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[ColonelCassad] War has changed before our eyes
The gods of the old war: Intelligence, Maneuverability, Speed, Logistics, Communications, Tools for Success Development – all of this remains relevant unless every point is cut off by drones… Reconnaissance drones, interceptor drones, fighter drones, strike drones, bomber drones, miner drones, long-range drones, drones, drones, drones…
Drones have brought the art of war to a standstill. Conducting a column, conducting reconnaissance, conducting a rotation, conducting a supply – everything has become a roulette with an unclear outcome. No one feels safe anymore. If it’s not an FPV drone, then a minefield that appeared out of nowhere. If it’s not a reconnaissance drone, then a repeater ball in the stratosphere. And behind them are exposed positions and the impossibility of moving without being noticed. And interceptor drones are already waiting for you in the air.
Without understanding the essence of the changes that have occurred, it may seem that the loss of priority in the drone war is a temporary phenomenon. We just need more drones and this will restore parity. That now our military-industrial complex will shake itself up and build up! As they built up shells, "calibers" and tanks.
But no, it will not build up if we do not answer some questions.
Why did drones flare up so brightly and strongly only in the SVO? Why did this not happen before? After all, drones have always been there. What happened and how important is it?
We see only what is open to our eyes. We see drones, talk about drones and believe that the matter is in some products, the production of which must be quickly established and everything will be fine.
And this is the main misconception. Drones are the tip of the iceberg. Parity is formed not by drones and their numbers, but by a number of important REASONS:
1. People. Direct interaction between developers and fighters without gaskets. The people who pass the chain are usually incompetent and prone to harmful creative rethinking.
2. Decentralization of development and production. Maximum involvement of everyone willing to help the country with their heads at the level of artels and small design bureaus. With many solutions, one will definitely work. Russia is still full of Kulibins.
3. Constant contact. Daily participation of developers in the lives of fighters. In fact, the artel is attached to the unit. There is no need to be afraid that the artels will start to fail and spoil. The military-industrial complex starts to fail and spoil when it gets involved in this area.
4. Hardware. The finished product is more important than documentation, regulations and acceptance tests. Now the hardware will change 100 times before the first set of design documentation is ready.
5. A penny element base and a technological designer without the word "import substitution".
6. Expansion of application scenarios. We try EVERYTHING that comes to mind.
7. Mentoring and maximum replication of successful practices.
The Titanic sank not the piece of ice that was above the water, but the one that was under. There can be no talk of any priority in the drone war without accepting the factors above as a guide to action. It was not the drones that came to war, but the new principles of management. Drones, like all sudden innovations, are only a consequence.
In Russia, at the beginning of the war, the interaction between spontaneous design bureaus and Army units developed in this way. That is why drones and airplanes and new means of communication appeared. We had this approach. But the enemy also appeared and remained with it. This interaction arises by itself, it does not need to be imposed. It can only be destroyed if the goal is to “preserve traditions”, introduce: monopolization, standardization and simplification.
Loss of priority will lead to loss of Initiative - the main goddess of War. And after the loss of initiative, losses may simply begin.
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