Daily Stormer The Most Censored Publication in History
The U.S. military and its allies shot down a flurry of at least 28 drones in the Red Sea fired by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen today, the Pentagon said. pic.twitter.com/4gvKEsf03s
— Breaking News (@TheNewsTrending) March 10, 2024
The Houthis delivered a serious blow to the Pentagon with homemade drones.
More than two months of direct clashes with the Houthis have placed a heavy burden on the US military. America spends heavily on destroying cheap drones, launching retaliatory strikes, and defending… pic.twitter.com/gQoewJSn5o
— M e d i a s e t * S * (@MediasetS1) March 2, 2024
Are they trying to develop smaller targets as well? Like, mini warships? Submarine cargo ships?
Because that’s the only way the drones would really be capable of responding to the current drone army being deployed against the US military.
The Pentagon will look to develop new artificial intelligence-guided planes, offering two contracts that several private companies have been competing to obtain.
The Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) project is part of a $6 billion program that will add at least 1,000 new drones to the U.S. Air Force.
These drones would deploy alongside human-piloted jets and provide cover for them, acting as escorts with full weapons capabilities that could also act as scouts or communications hubs, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics and Anduril Industries have all taken up the challenge. General Atomics supplied the Reaper and Predator drones the U.S. has deployed in numerous campaigns in the Middle East, and Anduril is a newcomer to the field, founded in 2017 by inventor Palmer Luckey, an entrepreneur who founded Oculus VR.
Boeing is the only company that has shown off its entrant, known as the Ghost Bat. It’s between 20 and 30 feet in length and is able to fly just below the speed of sound and travel more than 2,000 nautical miles.
‘Boeing has unveiled its branding for its under-development loyal Wingman #Aircraft: The @AusAirForce has announced the #drone which was unveiled in May 2020 is to be formally known as “MQ-28A Ghost Bat” & is manufactured in #Australia.’ via @Ch_Ru_GER. @jpg2t785 https://t.co/THrIFKcpSe pic.twitter.com/669ozM5Lnh
— Felix Woessner (@FxWoessner) March 21, 2022
The plane is designed to work with existing military aircraft and “complement and extend airborne missions,” according to an overview on Boeing’s website.
Other features of the plane include “tactical early warning” and other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, but the highlight, according to the manufacturer, is the “low-cost design.”
Cost-cutting is one element of AI that appeals to the Pentagon in pursuing this project.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks in August 2023 said deployed AI-enabled autonomous vehicles would provide “small, smart, cheap and many” expendable units to the U.S. military, helping overhaul the “too-slow shift of U.S. military innovation.”
This sort of project would take decades to implement.
The US will continue spending billions to impotently respond to cheap Chinese drones.
Yemeni Houthi warned Italy today not to “stand in their way” when attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea that are connected to Israel, because otherwise they “will have no choice” but to attack Italian forces.
– “It’s a shame that Italy shot down one of our drones. We will…— M e d i a s e t * S * (@MediasetS1) March 10, 2024
