[pram]

One thing I noticed in the videos on Twitter of quadcopter type drones being flown into US bases in Iraq, is there doesn't seem to be any current defense. They were flying around with impunity, taking their time looking for a target. It's definitely scary.

[tim333]

There's a lot of that going on in the Ukraine war. Defenses include other drones to take out the attacking drones, shooting them down and cutting communications to them.

[consumer451]

The US defense industry is trying to build shareholder value. The Ukrainian defense industry is fighting for its life.

Here is the craziest thing in Ukraine. We don't even have terms for this, it looks like "air-launched high-speed quad-copter interceptor?"

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v7762wvbhnna4t4gptkbjogc/po...

[throwawaypath]

Those are not US bases, those were Iraqi Armed Forced bases.

[general1465]

It could be either unused base (Camp Victory in Iraq) or fiber optic drones, which are effectively invisible for current systems because you need to have good enough radar to see them thanks to their size and used material and they are not having any RF emissions like usual FPV drone would have