Watch the Navy's LOCUST launcher fire a swarm of drones
Watch the Navy's LOCUST launcher fire a swarm of drones
The Navy’s new LOCUST (Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology) launchers fire a swarm of drones that can jam enemy communications, and waste enemy resources by drawing fire. The launchers are capable of tube-launching 31 drones in just 40 seconds. The drones can fly autonomously but can also be controlled manually.
At just $15,000 a unit, the drones are expendable and can be used in dangerous situations. LOCUS is now in its development and testing phase.
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USM concept of "low cost" is fucked.
These can probably be bought retail for <500each.
Most likely 15k each as the military cant rely on china for manufacturing. Sweatshop labour reduces prices hella.
This is something from Call of Duty Black ops 2 kill streak
That shot at 0:48 reminds me of Neon Genesis Evangelion
What the difference between this and a missile
Russians have electromagnetic beam weapons to fry them.
For a measly $10k commission, I’d design something that costs $1000 a unit
I built one that can backflip at like 70 for about 150. And yes thats $150.00 not $15,000.00 lol
How is 15k/drone determined to be expendable
Just imagine, 50000 of these are coming at your direction, armed with high quality explosives.
Years of RTS wasn’t a waste of my life after all
Looks like the drones from scene where they attack the president in Angel Has Fallen.
These companies that sell tech to the military make so much money. Bet the don’t even cost 1,000$ to produce, and they sell them to the military for 15k each. This is why we spend 10x more than anyone else. Every single military contractor is nothing but profiteering blood suckers.
In the future drones can will be a kamikaze drones
Dropping themselves and creating a huge explosion just like a droping a mortar
See swarm drone
https://youtu.be/5rjC6sMTRFM
The US spreads freedom and human rights.
I wonder if they can Defeat Amazon’s Mothership Blimps
At 15k each and expendable… I don’t think the enemy will be the one wasting resources
These are the satellite drones destroying oxygen levels mimicking covid-19 symptoms like hypoxia, heart failure and blood poisoning. Americans are getting murdered every hour by United Nations Military Pilots. Meanwhile China and Asian pacific islands are having few fatalities from Covid-19 Death Satellite networks. This is mass murder, war crimes and treason in my Native American tribal lands. The U.S. Military pilots are now being assassinated by the United Nations/Chinese communist regimes and English MI5/MI6/MI7 Nazi regimes. U.S. Military pilots destroyed the United States for their government hookers.
https://youtu.be/Q6hjrD4jyVE
India successfully tested swarm drones ..
15k wow
You know what will be a sick fail safe?
That these drones are fitted with plastic explosives inside their frame with a watch dog timer. Just in case the condition for the watchdog timer to reset fails in case of enemy getting their hands on the drones(army loosing communication with them), they can be destructed. Just imaging the enemy when they feel they have defeated the army, then start collecting those drones to do future research on them. And just then, these drones explode one by one quickly.
That the show I did got me frist brake at booing that my joke is t .I was running out of time.
The future is now oldman
Close in weapons system and Directed energy are probably the only solutions available for such drones
15k for a styrofoam model plane with a camera?! xD xD You can get them for 150$ in any hobby shop! xD xD
Our taxes can fly wow
You know how many paper airplanes you can get with $10,000 dollars?
So in future
Robots will kill robots
Hmmmm
They show a foamy which I could buy at the shop for under $300 including battery. Where’s the $15k cost come from?
Russian CIWS eating an expesive meal
I’m thinking they’re different variants of UAVs instead of just the $15,000 drones
15k a piece but it’s "Cheap" enough to be expendable…
15k is pretty cheap considering they are using tax payers money lol
Put a warhead on the tip of the drone. Look at Nagorno-Karabakh war
There is an US army video posted that shows Raytheon Coyote shooting these things down. They forgot to mention that in this video….easily defeated….do not expect a defender to cower and hide.
Tape explosives on them and have a swarm from bo2
Nice. This is how AI / ML / Drones will destroy humanity. Congratulations.
Chinese will produce it arround 5K 😀
Hey guys! What they really meant by savings is that instead of spending 15billion on an aircraft carrier, now the navy will only spend 1 billion on a tiny drone carrier
Low cost 15k drones…. That’s government for ya
Hello gerard butler
What’s the range of this UAV?
Didn’t ghost recon breakpoint revolve sound drone swarms being a bad thing?
Hostile swarm, inbound
Cute flying drones
So when are we getting this in COD
So….. how long til Arsenal Bird gets into Developement? Ace Combat is coming to the real world 😅
Well to combat these, planners should aim to destroy the launchers and command/control structure.
Coming to a neighborhood near you