Nothing new about "Unmanned Combat Vehicle". Iran has developped several of these before the USA. They are called: Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc. No fuel, no battery and easily replaceable!
even a human soldier cant tell if a human in polo tshirt and jeans if technically a civilian because he is not in army uniform and dun look like he is armed.. or he is in fact the ringleader or commander of a terrorist cell. and that he has a AK-47 behind his back or RPG.
Unmanned usually means remote controlled. Might even have an AI scouting mode which alerts an operator when human judgement is required. That being said, even human soldiers can commit friendly fire.
The problem with this is cost! The more advanced the systems are, the more they cost. The Ukrainian front is 600 miles long, or 965 km. They would need at least 3 per 100 meters in defense with different configurations (ATGM, SAM, machine gun, auto cannon, indirect fire) + replacements and dedicated vehicles going to the assault brigades. That's at least 39,000 in defense plus another 21,000 in the assault roll. Minimum! The advantage of drones is the low cost. They have to bring it down, and this can only be done if they remove unnecessary technology. Military corporations want to make money. That's not what the military want though.
newer technologies are always really expensive, it goes down in price with time. a good example is thermal vision. point of one of those UGVs is not to replace infantry. is a very inteligent mule that now can also shoot. so you take the load off of companies for weght carrying, ISR and also have combat support depending on models, package etc ukranian soldiers have been removing wounded soldiers from the frontlines with regular civilian trucks. with one of thoses (on specialized models) you can just put two soldiers on top of it (on strechers), press a button and it will go back to the base alone following waypoints. it takes the load off people who could be doing other stuff. anyway, there's many examples, but you're right, it is expensive for an infantry based equipment
We don't know how expensive and practical these vehicles are to produce and field, besides large ground vehicles will always, ALWAYS hold limitations that infantry do not have. Another problem would be the silhouette and protection of these vehicles and also believe it or not the targeting system. The system needs to distinguish exactly WHO is friendly, WHO is a civilian, WHO is the enemy, WHO has surrendered, WHO is hors de combat (severely wounded), and HOW to deal with this. Inventions like these are flawed for now.
these vehicles are made to walk side by side with infantry, not replace them at all. autonomous robots shooting are a war crime, you always need a man in the loop. the interesting feature is you can expose the robot to get shot on fire support instead of exposing your machine gunner for example. or to scout a place, and so on. or regular fire support because no infantry will carry a canon that size
None of these platforms have significant payload. A 2 ton payload can barely carry one basic load. The fuel payload means that all but one of these platforms can’t be loaded on a C130. That means you would have to fuel them almost as soon as you land before they could do anything. Including security. Before someone tries pulling out the EV card remember how much that makes the EV weigh. Jo 8 still gives the most bang for the buck.
I imagine infantry will always serve to some extent in conflict, but I can see robot tanks taking on more and more of a role, especially with how they serve to stimulate the economy without risking human life, allowing the wartime engine to continue rolling
This is slightly incorrect. It will drive up the consumption of limited resources. Circuit boards in particular. Depending on design this could be severely bottlenecked. However, in the long run I believe its a net benefit to have a wider array of small circuit board manufacturers in more countries even if quality could suffer. The usage of rare earth metals, and even common ones like copper, are however looking to get scarce even without increased battlefield use. One thing to keep in mind is that war swallows resources like nothing else even without advanced circutry in the weapons. The sheer pressure felt on common resources in WW2 quickly tapped out available supply routes. If there are low intensity conflicts, or simply the specter of conflict, then it might stimulate technological production and development. But in war it will garantuee shortages unlike anything you've experienced before.
@@Tvalfagerrare earth metals are needed For 4k cameras and touchscreens(because of their megnetic power), IT has nothing to do computing capacity and firepower.
Amateur RC hobbyists in the US started creating things similar to this back in the 1960's...including drones. Then the military weaponized them, and now instruct the "hobbyist" to go get a license because they are dangerous. Go figure. lol
Give 10 years and these AI platforms shall be on the main assault armies on the battlefield. Soldiers shall be in defensive position will these predator machines will be hunting and unleashing armaments on each other
Definitely the future of Warcraft. As drones become more popular, small fast silent tanks like these become equally important..their unmanned feature makes them indispensable in modern warfare..cheaper than a main battle tank..thier multiple roles , a no brainer...my one critique would be the urban role is impractical at present..
My problem with UGV, fully auto or not, is their use in peer to peer warfare. I doubt they will live long enough engaging targets they can deal with, to make them economical. Control the sky, the ground. These are relatively far slower, bigger, clumsy. Spotted by air drone, with links to smart weapons, capable of evading countermeasures, so much cheaper, even if these trade out. I can UGV for counterinsurgency only, to get into places air cant, and competition don't have best toys.
Nothing can match the power of God, God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God will always with Israel, protecting them and provide wisdom and knowledge to overcome any problems especially at War with terrorists.
with your logic everything is evil, you are as a human being are evil. the rock outside my house is evil. your own body parts such as arms and legs are evil.
tell that to the Global hawks and Predator drones that America operate.. even with human intervention, the operators can also make mistakes.. oops. United States aerial drone launched four Hellfire missiles on a convoy of 11 cars and pickup trucks during a counterterrorism operation in rural Yemen. The strike killed at least 12 men and wounded at least 15 others, 6 of them seriously. Witnesses and relatives of the dead and wounded interviewed by Human Rights Watch in Yemen said the convoy was a wedding procession. They said everyone in the procession was a civilian, including all of the dead and injured, and that the bride received a superficial face wound.
one issue with this, if we turn battle over to machines and loss of life is minimized , it does not discourage war and may very well extend the length of wars
What do you mean by "discourage war"? Discourage defending the country and people? Extent the length of war, you mean giving time for a nation under attack to build defenses and receive aid from allies?
Good observation. Wars will come down to who can deplete who's resources first....and in the end both side will pay with reduced quality of life if not real lives lost.
its gonna become way more capital-intensive, so the economic factor will be even more important in the future. I guess the level of discouragement will depend on the economic prospects. Imagining robot armies fighting against each other could be good because of the low loss of life, but byproducts of war like refugee streams will probably be exacerbated if the level of inhibition sinks because of the lower stakes. Still there are nukes on the table which remain the biggest equalizer and will deter most countries from starting wars of aggression like it did for decades I imagine.
@@t1ll316 I think you are talking about two superpowers, that could match toe-to-toe against each other with autonomous or remote-controlled war machines on a ground and/or aerial war? There's no such realistic scenario. USA is the only superpower. China will be near-peer on paper at most, and only in limited circumstances. War machines would pummel human targets, like insurgents, probably in 3rd world countries, armed with age-old military hardware. Near-peer opponents won't engage, because they would lose and the whole world would see and their military technology would be viewed as inferior and become internationally and widely ridiculed.
@@thomasrodenhizer1234daily reminder that American aid to it biggest ally in the Middle East can only be reinvested in American arms industry and works as a three fold advantage: keeping Israel from buying Chinese or Russian arms, props up American arms industry and promotes for the collaboration with Israeli technology which keeps American arms industry updated and in constant testing.
негров в африке гонять пойдет-а отправьте его против равного противника робот просуществует 5мин после того как его обнаружат. и то если раньше рэб не заглушит сигнал..
This is very dangerous technology in the wrong hands. As it stands now, Israel and a number of countries it is allies with and provides military technology, even while there is an arms embargo in place, such as the case of Azerbaijan, use this kind of technology to occupy and carry out crimes against humanity, like ethnic cleansing and genocide, which Azerbaijan did just that 3 months ago.
@@cameljammer6699 Armenians can't occupy a territory that is legally theirs. Since 1917, the so called Tartar state of "Azerbaijan", a name borrowed from a region in Northern Iran, was created by the British and Enver Pasha, the Young Turk. Since that time, the British has been producing oil and exporting most of it to Europe. Today, BP produces 77% of all the oil from Azerbaijan, and controls the export of 95%. The poor Tartar's who think they are Azeris, have been used as a military force to occupy an Armenian territory, that one day will be liberated, just as Kuwait was liberated in 1990. The world is waking up to occupations. When the state of Israel falls, Azerbaijan and Turkey will follow.
When arguing about certain military equipment getting obsolete, like the tank or even aircraft carrier, some dummies will say ---- Well, the infantry man is not obsolete! But that is only because they haven't figured out a way, but these machines are close.
In the year 2049, a historian will be asked about our near future. He will smile and say: They had the most drones, the best arms, the most secure software. It all came crashing down with the message "al ur pwnage r belong 2 us."
Robust is hands down the best. Other systems also have interesting elements that come close to Robust, but we shall see the results after the war in Israel. It is in use in southern Gaza!
now with robots the real question is, how many robots you got bwahahahaha , ah shit terminator was just foreshadowing human existence ...................
@@bidenisasnake9932 Sadly not everyone in this planet likes to live in peace, Such machines will save the lives of those who wish to see their families at the end of the day and still protect others.
We all know who’s invading the EU as we speak, stop trying to deflect and scapegoat Jewish people like mustache man. The new n@z1s are the Islamists invading Europe.
The United States pays for 20% of Israel's military budget while Israel has universal health care, subsidized college tuition and still ran a budget surplus last year,
Yeah. US donates about 0,0035% of their military budget. that amount wont matter much in the states and it wouldnt make or brake israels economy either
The US is not engaged in charity, it simply subsidizes purchases from American manufacturers, and at the same time prevents the emergence of Israeli competitors.
a) the usa does what it does to maintain global super power position. It has to play proxy domino against china and russia. You want Israel to be a chinese proxy and have the USA to stay in north america like it did pre WW1 be my guest. b) this tech and almost all other cutting edge Israeli tech are fully private Israeli sector with Israeli funding. This is true for all cases unless specified otherwise, like in the cases of Arrow 3 and Iron Dome.
What are you talking about “ donates “ some tiny percent to Israel ?. For starters the US has a ten year appropriation for Israel’s of $3 Billion a year🎉 for ten years . Which will then be renegotiated and probably increased. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong just say it is NOT some tiny percentage of TAXPAYERS money .
@@BillyBelk A tiny percentage.. that's how the debt crisis works. Death by a thousand tiny cuts. Why is it so terrible to ask an advanced and prosperous nation to pay for its own military?
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one.
Imagine there's no cultures The same bland thing all through Nothing to live or fight for And it's all pointless, too Imagine all the people Awaiting death's release I hope you are the only one, mate
As long as Hamas uses it as a terrorist base, sure. Did they really think they’d be able to hide under hospitals inside tunnels like rats and inside them hiding like cowards in between civilians and Israel would just stand by and wait for them to attack like savages again? Not in this reality, Iralas
Milrem Robotics is an Estonian robotic vehicle manufacturer. Their primary products are the THeMIS UGV, the Multiscope UGV and a robotic combat vehicle designated as the Type-X. The company runs subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and the US. Israel has nothing to do with this!
