"Then let's assume the second scenario. When our combat team encounters a surprise attack by a small group of enemy troops such as enemy snipers or mortars in complex mountainous and forested areas, it is often difficult to launch a counterattack.
Because in such a terrain environment, it is difficult for us to find enemies hiding in complex terrain and jungles.
There are two traditional ways to deal with them. One is to call for long-range firepower or air power to bomb areas where the enemy may be lurking.
In such an environment, there are too many places to hide, and bombing may not be as effective as it should be and cannot completely eliminate the enemy.
The second method is to enter the local lurking area to clear the enemy. But in such complex terrain and jungles, you may fall into the enemy's trap. Moreover, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the open. We can easily suffer in such a battle encounter.
What's more, in such complex terrain and jungles, mechanical vehicles cannot be used, and we can only enter on foot. By the time our troops went in to clear the enemy, the enemy had already fled without a trace.
If our troops are equipped with our ‘battlefield sweeper’ drone, the moment they are attacked, they can fly the drone to conduct reconnaissance on the roughly determined target area, find and capture the target for identification and attack.”
"Counter sniper, counter raid?" the leader's eyes lit up after listening to Wu Hao's introduction.
The second scenario assumed by Wu Hao is also the most commonly encountered situation in current wars. Several previous overseas local wars also illustrate this.
The well-equipped American army was often harassed by local armed forces in certain complex terrain environments, and paid a very heavy price, which was far higher than the casualties they would suffer in a large-scale war.
As militaries around the world that are actively learning techniques and tactics from the US military, they have actually studied and experimented with new tactics to counter this situation. For example, special forces are used to deal with such small groups of enemy forces, and high-altitude surveillance and attack integrated drones are used.
Conduct 24-hour uninterrupted surveillance and patrols over the area, and coordinate with ground troop operations and other tactics.
It's just that although such tactics can suppress the frequent activities of small groups of enemy troops, it is not enough to eliminate them. Especially in complex terrain environments, these small local armed forces take advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to play with the troops that are entering the surrender.
A game of cat and mouse has begun. Even the elite special forces are often disgraced and exhausted by this small group of armed forces.
Faced with such cold-blooded attacks by small groups of enemies, troops often react very slowly and often miss opportunities. This allows these small groups of enemies to quickly slip away after a successful surprise attack, giving you no chance to counterattack.
If this drone is equipped, it can perform a quick and effective counterattack and carry out effective and precise strikes against small groups of enemy forces that surprise attack.
Wu Hao nodded, and then motioned to the technicians to play a video of their testing in the mountainous area.
"This is a video of our testing in a mountainous area. In the picture, there are a total of fifteen simulated enemy targets lurking on the opposite hillside.
The mission of the drone is to enter the mountains and forests to find these targets and then destroy them." While Wu Hao spoke, their entire test content was also played on the big screen.
What was played on the screen was a picture of the drone flying quickly through the jungle from a first-person perspective, and then how to detect and find the target, identify and position it, etc. It also showed relevant details of the test from various angles.
Especially in the video, the simulated 'enemy troops' were very well concealed and camouflaged. Before the picture was marked, they didn't notice any abnormalities at all. But even with such good camouflage and concealment, the drone found it quickly.
"We are equipped with a variety of detectors on our drones, which can use infrared, radar, and image recognition technologies to effectively detect and identify enemy forces hidden and camouflaged in various environments, and then launch attacks.
This is still in an extreme environment. If it is on a normal battlefield, the drone's response and attack speed will be faster and more accurate.
Even after our drone detects enemy personnel, it can more accurately attack the weak areas of the enemy's body, such as the face, neck, crotch and other areas with weak protection, so as to better kill and injure the enemy.
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In other words, with the current personal protection capabilities of infantry in various countries, as long as they are in an open or semi-open environment, once they are captured and attacked, it is basically impossible to escape."
"Huh?" The leaders and military representatives all frowned. Although Wu Hao's words were a bit exaggerated, in the face of such attack weapons, infantrymen in open and semi-open environments really have something to defend and resist.
Method? Everyone couldn't help but think about it.
"Isn't it a bit unreliable to allow drones to independently choose their attack targets? What if the drones cannot identify our soldiers and enemy soldiers and carry out indiscriminate attacks? Enemy soldiers and civilians are mixed together.
, how can drones distinguish which ones are civilians and which ones are enemy troops?" Some experts raised their own questions at this time, which is also the issue that many people are most worried about.
In the past, attacks were all controlled by humans, so the target of the attack could be selected and the risk could be controlled. Now let the drone choose the target of attack independently. What if the drone chooses our soldiers to attack.
Wu Hao and the others thought of this question at the beginning of the development of the ‘Battlefield Sweeper’ drone project, so the answer was naturally easy to come up with without much thought.
"We have considered this issue at the beginning of research and development. After all, a weapon and equipment must be safe and reliable first, and only then can we consider other aspects.
After our continuous discussions, R&D and testing, we finally came up with three sets of solutions, or in other words, three safety insurances were added to it.
First of all, it only conducts reconnaissance to find targets and launches attacks within a defined range, and will not exceed the defined area.
In other words, the user can delimit the drone flight reconnaissance attack area based on the actual situation. Beyond this area, the drone will automatically crash if the return revision is invalid.
Second, this drone is equipped with an Identification Friend or Foe system. As long as our soldiers wear our Identification Friend or Foe identity chip, the drone will not attack our soldiers.
This also means that this drone can be flown on a battlefield where enemy and friendly forces are mixed, and cooperate with ground infantry in combat.
Third, this drone is equipped with an image recognition system. It can accurately identify the camouflage clothing of vehicles and personnel on both sides, thereby identifying those who are ours and those who are enemy personnel.
And it can also identify those who are civilians and those who are enemy soldiers and armed personnel wearing camouflage and holding weapons."
