Chapter 154 Flexibility and controllable risks
So let's assume the second scenario. It is often difficult for our combat teams to counterattack when they are attacked by small groups of enemy troops, such as snipers or mortars, in complex mountainous and wooded areas.
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 fire 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 able to have the desired effect, and it will not be possible to completely destroy the enemy.
The second method is to enter the local incubation area for clearance. But in such complex terrain and jungles, you may fall into the trap of the enemy if you enter. Moreover, the enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light, and we can easily suffer losses in such a battle.
What's more, in such a complex terrain and jungle, mechanical vehicles cannot be used, and can only be entered on foot. By the time our troops went in and cleared the seizures, 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 reconnoiter the roughly determined target area, find and capture the target for identification and attack. ”
"Anti-sniper, anti-raid?" After listening to Wu Hao's introduction, the leader's eyes lit up.
The second scenario hypothesized by Wu Hao is also the most common situation encountered in the current war, and several previous overseas local wars have also illustrated this.
The well-equipped Mi army, in some complex terrain environments, was often attacked and harassed by the local armed forces, and paid a very heavy price, which was far higher than the casualties they waged a large-scale war.
As the armies of various countries in the world that are actively learning techniques and tactics from the Mi Army, in fact, they have also conducted research and experimentation with new tactics to counteract this situation. For example, special forces are used to deal with such a small group of enemy forces, and high-altitude reconnaissance and combat drones are used to conduct 24-hour uninterrupted surveillance patrols over the area and cooperate with ground forces to carry out tactics.
However, although such tactics can stifle the frequent activities of small groups of enemy troops, they are not enough to destroy them. Especially in the complex terrain environment, these small local armed forces took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to play a cat-and-mouse game with the troops entering the clearance. Even elite special forces are often disgraced and exhausted by such small armed forces.
In the face of such small groups of enemy troops, the troops are often very slow to react, and often miss the fighter. This allows these small groups of enemy forces to slip away quickly after a successful surprise attack, giving you no chance to counterattack at all.
If this drone is equipped, then it can play a fast and effective counter-attack role, and carry out effective precision strikes against small groups of enemy forces that are raiding.
Wu Hao nodded, and then motioned to the technicians to play a video of their test in the mountains.
"This is a video of our test in the mountains, showing a total of fifteen simulated enemy targets lurking on the opposite hillside.
The mission of drones is to go into the mountains and forests to find these targets and then destroy them. While Wu Hao was speaking, their entire test content was also being played on the big screen.
I saw that the screen was playing the picture of the drone quickly walking through the jungle from the first point of view, and then how to detect and find the target, identify and locate it, etc. And from all angles, the details of this test were also shown.
Especially in the video, the simulated 'enemy army' is very well disguised. Before the footage was noted, they didn't notice anything unusual at all. But with such a good camouflage and concealment, the drone quickly found out.
"We are equipped with a variety of detectors on the UAV, which can use infrared, radar, and image recognition technology to effectively detect and identify enemy forces hidden and camouflaged in various environments, and then launch an attack.
This is still in an extreme environment, if it is on a normal battlefield, the reaction speed of the drone will be faster and more accurate.
Even our drone can detect enemy personnel and attack the weak areas of enemy personnel more accurately. For example, protect weak face, neck, crotch and other areas, so as to better kill and injure enemy soldiers.
That is to say, with the current personal protection capabilities of the infantry of various countries, as long as it is in an open and semi-open environment, once it is captured and attacked, it is basically impossible to escape. ”
"Huh?" Leaders and representatives of the military frowned. Although Wu Hao's words were a bit exaggerated, in the face of such an attack weapon, did the infantry in the open and semi-open environment really have a way to defend and resist, everyone couldn't help but think.
"Isn't it a bit unreliable to let the drone choose its own target? What if the drone can't recognize our soldiers and enemy soldiers and can attack indiscriminately. Enemy and civilians are mixed together, how can drones tell which ones are civilians and which ones are enemy troops? "Some experts raised their own doubts at this time, which is also the most worrying issue for many people.
In the past, attacks were human-controlled, so you can choose the target of the attack and the risk is controllable. Now let the drone choose its own target, and what if the drone chooses our soldiers to attack.
Wu Hao thought of this question at the beginning of the development of this 'battlefield sweeper' drone project, so the answer is naturally not necessary to think about it, and it is easy to pinch it.
"We took this into account at the beginning of our development. After all, a weapon and equipment, safety and reliability are the first thing it must have, and then we can consider other aspects.
After our continuous discussions, R&D and testing, we finally came up with three sets of solutions, or three safety insurances on it.
First of all, it only conducts reconnaissance within the demarcated area, finds targets, and launches attacks, and does not go beyond the demarcated area.
That is to say, the user can delineate the UAV flight reconnaissance attack area according to the actual situation. Outside of this area, the drone will automatically crash if the return revision is invalid.
Second, this drone is equipped with a friend or foe identification system, as long as our soldiers wear our friend or foe identification chip, the drone will not attack our soldiers.
This also means that this drone can be flown on the battlefield where the forces of the enemy and the enemy are mixed, and cooperate with the ground infantry to fight.
Third, this drone is equipped with an image recognition system. It can accurately identify vehicles and personnel camouflage attire on both sides of the enemy, so as to identify those who are our people and those who are enemy personnel.
And it can also distinguish those who are civilians, those who are enemy soldiers and armed men in camouflage and armed weapons. ”
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