• PeeOnYou [he/him]
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    wouldn’t it be amazing if these crashes were caused by some electronic warfare weapon? imagine the neutering effect of not being able to trust your flying death machines anymore…

    i often wish there was a way to neutralize the massive threat of the US war machine without a hot war

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      Electronic warfare is a massive part of the Ukraine war, been following the Russian sides devolopment of them and they have given like 3-4 jammers for every tank, they put them on each corner.

      Ukrainian drones have started to report white static washes when flying near Russians, its interesting but I think most militaries arent fully playing there hand in terms of what level of jamming they are actually capable of yet.

      https://www.unmannedairspace.info/counter-uas-systems-and-policies/russias-kpo-kaysant-upgrades-anti-drone-jammer-and-mobile-ew-station/

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      No, it wouldn’t be great because that means escalation.

      The reason the US conducts these flybys is on the slim chance that someone shoots it down.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Also to make it more able to escalate suddenly by having a “normalized” presence dicking around that can be redirected to violence, right?

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      Plus aircraft still have mechanical redundancies that the pilot can control in case the electronics are shot or knocked offline. Just because you knock out the electrical systems on a jet doesn’t mean it’ll instantly fall out of the sky, a pilot can still read physical maps, and fly a plane without autopilot assists.

      Even if you neutralize every single jet, tank, and ship in the US military, instantly through some miracle, how are you going to neutralize MIRVS?

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        Assuming that B*eing didn’t win the contract for the mechanical failsafe bit.

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          Don’t you dare disrespect our comrades at Boeing and Northupp Grumman!

          They have downed and sabotaged countless aircraft. How many war machines have you destroyed?