China reveals 200-strong AI drone swarm that can be controlled by a single soldier — ‘intelligent algorithm’ allows individual units to cooperate autonomously even after losing communication with operator
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The PLA just introduced a new weapon in the drone arms race.

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) just demonstrated its latest drone swarm tech on state TV, showing a single soldier controlling 200 units.

According to the South China Morning Post, the drones are launched from the Swarm I land vehicle, A.K.A the High Mobility Swarm Weapon System, which can simultaneously launch 48 fixed-wing drones that work together.

Each unit can then autonomously communicate with each other, allowing the entire swarm to fly in precise formation and divide tasks among themselves, like conducting multi-target reconnaissance and strike operations, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said in the report.

  • rollin@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    9 hours ago

    think what absolute chaos could be wrought if a terrorist group were to release a swarm like this in a large city

    • thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 hours ago

      We’ve seen something like this in the Russian/Ukraine battle. Russia’s old equipment couldn’t withstand modern shoulder fired rockets. However those are expensive.
      Now we have a stalemate, and both sides are using cheaper drones. Overnight, much of the tanks/fighter jets became obsolete because of drones and drone swarms. So now the world (especially Europe/USA) rearm.

      • rollin@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        Apparently Russia has been using (or still is using?) drones to kill/maim civilians in Kherson. That’s what I’m really on about - using drones & drone swarms to target normal people going about their day-to-day lives. It’s just really hard to defend against, and is only going to get worse as the tech progresses.