New Zealand is hedging over a new US strategy to unleash thousands of battlefield drones to counter China, dubbed 'hellscape' and 'replicator'.

Watching the way drones have been used in Ukraine has been fascinating, it’s my belief that expendable unmanned drones of all sizes will play a crucial role in future conflicts, both as observation platforms and as munitions.

Ukraine has sunk or damaged a number of warships with their drone boats, and the Bayraktar played a key role in the sinking of the Moskva. They also damaged a number of aircraft far behind enemy lines with Australian made cardboard drones.

We should have a plan on how to use this technology, but even more important is that we have a plan to counter it should it be used against us.

    • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nzOP
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      1 year ago

      There’s a British version of the Hellfire, with some improvements over the original design.

      They called it the Brimstone.