The US is training in techniques and developing weapons to defend military men and women against drones. Drones have likely greatly weakened the ability of the US to exercise power on the ground.

The US is training in techniques and developing weapons to defend military men and women against drones. Drones have likely greatly weakened the ability of the US to exercise power on the ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_KvacmcgdU

Drones and influence: Exclusive investigation into Turkey’s power play in Africa • FRANCE 24

Turkey is working hard to maintain and expand its influence in Africa, sometimes at the expense of France.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-DUMEg-x4

Golden Dome: The US Is Building a Missile Shield in Space

The Golden Dome is a ridiculous project that would require the US converging the entire world in low-orbit satellites filled with missiles, meaning the US would be holding a loaded gun over every country on Earth that would potentially counter a country’s second strike capability, giving them the incentive to strike first with numbers that would overwhelm the golden dome. It’s not a realistic solution in the first place, if built it likely wouldn’t work as it’d have to hit every launched missile or missile site before a successful nuke hit the US where even a few nukes hitting the US is devastating, and if everything worked super well, global tensions would rise as the US would be pointing low-orbit missiles at every country on Earth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2e7_hnxhX0

Trump appears to be single-handedly deciding to use an old aircraft carrier launch system over the Navy’s preference. He doesn’t seem to have a good reason to do this.

Trump appears to be single-handedly deciding to use an old aircraft carrier launch system over the Navy’s preference. He doesn’t seem to have a good reason to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z53VOo7K3Rs

Why would the Navy go back to STEAM CATAPULTS?

Trump wants to force a currently constructed carrier that plans on using an electromagnetic launch system back on the old steam system. The new system should have higher up-times, launch planes faster, have the ability to launch heavier planes, have the ability to launch lighter planes, and have simpler support systems. Trump’s decision appears to make no sense on the surface, but, the Navy’s test of the new system has not been released to the public, and while the Navy said good things about the test, they could be misleading or lying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM3uvysz420

Learning the wrong lessons from DRONE WARFARE in UKRAINE

Drones are changing warfare, but they are not the super weapon that they sometimes seem to be. They work best in combination with a variety of weapons. It usually takes many drones to take out a tank.

In many situations, mortars are more effective than FPV drones.

FPV drones can’t fly far, can’t see well at night, don’t work well when it’s cloudy, are vulnerable to jamming, and have light payloads. Mortars are better in these respects. You can make a drone that doesn’t have these disadvantages, but at that point, you have an attritable weapon that is much more expensive than a mortar shell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sItcZFcMNBM