The current Russian-Ukrainian conflict is in a stalemate. In the frequent offensive and defensive battles between the two sides, there is a weapon that has become the "star" on the battlefield, that is, the drone system , which is ubiquitous on the battlefield. Especially in recent times, the "little motorcycles" flying over Ukraine have annoyed the Ukrainian government and have also given great inspiration to the Americans.
On October 28, " Global Times " reprinted a report from the US media that a huge "super swarm" unmanned combat project was hidden in the US military's new fiscal year budget report, mainly to deal with the People's Liberation Army's anti-intervention/regional denial system. The main inspiration for this project is the beatings that Ukraine suffered on the battlefield.
According to US media disclosure, the so-called "swarm" drones of the US military have the ability to perceive the surrounding environment during flight, understand how far they are, and use algorithms to avoid obstacles. The more advanced version uses artificial intelligence to coordinate tasks, such as expanding searches or performing synchronous attacks, etc.
The "super swarm" project, which the US military is currently spending money, hopes to turn each drone into a combat unit, with independent and autonomous capabilities like pilots, perception, identification and judgment of the surrounding environment and independent attacks. Once the US military's research and development is successful, these drones will play a role as many combat aircraft under certain specific conditions.
In response to the defects of existing drones such as too small size and load, serious insufficient speed and range, the US military plans to develop a large drone to act as a "air mothership" to carry "swarm" drones to combat mission areas, and then release and launch searches and attacks. If the US military's research and development is successful, it will continue to maintain its technological leadership.
The U.S. containment strategy against China, the most troublesome problem at the moment is how to deal with the PLA's anti-intervention/regional denial system. This perfect combat system has the ability to resist the enemy thousands of miles away. Once a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the US military's combat weapons, including aircraft carrier and bomber , can no longer be close to China's local area thousands of kilometers. And all military bases in Asia-Pacific region may also face paralysis due to being attacked by missile .
The US military instigated this "super swarm" project, claiming to break through the PLA's anti-intervention/regional denial system, which is the key to whether it can defeat the Chinese army in the Asia-Pacific region. However, there are really not too many problems facing this project's success, including the high cost and the need to break through the technical bottlenecks of more complex command and control systems.
The most likely thing is that the so-called "super swarm" project of the US military is "unfinished", while China's "swarm swarm" has successfully entered the sky. Such things have been happening in many fields such as hypersonic missile , electromagnetic weapon , etc. A very important reason is that the United States has been de-industrialized for decades, and its production and manufacturing capabilities are really too bad, and there are many things that have ideas and no way to do so.
Just as Obama convened the bosses of Apple , Intel and other companies to discuss the return of manufacturing industry, Jobs briefly gave an example to say that the mold engineer that Apple needs, the United States can convene a house at most, and China can instantly find a football field. In addition, China trains more than 10 times more science and engineering graduates in one year than the United States.
takes 10,000 steps back, even if the US military’s “super swarm” project is finally developed successfully, we will face not only China’s more advanced anti-intervention/regional denial system, but also a larger and smart “swarm swarm” system.
