How exactly do military drones be accurate when bombing ground targets?

Looking to today's era, drones have evolved into a huge family. "Delicate" military drones.

It's no longer a military-exclusive stunt. Civilian drones are trying to show their strength on the battlefield. happened in Syria.

The small-scale war caused Duan Zhengwei and Dunslin, who were concerned about the changes in the world's military, to suddenly raise their vigilance. In other words, it is necessary to form effective countermeasures in such areas as changing the form of warfare, changing the style of operations, the methods of combat, dealing with emergencies, the use of forces, and the selection of means. The construction of a new type of combat force for UAVs is a breakthrough in the transformation of the army reserve army.

In recent local wars, the US military began to use unmanned aerial vehicles ("attack drones") with attack power for battlefield operations. These drones can carry small or powerful precision attack missiles, mainly for attacking ground or sea targets. The attack process of attack UAVs on ground or sea targets is complex and continuous, and the specific combat process can be divided into three stages: sneak attack, reconnaissance and search, and attack.

The sudden stage refers to the process of UAV breaking through the enemy's air defense fire network for situational assessment, and the success of the sudden attack is the key to the success or failure of the air strike.

The reconnaissance and search stage refers to the process of reconnaissance, information processing and identification of ground targets by UAVs, and effectively locks on the target as a prerequisite for UAV attacks. In the attack phase, according to the distance at which the UAV delivers the offensive **, it can be divided into close-range and long-range high-altitude bombing. There are three methods of out-of-zone attacks and security zone attacks.

The so-called "high-altitude bombing" refers to the attack method closest to the target. UAV refers to the attack method of breaking through the enemy's distant mid-level air defense system, approaching the attack target, and delivering guidance.

The so-called "out-of-zone attack" refers to the attack method that is far away from the target. Drones drop long-range air-to-surface missiles into areas that are safer than anti-air defense firepower. This strike method has low requirements for UAV penetration capabilities, but has high requirements for the performance of long-range air-to-surface missiles.

A "safe zone attack" is an attack that is furthest from the target. This attack method does not have high requirements for UAV navigation and penetration capabilities, but it has high requirements for the UAV's payload capacity and the range of air-to-ground cruise missiles, and this method has not yet been put into actual combat application.

The satellite technology of the United States has matured to the point of appalling, no matter what electronic equipment can be controlled by the satellite control terminal, the user only needs to use the manipulator to transmit signals to the satellite, and the command is transmitted to the equipment through the satellite, so that the purpose of over-the-horizon remote control can be accomplished.

Military ** is easier to control on satellites, because the hardware and software technology of military ** is very high, probably 60% higher than that of civilian satellites. The missiles of the UAV can be guided by satellites, and the gap will not be greater than 10 meters under the lens of the satellite's hyperspectral, and the difference of 10 meters is basically the same for missiles. Missiles can also be guided using laser, artificial, electromagnetic induction, or thermal guidance.

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I think that when those military drones bomb ground targets, they use their precise systems to locate them, so they can bomb the targets more accurately.

Therefore, when the UAV bombs the ground target, it mainly uses the satellite positioning system to determine the target and achieve accuracy.

If it is only to the ground, it can largely replace manned aircraft, and UAVs have shown considerable capabilities in surveillance and patrol. In low-intensity conflicts, UAVs have advantages that neither fixed-wing nor rotary-wing aircraft have. In fact, drones have also conducted air combat, which also shows the possibilities and potential of this aspect.

If you want to say that the weakness is the need for remote control, it is. But realistically, everything is risky. There is also a risk that the IFF will be picked up and cracked by the enemy if the fighter is shot down.

What matters is whether there is value in taking the risk, and whether the benefits outweigh the potential risks. And in the final analysis, it is easy for an army with a technological superiority to solve this problem. It is difficult for technologically backward armies to exploit this weakness.

For example, the United States has perfect satellite communications, has the most secure MADR at present, and the UAV automation technology is basically the most advanced. Then it will be easier to take advantage of this. And it is not impossible to completely rely on automatic driving to launch GPS guidance**, supplemented by manned aircraft to lead several UAVs as a relay if necessary, providing limited control and mission updates, and escorting by the way.

It's a very likely tactic, and that day is only getting closer.

At present, unmanned is the general trend, the cost is low, and the number of deployments can be increased.

It can't be completely replaced now, but it is likely in the foreseeable future, but the biggest problem for drones is how to ensure the effectiveness of data links (communications) in high-risk areas.

Not yet. One is the problem of data link security, and some tactical action drones may not be able to do it, and now the drop artificial intelligence is still relatively low-level ......UAVs are generally used for reconnaissance, and bombing is a little, but it seems that no dedicated unmanned fighter has been developed. After all, the level of technology is not yet in place.

It's like a remote control or something.

Yes, for example, the American Predator drone has carried out multiple decapitation operations;

However, UAVs have extremely high requirements for the stability of signal transmission, so the stability and combat effectiveness in the case of strong electromagnetic interference will be affected, and the current artificial intelligence technology cannot allow UAVs to make autonomous campaign decisions.

Of course not, the battlefield perception capability of UAVs is still limited and cannot replace the powerful analysis and decision-making function of the human brain.

This question should be answered separately, there are many kinds of bombing missions, in fact, it is still possible to carry out ordinary bombing missions at the current level of UAVs, such as the United States in Afghanistan to fight the so-called ****. However, the bomb load of the UAV is indeed too small, if the development of a relatively large UAV, the bombing mission performed by the B-52 can also be carried out by the UAV, but the key targets such as sneak attacks on the other side **, airports and other key targets are not yet supported by technology.

First of all, the pilot has an intuitive feeling on the fighter, which facilitates the completion of the mission. And it can react immediately when fighting in the air. The machine is not sentient.

Moreover, the pilot has a special feeling of random movement in the plane, and I recommend you to watch the "Top Secret Flight" in the United States, even if the technology reaches that level, not to mention that it is still far from that kind of high technology.

Just one bomb load can answer your questions.