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Silver bullet vibe12/25/2023 ![]() ![]() It is a sex-positive community and a safe space for people of all genders and orientations which demands respectful conduct in all exchanges. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.R/sex is for civil discussions pertaining to education and advice regarding your sexuality and sexual relationships. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. (SOUNDBITE OF MINUTEMEN'S "COHESION") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. It wants manufacturers to have working versions ready to demonstrate in June.įor NPR News, I'm Jay Price in Durham, N.C. Henke's office recently put out a call for proposals for systems to counter those. PRICE: Several nations - some friendly, some not - are developing swarm drones. So you have to imagine that - the challenges associated with that if you move into dozens or hundreds of drones. That is enough to overwhelm the air defenses. PETTYJOHN: Even right now, you're seeing with these smaller drone attacks where two or three sometimes are operating together. Pettyjohn, the think tank drone expert, says having a wide range of approaches is crucial against today's drones and more sophisticated looming threats, such as drones controlled by AI and drone swarms. Others try to disrupt the signals that control drones. Some strike drones with objects such as shrapnel or even other drones. PRICE: He says the military already has more than a dozen systems. So you have to have a system of systems approach, and that allows us to address the threats that can be employed against us and our allies. There's no one system that will do everything. ![]() GLENN HENKE: There's no silver bullet in any of this. Henke says it will eventually train about a thousand troops a year to plan, install and operate a variety of anti-drone defenses. It's at Fort Sill, Okla., and the first classes begin this month. He says even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the military began planning a new counter-small UAS university. His office coordinates anti-small drone efforts for all service branches. And at the Army's Joint Counter-small UAS Office, Colonel Glenn Henke is a deputy director. PRICE: The Pentagon calls drones UAS, for unmanned aircraft systems. We got to rapidly innovate with what's possible now and keep getting better, because even when we figure it out, they're going to make a countermove. JAMES RAINEY: We don't have five years to wait for the perfect system. General James Rainey leads Army Futures Command, which helps keep pace with changes in technology and other aspects of warfare. military, the mission to counter small drones has become critical. PETTYJOHN: Here you see both sides using them and adapting and sort of learning from each other and then developing new ways to counter them. That figure may be high, but Pettyjohn says there's no question the numbers are substantial. So many drones are being used that one British think tank estimated Ukraine alone was losing 10,000 a month. PRICE: Stacie Pettyjohn is with the Center for New American Security. STACIE PETTYJOHN: You're seeing drones used on a scale that has never been seen before. Some drones also can drop small bombs or fly into a target loaded with explosives. ![]() The urgency has been underlined by the war in Ukraine, where both sides routinely use small drones to pinpoint each other's location. military is keen to figure out how to knock small drones from the sky, but not with haphazard approaches like spraying bullets from an assault rifle. One of the flurry of shots from his assault rifle somehow downed the platter-sized quadcopter, maybe only seconds before it revealed his position to Russian artillery. PRICE: The Ukrainian soldier got really lucky. PRICE: And in desperation, the hunted becomes the hunter. UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER: (Speaking Ukrainian). They hide as a Russian drone buzzes overhead. In a video from Ukraine to 5 Kanal TV network, two soldiers crouch in a trench. JAY PRICE, BYLINE: This is probably not the best way to knock out a drone. Jay Price of member station WUNC reports. It is opening a university later this month to train troops to fight a threat that is rapidly changing the nature of war. They're a weapon that has also become a constant in the war in Ukraine and one that the Pentagon has watched with growing concern. The opening hours of the horrifying attack on Israel by Hamas militants included the use of cheap, surprisingly effective, small drones. ![]()
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