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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“We do not know which frequency the Molniya operates on. This is because it only receives control signals and does not transmit anything back.

How does that work? Can they monitor its location some other way? Otherwise what would be the point of sending control signals instead of storing a predefined set of actions?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It could be useful in a dynamic situation. You could launch it into an area you know the enemy are in. As they approach, you can use other methods to get exact locations (e.g. spotters, or a flyover). An update can be sent out for an exact target to hit, based on where it is now, not where it was at launch time.

You don't need to know exactly where the drone is with this, so long as it does internally. A dead reckoning estimate is good enough.

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Active radar on the border I suppose. And I guess it's more for assisted geolocation with GPS jammed than to send commands to change course.

However it may be for that too, the miltech is not beyond implementing stupid ideas into actual hardware.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

You only need video feed for the last few minutes. Like maybe a "get ready to rumble" signal 3 minutes before needing a pilot.

[–] Sims@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

5 drones a day wont make a dent. Numbers are what matters if they want to 'exhaust' anything and they don't have it.

[–] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 10 points 1 week ago

Where did you get that number? The article states that they're supplying 150 of them to the Ukrainian military, I'm assuming they will go into full production after that.