Still only need one flying drone to identify all targets. There maybe more camera drones available to pilot, but still only need one flying to spot.
A static target only needs to be seen once.
A static target only needs to be seen once.
…but if GPS is jammed, and there’s only one camera per fleet, how exactly are the other drones supposed to navigate towards the spotted targets unless they’re all equipped with cameras?
Camera drone hovers above target and kamakazi drone intersects the line between camera and target, and drops.
We've had two years of footage of drones being flown over tanks, and bombs dropped directly down into them.
We have two years of footage from Ukraine, where camera-equipped drones are launched from a several miles away at most, and where there are networks of pilots and support specialists to assemble and launch more drones in case of (frequent) failure.
I don’t think it’s wise to wager the success of a 6-month mission deep in enemy territory on a plan with a single point of failure, especially when the alternative is equipping each drone with < $100 cameras.
But sure, you’re clearly the better thinker.
Your first response was disrespectful. Probably because you are young and immature. Grow up.
That being said, having all drones equipped with cameras could enable a more robust version of what they’re talking about:
If uplink with human operators is lost, but short-range comms between drones exist, they could use their video feeds to autonomously coordinate amongst themselves.
How? Without GPS, it's navigation capabilities lower than V-2 rocket.