• PeeOnYou [he/him]
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    4 months ago

    i don’t know shit about war machines, but all this data it is getting seems like it would be a double edged sword… if its receiving this data then it must have an antenna, and if it does can’t you just emp that and fry the thing so it wont get data anymore? im guessing not, but i don’t know why you couldn’t

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      4 months ago

      Receiving signals is a passive thing, transmitting would be trackable though, yes. Part of the complexity of modern war and why western equipment hasn’t performed to their peeceived standards is because of what you mentioned: they can easily be detected and destroyed by drones.

    • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      I recently saw a video of a 35mm sniper grenade launcher from China. Part of its described operational benefits is that unlike an RPG or other form of shoulder mounted rocket, it can easily target soft targets on tanks like sensors and fancy equipment described above.