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The drone arms race is as important as the nuclear arms race

Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:13 pm
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:13 pm
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:16 pm to
Crazy Elon is right
Posted by cbree88
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:20 pm to
Not sure how the U.S. could be dumb enough to not see this.

Who are the world leaders with drone technology right now?
This post was edited on 7/8/25 at 2:25 pm
Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:25 pm to
Crewed fighter planes are a big reason why Iran's air defenses deteriorated so quickly

And Iran has a pretty salty drone program

USA doesn't have the best or most robust but it will catch up soon enough
Posted by jmh5724
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:29 pm to
A lot of speculation that I’ve seen about the 6th gen fighter is that it will be a manned fighter that comes with an arsenal of drones that it can control.
Posted by bad93ex
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:31 pm to
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A lot of speculation that I’ve seen about the 6th gen fighter is that it will be a manned fighter that comes with an arsenal of drones that it can control.



Space Warfare will be conducted via drones from multiple motherships.
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:31 pm to
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6th gen fighter is that it will be a manned fighter that comes with an arsenal of drones that it can control.


that’s what they had in mind with the Raptor
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:31 pm to
Hopefully someone is coming up with better ways to knock drones out of the skies. seems like shooting 20 million dollar missiles at a 5000 dollar drone isnt the best way.
Posted by Sterling Archer
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:32 pm to
Watch this segment on 60 minutes from 3 months ago to find out just how far behind our technological capabilities are. It was pretty eye opening to learn what we can't do in 2025. It's disturbing

This post was edited on 7/8/25 at 2:34 pm
Posted by Mstate
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:33 pm to
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A lot of speculation that I’ve seen about the 6th gen fighter is that it will be a manned fighter that comes with an arsenal of drones that it can control.


Also read these drones can tie in to existing F35 platforms as well.
Posted by Randall Savauge
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:36 pm to
:whycantwehaveboth:
Posted by BottomlandBrew
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:41 pm to
I can't wait for nano-drones that fly into your nose and kill you.

I wish I was joking.

Posted by icecreamsnowball
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:44 pm to
We’re going to be alright.
Posted by Obtuse1
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:53 pm to
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Who are the world leaders with drone technology right now?


In actual drone warfare, Ukraine is at the tip of the spear. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:54 pm to
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that’s what they had in mind with the Raptor


In the 80's.

We'll be alright.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:55 pm to
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We'll be alright


yes we will
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:56 pm to
Don't see a huge necessity for drones while we're surrounded by oceans.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:57 pm to
Murder drones scare the shite out of me.

I’m pretty sure we have an answer for drone warfare.
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
7650 posts
Posted on 7/8/25 at 2:58 pm to
Boat drones supposedly are the US Navy's answer to not being able to build ships anymore. There's a company out of Texas that's developing some incredible shite and they'll probably land the contract with the Navy and build a shipping yard somewhere on the Gulf Coast.
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 7/8/25 at 3:01 pm to
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Don't see a huge necessity for drones while we're surrounded by oceans.


what about when they take out a 13 billion dollar aircraft carrier with thousands of people and umpteen million in equipment?
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