for starters
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Suuuumimasen Apr 10, 2026 +2
I get the not personal part bro
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inconspiciousdude Apr 10, 2026 +1
It really does feels like a "f*** you in particular" kind of weapon.
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Gisschace Apr 10, 2026 +3
Yep it’s terrifying and why you need good neighbours nowadays, things like the EU will be more important
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martinsuchan Apr 9, 2026 +210
It's only matter of time until bad actors start to use these drones in US or Europe
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Gimme_The_Loot Apr 9, 2026 +229
100%. An autonomous missile that seems undetectable by the standard AA processes is a pretty terrifying thing to know exists in the world.
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leberwrust Apr 9, 2026 +89
Undetectable by electronic warfare systems. That probably means no wireless communication, which would make sense if it is ai controlled. But it should still be detected by radar. Which is probably also pretty hard since they are small and low flying. I would guess strong airborne radars would not have any problems detecting them.
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ethertrace Apr 9, 2026 +38
A lot of drone detection for AA systems is done via sound these days. Less range than radar, but more reliable given typical drone size. Really hard to dampen their sound signature.
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TheAberrant Apr 9, 2026 +28
Just blast flight of the Valkyrie’s once within range of the AA system to mask the droning sounds.
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Karli_Chirk Apr 9, 2026 +6
AA targeting systems do not care sounds and only the most advanced ones can lock on fpv drones in visual range, what you're describing is early detection warning.
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Codex_Dev Apr 10, 2026 +2
Drones are small enough that they give the same radar return as birds.
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BlackFoxTom Apr 9, 2026 +29
It is 100% detectable, not even F 22 or B 21 are undetectable It's just bullshit marketing article And flying without external radars and autonomously isn't anything special for decades
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BoboThePirate Apr 9, 2026 +47
There are basically 0 Russian AA systems operating within 60km of the front. They have so few AA systems that there are virtually zero protecting their oil refineries. The curvature of the Earth prevents detection of any craft flying at 100M or less if the radar is stationed more than 36 km away. Even *if* they had an S-400 on the front line, the amount of drones and trees in the sky would make it impossible to target, and even *if* you could get a lock, you’re using a $1 mil missile on a shit box with a wing duct taped to it. They are functionally undetectable by conventional means. Audio is the first alert you’ll get from these. This leaves audio and visual sightings as the only reasonably conventional way to detect these. (We aren’t even talking about shooting them down).
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Enhydra67 Apr 9, 2026 +15
Now they need to coat the underbelly with vantablack for nights.
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h-land Apr 9, 2026 +22
No. Absolutely not vantablack. Navy blue should suffice. Terry Pratchett taught me that, and he wasn't even accounting for light pollution.
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CrazyAnchovy Apr 10, 2026 +4
Curious why you said so strongly not vantablack
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PearTreePlumb Apr 10, 2026 +13
The night sky isn't vantablack... They're also joking. Not an expert but theyre right?
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h-land Apr 10, 2026 +14
The Pratchett quote I'm thinking of, best as I can find it from memory and google-fu, is this one from Making Money: > Every Assassin knew that real black often stood out in the dark, because the night in the city is usually never full black, and that gray or dark green merge much better. But they wore black anyway, because style trumps utility every time. And there don't seem to be any truly dark skies until east of the M4 in Russia.
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fineillmakeanewone Apr 10, 2026 +6
Just go outside and look at the night sky. Is it actually black? Is it the blackest black possible?
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BoldestKobold Apr 10, 2026 +3
Clearly you need a ground based laser weapon that fires straight up, then a drone with a big mirror 1km up in the air that reflects the laser at the target. Time to sci-fi this shit.
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BoboThePirate Apr 10, 2026 +2
I wanna know why this wouldn’t work haha. This like it’d be Mythbuster’s plausible
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BlackFoxTom Apr 9, 2026 +2
You are confusing long range AA with SHORAD SHORAD is mainly done using small portable radars on masts, IR, acoustics and good old guns, manpads and nowadays also anti drone drones and helis/small planes Also it isn't true that radars can't look beyond horizont, it depends on the type of it. And systems are interlinked, something somewhere has to see it or at least with good probability expect something somewhere. But line of sight isn't needed again already for decades. Even good old tomahawk flies barely of the ground, almost every anti-ship missile and so on. There are yet again decades of developing solutions against such threats. Question isn't whenever anti drone or anti cruise missiles systems exist. Only it's coverage, productions of effectors and economy. And Ukraine nor Russia nor USA nor China can intercept and protect every square meter of their land, no country can. Doesn't mean they don't try. And none of that makes some random drone undetectable or impossible to protect from.
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BoboThePirate Apr 9, 2026 +3
Shorad like long range AA is drone food. They get annihilated within the 60km kill zone. They are hunted to the point of extinction. They are a complete non-factor. Just the act of forcing them to expend a missile on these shit boxes is a large victory in itself. Tomahawk comparison again - yeah, 1$ mil with terrain mapping vs $3000 terrain mapping. The beauty is in the cost. Radar beyond horizon - No radar on Russian soil can detect a small bird-sized piece of plastic through trees and terrain. On the undetectable and impossible to protect against - I already included the audio visual forms of detection in my original post. On protection - sure it is physically possible to protect against these but economically impossible if UA scales these well. My point is this so are c**** and stupid-simple that there is no economical way to protect against them. They are always vulnerable to bullets but that is always a Hail Mary, wouldn’t be surprised if the success rate is sub 5%. Even US got its ass royally handed to them and they were expending hundreds of missiles a day against much larger and easier targets.
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CurtisLeow Apr 9, 2026 +5
Yeah this isn't new capability. The cost is what's new about this. These drones are dirt c****. They're much cheaper than rocket artillery. Some of these drones are cheaper than artillery shells. It might be cheaper to use drones instead of using self-propelled artillery.
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Yummygnomes Apr 10, 2026 +2
Are they not just a new version of self firing and self propelled artillery?
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Amazing_Medicine_365 Apr 9, 2026 +4
V1s and V2s were autonomous lol
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chubbytitties Apr 9, 2026 +2
Thats just what gets mass produced and is common knowledge. Imagine whats buried in RnD bunkers
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aManIsNoOneEither Apr 9, 2026 +2
exactly. I don't see how one can read that and say "that's amazing what Ukraine is doing". Good for them if that help the war. But like in all wars: at the end we all loose.
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xSaRgED Apr 10, 2026 +2
The instance of Ukrainians releasing drones from truck beds, etc all over Russia was the main warning sign for me. Bad operators are absolutely going to try and replicate that process.
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SevereRunOfFate Apr 9, 2026 +12
Agreed, only solace i take from this is it buys the Ukrainians some time and saves some of theirs... For now.
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hot_space_pizza Apr 10, 2026 +2
I cannot imagine what the world will look like when that happens. Will navys (navies?) be pointless? Will helicopters be too risky to launch. Airports and military bases are just going to go out of action especially if these units have range.
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tj381 Apr 9, 2026 +16
I found a couple of videos from Ukraine of this kind of drone [here.](https://x.com/GrandpaRoy2/status/2041733945289797880) It may use an optical odometry system which "measures a robot's movement by tracking surface features beneath it using cameras or laser sensors." This would make it immune to EW.
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StanknBeans Apr 10, 2026 +4
Isn't that was the mars helicopter used for navigation?
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tj381 Apr 10, 2026 +10
It is indeed. "The Mars Ingenuity helicopter uses a downward-pointing navigation camera (NAV cam) acting as an optical odometer to estimate its position, velocity, and orientation. This system is the core of its Visual-Inertial Odometry (VIO) navigation, which helps it track its movement over the Martian surface during flight." I've seen some references that the Ukrainians calls these drones the "Martians". So it has a small size which is hard to detect, autonomous navigation and AI to finish the job. I would hope though that a human is still part of the kill chain.
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fusionliberty796 Apr 10, 2026 +2
It is unlikely that there is any type of intervention capability, at least on deep strikes. I think these all have pre-programmed autonomous terminal phases with no real-time human control. Obviously though humans are formally authorizing the strikes before launch. What's interesting about VIO is that it is going to increase accuracy/hit rate, immune to jamming, and will decrease collateral which is always a good thing. Deep strike accuracy suffers from inertial guidance drift. Longer the craft travels, the error margin compounds. VIO will help reduce those margins.
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StinkySalami Apr 9, 2026 +19
The problem with this is the huge risk of collateral damage and spillover. Whatever AI they’re putting on a c**** Ukrainian drone is obviously going to be limited by onboard hardware. It has to run locally on relatively c**** silicon, not on some massive compute stack, so I really doubt the target recognition is going to be anywhere near as reliable as people think. And that matters because Ukrainian and Russian targets can look pretty similar from the perspective of a computer vision system. If you’re taking the operator out of the loop, you’re creating a real risk of misidentification, including civilians getting hit or even friendly forces. It also opens a Pandora’s box in the arms race. I get why Ukraine wants an edge against a bigger opponent, but every battlefield innovation gets copied. The Russians can do the same thing, and later so can plenty of other actors, especially since the underlying hardware is commercially available.
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StrangestEcho36 Apr 10, 2026 +8
If Ukraine can do it with their boxes of scrap, then you can bet that all major countries are currently working on their own variants of the technology. It was inevitable as soon as AI technology starting being implemented at scale.
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mollila Apr 9, 2026 +16
And can you blame an invaded country for trying and innovating? Fighting for their survival. In this case I'm very sure they are doing their best to not make mistakes. But yes, the tech developed will make waves.
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angelus14 Apr 9, 2026 +6
I mean, I blame Russia for starting the invasion in the first place. But nevertheless, this is not a good development. That commenter is right, this will be copied quickly to the detriment of us all.
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Historical_Course587 Apr 10, 2026 +5
The big scaries IMO: 1. Any manufacturing country (not just China, but also countries like Iran, Pakistan, India, Bangeledesh, Malaysia, Phillipines, Vietnam) could just crank out tens of thousands and be wartime-ready to go against anyone. 2. Non-nation organizations scooping these up for private industry. I'm thinking Cartels and Panama as an example. 3. Use for false flags. Launch them from hundreds of miles away, they get missed by most radar systems so nobody is ever tracing the origin point on these from the ground. 4. Open sourcing the blueprints. You could legitimately make some of these things in a garage, pull software from the internet, and be able to hit a skyscraper in the next state over. So it's not even terrorist organizations but even crazy lone wolf types that could hit anywhere.
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dervu Apr 9, 2026 +11
I see one mistake "unfortunately" => "fortunately"
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WCland Apr 9, 2026 +2
There were theories that Ukraine used AI guided drones in its attack on Russian air bases last year, where they snuck automated launchers into Russia in cargo containers. After launch, it seemed like the drones had image recognition for their targets, the specific planes on the tarmac.
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SamAzing0 Apr 9, 2026 +2
That's not AI though, that technology has been around for quite some time in cruise missiles.
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_vlad__ Apr 9, 2026 +2
I would assume these are drones made by Helsing? The military AI company that the listnook hivemind hates Spotify for.
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deviantbono Apr 10, 2026 +2
What?
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BindermanTranslation Apr 9, 2026 +1
Wake me up when we've got the Swords from Screamers.
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Duotrigordle61 Apr 9, 2026 +1
Sounds like they are describing the Ukrainian Sting Drones. Made with help from a Japanese company.
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tweakingforjesus Apr 10, 2026 +1
Some 25 years ago a professor mentioned a visual odometry system he was working on that used the silhouette of surrounding terrain. At the time I didn’t understand why that would be useful. I don’t wonder anymore.
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conanap Apr 10, 2026 +1
I wonder if war eventually will just be almost entirely replaced by machines, until it gets to a local HQ.
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Gentle_Snail Apr 9, 2026 +49
Thats genuinely kind of terrifying. 
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Mackitycack Apr 9, 2026 +28
C****, explosive drone swarms controlled by AI... What could go wrong?
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Exapno Apr 10, 2026 +9
So is Russian imperialism 🤷‍♂️
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gentleman_bronco Apr 9, 2026 +193
Cool. Get fucked, Kremlin.
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Stunning_North_7549 Apr 9, 2026 +55
Ya. Get fucked russia.
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AngryCanadian Apr 9, 2026 +5
Why am i worried that this gene will not be contained to Russia
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Emotional-Wish3638 Apr 10, 2026 +1
Yeah super cool, Russia will never be able to develop this technology to use themselves.
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Dark_World_Blues Apr 9, 2026 +142
Maybe it is time for Putin to accept that occupying Ukraine isn't worth all of this damage that Russia has received.
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twitterfluechtling Apr 9, 2026 +76
... or for Russian oligarchs that it isn't worth letting Putin continue his reign...
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Orposer Apr 9, 2026 +28
Couple more million Russians can die before he gives a shit.
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TheVenetianMask Apr 10, 2026 +6
I think he would take Russia to the grave just for the sake of being its final ruler.
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Dark_World_Blues Apr 10, 2026 +4
I want to believe that, but I don't think he would care
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ChrisOhoy Apr 9, 2026 +14
That much is already clear to Putin, no doubt.. but there’s no off-ramp at this point. Lose to Ukraine? He said Ukraine wasn’t even a real country.. so that’s not an option. Freeze the lines? Only from a position of strength is that viable.. Maybe western intervention can tip the scales in favor of Putin withdrawing.. but you’d need a coalition strong enough and scary enough to force his hand, without involving arch nemesis like Britain and US.. So basically no way out other than forced withdrawal due to frontline collapse. A new mobilization maybe, but that won’t change the realities on the ground where drones will see all and end all.
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miningman12 Apr 9, 2026 +7
He can sell bullshit to his people very easily this line of thinking is not correct
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ChrisOhoy Apr 9, 2026 +7
He can’t sell total defeat, which is what he’s eying..
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Erilaz_Of_Heruli Apr 9, 2026 +5
This war is his legacy. Even if he can sell a "victory" that doesn't result in him being assassinated, he knows he'd be remembered as the leader that threw away a million russian lives and his country's economic future for some ruined fields in eastern ukraine.
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Kevadu Apr 9, 2026 +3
But that's already how he's going to be remembered. At some point you need to cut your losses...
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djlawson1000 Apr 9, 2026 +4
The problem for him at this point is that this war is now existential for him. There is no going back. There’s no retreating and licking his wounds to try again in a few years or halting his expansion plans altogether. Taking Ukraine has officially become “do or die” for Putin.
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Dark_World_Blues Apr 10, 2026 +2
Yeah. Hopefully it is "die" for him
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Basic_Yam_715 Apr 9, 2026 +5
Shit, Ukraine might end up owning Russia...
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S_J_E Apr 9, 2026 +1
The time to accept this was day 4 of the 3 day SMO
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intimidator Apr 9, 2026 +9
Man, this is some fine terminator level shit I'm reading about
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government_not_ok Apr 9, 2026 +21
Hear me out, putty-put, an easy solution to this issue would be to gtfo of Ukraine!
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TwoBeesOrNotTwoBees Apr 9, 2026 +22
Aww did Russia bite off more than it can chew?
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david4069 Apr 9, 2026 +7
I think the problem is more that it's gotten harder to chew now that Ukraine has kicked their teeth in.
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Hungry_Shake6943 Apr 9, 2026 +37
Better leave then
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King_Crab_Sushi Apr 9, 2026 +12
War is terrible but one heck of a driver of innovation
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chuckmapumpkin Apr 9, 2026 +11
Most great human innovations come from the desire to kill each other or get inebriated
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DrKnickers Apr 9, 2026 +8
Or to distribute p***
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mollila Apr 9, 2026 +2
Survival and procreation.
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Ultra_Metal Apr 9, 2026 +32
I know that at least the unjammable part is true. I work on radios that Russia cannot jam and we sell lots of those radios to Ukraine and some of those models are integrated into drones to make the drones unjammable and give them much longer communication range (which I assume is the reason Ukraine has been able to hit deep inside Russia).
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lollysticky Apr 9, 2026 +20
sorry for my ignorance, but how can a radio be unjammable? Is it the frequency that is too low or high to be impossible to jam? In my poor recollection, jamming is just blasting an area with waves of the same frequency, therefore drowning out the original signal
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thx1138inator Apr 9, 2026 +40
I don't know what ultra metal is talking about. The entire point of putting AI on the drones is so that no communication is needed. Also, you have to worry about jamming of navigation satellites. But, with AI, the aircraft can navigate via compass, celestial bodies, and vision analysis of the ground. Those are not really jam-able.
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TigerUSA20 Apr 9, 2026 +7
I guess the only downside would be if you wanted to issue a recall / abort signal? Although rare, I would assume there are a couple scenarios where you suddenly might need that option.
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Mr06506 Apr 9, 2026 +11
Unjammable is an exaggeration, but "less prone to jamming" could be many things. Highly directional antenna, really good signal processing, etc.
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apples_vs_oranges Apr 9, 2026 +10
Probably frequency hopping?
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briancoat Apr 9, 2026 +4
Hedy Lamarr strikes again!!
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heretic7622 Apr 9, 2026 +2
I imagine these drones don't need radio signals if they're run by onboard ai
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LangyMD Apr 10, 2026 +2
You can't make a radio *impossible* to jam, but you can make it a lot harder. Even a fibre optic 'radio' can be 'jammed', it just needs you to actually get to the fibre optic cable. If you can do that it's easier to just snip it, but deception jamming is a thing too and that could mean trying to inject false info into the link. In terms of a regular RF radio, you can make it a lot harder to jam by doing things like frequency hopping or broad-spectrum transmission. There are theoretical ways of building quantum radars and, I would assume, radios that can use quantum effects to protect against jamming as well (essentially use the known quantum properties of the signal you're sending to ignore the received RF of things that don't match that quantum signal), but I don't know of any that have been deployed. All falls under the broad concept of 'electronic protection'.
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konart Apr 9, 2026 +10
Ukrainian long ranged drones do not phone back. They just fly their route and that’s it. Why would you even need a communication channel if your target is 100% stationary.
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DiscipleofDeceit666 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Because it may not be stationary, those buildings could move
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wet_lettuce_ua Apr 9, 2026 +5
You know the tale of A boy who cried Wolf? Before the invasion russians spreaded a bs propaganda about ukrainian biolabs with mosquitoes who only attack russians. Beware of what you wish for, invaders.
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blodskaal Apr 10, 2026 +5
I just saw a video on this by a channel called The Military Show. Very interesting stuff.
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TheMelonSlicer Apr 9, 2026 +3
Beginning of stealth drones
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EyePiece108 Apr 9, 2026 +3
These days, the next big priority for any nation, after possessing nuclear weapons, is the capability to manufacture drones - by the thousands.
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DrDalenQuaice Apr 10, 2026 +2
And defend against them
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ExtonGuy Apr 10, 2026 +2
Tens of thousands. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afw8e-abVa8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afw8e-abVa8)
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Keef--Girgo Apr 9, 2026 +3
Begun, the Drone War has
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LabradorKayaker Apr 10, 2026 +3
These smart, c****, AI drones are the future of warfare, for better or worse. Trump is handing the US military industrial complex a 50% larger budget request to pursue ALL THE WRONG stuff: big Trump-class battleships, billion dollar jets, and re-tooled nukes. US needs to get off the big weapons gravy train and invest in small drones, drone deterrence, and return to sane foreign policy. F*** MAGA.
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beakrake Apr 10, 2026 +3
Ukraine, if you're listening...
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macross1984 Apr 9, 2026 +8
Dang, Ukraine continue to improve its drone capability at an accelerated pace to keep Russia off balanced. Go, Ukraine!
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VoteGiantMeteor2028 Apr 9, 2026 +3
These are perfect for drone swarms. Program them all to fly to a facility or port and just saturate the targets with destruction.
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Minions-overlord Apr 9, 2026 +3
Now teach ai to target Putin only and start lobbing them at the Kremlin. He has to get lucky every time, Ukraine only once
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WhateverIsFrei Apr 9, 2026 +5
Autonomous death robots, coming soon to a battlefield near you. ...We're not surviving this century, are we?
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gierOK Apr 10, 2026 +2
Wah wah wah
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Obstacle-Man Apr 10, 2026 +2
Slaughter bots it is then. https://youtu.be/fPqmC16ewYg?si=rz6VD93wGRpTxH60
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Additional_Teacher45 Apr 10, 2026 +2
Autonomous navigation is much more expensive than FPV, as it requires a number of not-inexpensive sensors and a reasonably powerful compute suite onboard. So while it is a great advancement in drone warfare, it's only going to be used against those hardened targets that are well protected, because it costs much more to produce. The basic FPV drone is still going to be miles more effective when it comes to cost.
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NoonDread Apr 10, 2026 +2
I love this for Russia.
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ElydthiaUaDanann Apr 10, 2026 +2
I'll bet Captain Lone Starr could jam it.
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aussydog Apr 10, 2026 +2
Neato ...I suddenly have the urge to watch [Screamers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamers_(1995_film)) again.
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YellowTango Apr 10, 2026 +2
Get fucked, slava 🇺🇦
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DistributeQuickly559 Apr 10, 2026 +2
So to avoid radar locked missile, you just land, wait a minuet and take back off to continue your journey.  Do this enkugh and you cant be shot down in the classical way. Essentially your bunny hopping 100ft into the air at high speeds then traveling towards your target before landing again to clear the missiles that might have launched at you.  Think whack a mole except the Whacker explodes when it doesnt see a mole head sticking up. 
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ThePheebs Apr 9, 2026 +6
Well, they can definitely be detected. I don't know what nonsense they think AI will accomplish against radar, sound, or the mk1 eyeball.
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gradinaruvasile Apr 9, 2026 +7
They said that drone detectors can’t see them - they refer to EW components that detect signals. These drones if autonomous, can work without radio emissions. I doubt they have radars for small drones all over the place.
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JaVelin-X- Apr 9, 2026 +5
May russian dreams be full of the sound of these drones comming
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gcerullo Apr 10, 2026 +2
I have a solution for the Russian soldiers. Go home!
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VeryVAChT Apr 9, 2026 +3
Great, I’m off for a w**k . Good night everyone x
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doctorlongghost Apr 9, 2026 +3
Saying it’s “powered by AI” is a buzzword and can mean several very different things. The big question is whether they use cameras and how they handle target acquisition. Do these work like cruise missiles where you enter coordinates and the drone uses its own knowledge of speed and vector to get to a GPS location even when GPS is jammed? Does it use visual data to assist? Or (what would be more impressive) are you able to describe targets in general terms (“tanks, trucks or buildings” or “humans carrying rifles”) and it uses pattern recognition on its cameras to locate and destroy those targets.
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isoAntti Apr 9, 2026 +2
Pity for Russia. It would really suck to be in trade embargo right now.
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x3nhydr4lutr1sx Apr 9, 2026 +2
Skynet is gonna be coming ahead of schedule at this point.
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CastigatingTheClouds Apr 9, 2026 +2
Making them home in on fetal alcohol syndrome like that has great medical applications as well.
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Actual_Intelligence Apr 10, 2026 +2
Good. F*** Russia (government).
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vossmanspal Apr 9, 2026 +1
Trump will boast that the US has something even better than Ukraine could ever field. It’s secret though so I can’t talk about it. Go Ukraine.
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DarthGader Apr 9, 2026 +3
Please advertise Anduril products on the correct sublistnook OP
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JenPE_ Apr 9, 2026 +1
Sounds like HX2 drones maybe? Well the Russians are gonna have a he'll of a ride with speed and precision improving. In theory, Ukraine could deliver small attack drones from a bigger drone (wing pylons for example) and loiter over territory, effectively giving the enemy no chance at retaliation
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CapitalCityCartel Apr 9, 2026 +1
SPARC AI ?
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Finglor Apr 9, 2026 +1
They just need to consume biomass to power themselves. That would make them operate 24/7.
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1fingersalute Apr 9, 2026 +1
[ Removed by Listnook ]
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tackle_bones Apr 9, 2026 +1
😌😌😌
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filletofishupsai Apr 9, 2026 +1
They are currently raising funds for this drone so if you would like to help donate, do check out [this](https://x.com/sternenkofund/status/2041034417666494846) X link that has more information about what they're doing with the funds!
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IHv2RtrnSumVdeotapes Apr 10, 2026 +1
Send one right up putins ass and I mean that literally
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A_Nonny_Muse Apr 10, 2026 +1
"can't be detected" Yeah, sure. And he's got millions of stealth bombers so advanced that we can't even recognize them as bombers. He just chooses not to use any of them.
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Mrhnhrm Apr 10, 2026 +1
Are these drones made by a company named *Cyberdyne,* by any chance?
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Far_Out_6and_2 Apr 10, 2026 +1
Cool
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_MaZ_ Apr 10, 2026 +1
Pandora's box
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MartyMacGyver Apr 10, 2026 +1
Every day is another great day for Russia to quit this war and go the f*** back behind their borders!
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Emotional-Wish3638 Apr 10, 2026 +1
This is great news, swarms of AI kamikaze death drones flying overhead will be sick as f***
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Squidd-O Apr 10, 2026 +1
AI piloting drones assigned the task of autonomously deploying lethal or potentially lethal weapons is extremely concerning on a conceptual level Imagine being hunted by an enemy that is unstoppable via any conventional means and can swiftly deploy deadly force with extreme precision... That's horror story tier stuff. AI should never be allowed to autonomously deliver lethal force, ever. Just because "Russia bad" doesn't mean such weapons are justified - White phosphorus, chlorine gas, nuclear weapons, and now this...
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