Israel used swarm of drones to attack Hamas terrorists: report

[Rams]

Israel used swarm of drones to attack Hamas terrorists: report

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-used-swarm-of-drones-to-attack-hamas-terrorists-report/ar-AALO0U3?ocid=msedgntp

Israel reportedly used a swarm of drones to locate and attack Hamas targets during the 11 day conflict that broke out in May.

The Israeli Defense Forces employed artificial intelligence to identify and strike targets in the Gaza Strip, according to a report from the New Scientist, which alleged it may be the first time a drone swarm has been used in combat.

Drone swarms have been characterized as the next phase of war fighting, whereby "hundreds of drones that integrate their actions using emergent behavior."

"By exploiting the swarm’s ability to rapidly concentrate through maneuver, it becomes possible to mass effect at hundreds of points simultaneously," as noted in a U.S. Air Force report. "The advantage this provides is the ability to conduct … a parallel attack, but at an unprecedented scale."

As previously reported by Fox News, drone systems have been acquired by U.S. adversaries including Russia, China and Iran. The U.S. has identified that trend as a "rapidly evolving challenge."

Not only can the technology provide enhanced surveillance capability, but it can also present precision strike capability, direct attacks using small munitions, laser designation for indirect fires and deploy chemical agents, as noted in a Department of Defense report.

Ever since a shaky ceasefire was brokered in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas on May 21, there have been several outbursts of violence.

Over the weekend, Israel launched an airstrike against Hamas in response to incendiary balloon launches.

The initial conflict began on May 10 and resulted in hundreds of casualties.

Way back when these "drones"/quad-copters and such came out, I said it wouldn't be long before they were weaponized. Several here scoffed at that. Guess what.
War will soon be something we've only seen in futuristic movies and don't think for a minute these are limited to just the good guys having them. Won't surprise me if they don't visit a neighborhood near you (or me) anytime in the future.

Rams

[Farside]

Way back when these "drones"/quad-copters and such came out, I said it wouldn't be long before they were weaponized. Several here scoffed at that. Guess what.
War will soon be something we've only seen in futuristic movies and don't think for a minute these are limited to just the good guys having them. Won't surprise me if they don't visit a neighborhood near you (or me) anytime in the future.

Rams
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  I can see it  but hopefully not in my life time. 

[Jess from VA]

Good. 

[Serk]

Although it was inevitable, I am not okay with this.

There should always be a human somewhere in the loop before a kill/no-kill decision is made.

[Rams]

My understanding is that it isn't all that hard to make these into biological and chemical weapons, maybe even more.   I'm not qualified to say but, pick your favorite anti-American group/anti-establishment/right or left wing organization  and imagine how these "toys" can be used against targets, your city, your neighborhood, your family.

Won't be long when we will hear a buzzing in the distance or above our heads and running for cover.   Hopefully, the government recently put in office is considering how to combat such weapons.

Rams

[Serk]

The bad guys in bad parts of the world have been adapting hobbyist drones to deliver traditional munitions for several years now:



This article was from 2017 - https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/01/drones-isis/134542/

The scary part about the Israeli drone swarm, from my understanding of it, is that the swarm was set loose and allowed to act, making and executing kill/no kill decisions on the fly without human input.

That is the part I'm very much not okay with.

[Rams]

The bad guys in bad parts of the world have been adapting hobbyist drones to deliver traditional munitions for several years now:



This article was from 2017 - https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/01/drones-isis/134542/

The scary part about the Israeli drone swarm, from my understanding of it, is that the swarm was set loose and allowed to act, making and executing kill/no kill decisions on the fly without human input.

That is the part I'm very much not okay with.

I understand and agree.   When you take the decision making process/authority out of killing away from humans, you just made automated slaughter the standard.   Just imagine your favorite group of domestic terrorist armed with these.   It won't be pretty.   Now, imagine a known "enemy" such as ISIS.   This could get ugly.
At least when I served, I got to pull the trigger.

Rams

[old2soon]

        When I served in Nam we were Required to Wait til we were fired upon. Then and ONLY then could we be Weapons Free and On Target. A 5" rocket with an H E head do nasty things to a junk or a sampan. Course a 2.75" rocket ain't what ya call polite either. But The Pilot and Co Pilot had to agree. The  enlisted air crew were just along fer the ride! What was that Tom Selleck movie with the smart bullets-Runaway I believe. So now the killing IS outa human hands!    RIDE SAFE.

[Robert]

Slaughterbots - bots against humans

https://youtu.be/6Ipkq-BASaM

Pentagon's mini-drones swarm like bees

Business Insider

https://youtu.be/RgiMTFcs-p8