Swarm A.I. with thousands of cheap drones armed with high explosives , being guided by satellite is absolutely terrifying. Truly the stuff of nightmares .

I called this 💩 back in 2015🙌🏽. As a former U.S Marine whose M.O.S. was 0341 and I spent 8 years serving in a weapons company either on the gun line with 81mm mortars or as a F.O. I knew the second I got the first DJI Mavic Pro to film my Vietnam vacation that this was the future of warfare. I wasn’t even so much thinking about placing munitions on them I was purely looking at it from a call for fire standpoint and how it would revolutionize how we planned out our fire missions.

Ironic isn't it? That more advanced automation has put the focus back on the capabilities of the individual infantryman. And that the super-solider of the 21st century might actually be a frat boy with a controller in his hands. What a world.

I only watch these for the weather in Colorado.

Imagine walking along the road and coming across Peter chatting away like this...

Perun has talked about this, and noted how anti-drone countermeasures evolve in tandem with the drones themselves. Then there's Anduril, who produces both primary attack drones and drone-hunting counter-drones. This is the true 5D chess, in which the explosives are real and the pieces move on their own.

Peter needs to do a travel series where he discusses his favorite airports, lounges, hotels and rental cars and hiking trails.

Well, like the saying goes, "necessity is the mother of invention!" And, Ukraine is sure discovering THAT lesson the hard way!!

The most information rich videos in any short format.

yesterday i saw video of ukrainian diy fpv drone that being jammed switched to ai image recognition and still destroyed tank - future is now, rules are changing

One of your best daily shows. Thank you.

Wow, you PO’d the Rus-bots today! Hit a little close to home! No pun intended. Civil War/Crimean War analogy was awesome. 👌

I tune in daily to see his wonderful collection of shades ....plus this guy is great

All Quiet on The Western Front meets Starship Troopers

This is the new Spanish Civil War, time to watch the modern equivalent of tanks evolve...

The other day two teams of huskies and a grizzly bear were lost in the woods. They sent Peter in to find and rescue them.

Snow is good, fills the Colorado river system and the two major dam systems.

There's a certain wry humor in the Black Sea Fleet ships being unable to take out the Ukranian naval drones because their guns were designed to take out ships and so they couldn't deflect low enough to engage a remote-controlled SeaDoo packed with explosives. Kind of like how Bismarck had trouble shooting down the biplane torpedo bombers from the Ark Royal because they were so slow that the automated tracking on Bismarck's AA guns kept leading them too far.

"Know a Mentat by his red-stained sunglasses"

What scares me is the stuff we haven’t seen yet…

I am very impressed Peter. Those who can adapt to a changing battlefield will change history. Those who do not adapt are called Generals/ Admirals/ or Dinosaurs. We no longer need any leader who leads from the rear.

Peter is excited that the greatest threat to Russia is a man with a backpack hiking throgh the snow with his drone.

He’s a great communicator. My favorite channel.

I agree, the speeding up to targeting cycle and pushing it to the lowest echelon (you call it democratization) has been a revolution. I wonder what are your thoughts on non-kinetic effects utilizing the same targeting cycle. That is, cognitive warfare, examples, including information operations, influence operations, psychological warfare, civil affairs, or military deception. I understand you’re not a military analyst, but interesting to see your points of view. Thanks

3:05 “What you’re seeing is Advanced Warfare” - Jonathan Irons

I watch your videos every day to know the weather in Colorado ❤

This may be the most insightful video you've yet made with important implications for the free world. I hope folks are paying attention.

Reminds me of “Screamers” starring Peter Weller. Based on the short story “Fourth Kind” Autonomous Mobile Swords

No one can strike from greater distances than Peter

Happy day! My favourite CIA asset released a video :D

Good analysys. All delivered extemporaneously, which is very impressive.

5:42 thank you for phrasing things in a way that's easy for me to understand

Very interesting comparison with the Civil War. Well done.

Man those sunglasses ….i couldn’t pull that off

Peter, sir, you are the only person who's videos I have to watch two or three times to get the full gist. While JDAM munitions allowed for multiple groups to illuminate or designate the final phase, there still had to be group co-operation. Now its a squad or fewer packing multiple weapons in, hitting targets of opportunity and making it back home. No expensive (read as exclusive) equipment needed. Talk about "The Poor mans James Bond" or what B.L.M. could mostly peacefully protest with.

When I go on trail walks I listen to the daily zeihan take first almost every time.

Sad to say I know where this goes: 3D print swarms of tiny drones that are basically guided bullets and grenades and use guidance software that can adapt to new circumstances on the fly.

he had me at beaver

I lived up Conifer Mountain Rd in the 90’s. Every dang video makes me jealous. It is the most gorgeous place I have ever lived.

They got so good with these small drones

Most of the time in the news sections, there are some experts that are fairly uninformative. Really appreciate the intelligent approach to new information. -Even if not everything might be right or come true, even a glimpse at a potential version of current affairs or the future is valuable.

A modern Grunt: An angry hippie with a personal defense weapon like SG1 and level III cloth armor for smallstuff. His "Combat load" is a tracked and armored minivan with a bunk, microwave and fridge with a week of supplies. The minivan is tracked like a skidsteer and armored to deflect everything below 20mm. It is a hybrid powered with either turbine/diesel/gas and a battery to support leaving the sensor suite and IR cloak on all night. It is armed with a multiplicity of drones for scouting and attack with a minigun for self protection in the 5.7mm range. Console cowboy meets x games eco-racer.

You are so insightful and informative, I always look forward to your videos on current world affairs

Did Peter call that missile “fugly”? Lol

isn’t it interesting how ukraine is developing all these advanced drones with a crippled economy, no manufacturing base and a non-existent tech sector 😂.

You say the things that I think all day. This channel confirms all my biases.

I worry about the day drone warfare becomes an issue at home.

what scares me more than anything else is the realization that very soon humans won't be the ones responsible for operating these drones... it will be A.I. !!!!!!

We should consider what a couple hundred people that have come over our borders illegally could do to our critical infrastructure with low tech drones. This is disaster waiting to happen.

Will you please setup a new channel where you do the best hikes in the Colorado mountains? I'd love to see more about the different trails you walk on. 👍

Daaaammmmmnnnnn!!!!! Very interesting, and a bit scary. Great info Peter.

Thanks!

When will you come and do a lecture or two in New Zealand plse Peter?

Great and insightful analysis , Thanks Peter ❤

I hiked there on a beautiful day at the end of January

Everybody thought the Star Wars "Drone Wars" were never going to happen anytime soon.

This is also technology in many ways readily available. Next time a conventional force will meet an asymmetric force on the ground with some tech savvy, the conventional force will have some quick learning to do. Everyone is watching Ukraine. Everyone with eyes sees the future. But not only for the good.

and 5:00 is why I love your show...

I see all of your videos. Your a Stud! I really liked this video because of your take on warfare technologies and their path to adoption.

can you make a video on the Baltimore bridge collapse and its effect on auto imports?

Russia's oil fields, transport and refining has always been in operation without the option to shut things down. Peter is correct: they can't shut parts of the system down to repair etc like we can in the US. If they have to shut a well in then it probably will never come back online. The whole system is comprised of Western made equipment and tech, which they don't have the ability to replace or manufacture. Essentially, the petroleum industry in Russia is the main provider of income for the war machine, but is also one of Russia's greatest Achilles heels (they have quite a few). Armies run on diesel in the modern era- not their soldier's bellies

I would argue that there was another revolution in the post Vietnam era, when the military moved to regional commands with authority to assemble Force packages from any service to serve specific missions. During Vietnam, the services pretty much fought their own wars - without much coordination - reminiscent of MacArthur and Nimitz splitting up the Pacific theatre. The first Gulf War illustrated this innovation in spades. General Schwarzkopf commanded a region (US Cent Comm) and was lead in prosecuting the war in his region - with authority over units of all services. This was a vast improvement in coordination and effective use of forces, and allowed more rapid force projection.

As always appreciate the info thank ya Peter

Imagine a reusable ballistic missile system that can put 200 tons of small drones over a city. Each drone only carries a couple of pounds of explosives. The AI on each drone knows the city and has specific infrastructure targets, like transformers, etc. and 30-40,000 infrastructure targets in the city are hit near simultaneously. Or create a swarm pod drone system for the B-52 and drop 7,000 drones per sortie on target. The future is going to be interesting.

Star wars drone wars. We need a jar jar binks

Snow in April! I remember that when I lived in CO.

Thanks Peter!

Peter in rose-coloured glasses? This is a first!

love Ukrainian innovation ❤

Science fiction writers have envisioned this sort of decentralization. Essentially, we’re returning to a more and older, command structure where the man on the spot needs to use his or her initiative and training rather than relying on a commander far removed from the actual battlefield.

It is interesting that in warfare often one piece of tech will totally change the game. In WWl it was the internal combustion engine. In WWll it was radar. Today it is the AI drone. Tomorrow it will be the flint spear.

If the United States ever gets attacked by something like this, I will need my house to have it's own at least temporary supply of electricity and fresh water. Those two systems will be disabled very quickly.

Nice "Civil War" sunglasses!

This democratization of warfare cannot, by definition apply to the PLA. The ROC however will absolutely excel at this.

It only took us 20 years. Military Technical Revolutions and Revolutions in Military Affairs only happen when the leadership stops putting road blocks up. (It's the "We won the last time, why change something that isn't broke?") UNTIL a force is being defeated. Then the roadblocks disappear. That's why RMA's are usually kicked off by the side that lost the last one. Maybe we'll be successful in the change before we lose this one.

I demand these for my 2A rights

Fascinating analysis of the evolution in military affairs. The strategic use of drones as described mirrors the precision and innovation we value in the tech industry

To be fair though, The Black Sea is a pond, it’s therefore unlikely that drones due to range, will be effective in a real ocean such as The Pacific.

“ Necessity is the mother of invention and survival” Gotta luv the Ukrainians for being so resourceful. 🇺🇦

good video. thank you. i enjoyed the concrete examples of the phoenix ghost and the grenade swarms.

Peter iron flow batteries in military bases pilot projects have concluded that their implementation can reduce diesel consumption by 40%. If you factor the price of transportation of fuels to these bases ....savings are massive. You should do a deep dive on these new technologies. Cheers!!!

COMRADE PETE, Have you been playing "Call to Duty" again ???

Thank you 🙏

This technology is old about 2011 I was trained to deploy these drone. It was awesome. I can't even imagine what version there on now or new prototypes that have been out for 15 years

"...tens of thousands of individual weapons platforms that can be launched in a relatively short period of time, and they're decentralised." So basically: laissez faire capitalism for war. Maybe we should call it "Laissez warfaire"?

Nice shades 😎

Allways fascinating

4:40 Actually, most Ukrainan drones have a live video feed to the controller. Peter has interesting insights. Then he drops these ridiculous statements. Like when he said it was dangerous for Russians to transport artillery shells on buses, not realizing they would not be fuzed.

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Boulder man-bun coming to you from Colorado... lmao!

Hearing that buzz of a drone hovering over your fighting position, and knowing your only hope of avoiding the imminent artillery is to displace asap, is a special kind of unnerving.

Another major factor is gut bacteria. As a consequence of Stalin's centralized economy and subsequent liberalization of trade relations in the EU regarding leafy vegetables, cabbage consumption has plummeted amongst average Russians. As a result, this is the second generation that lacks essential gut bacteria that enhances the absorption of critical neuro-enhancing vitamins and minerals. The average neuro-synaptic cycle has decline three fold as a result and accordingly, time sensitive decision making processes are simply no longer the forte of Russian planners. Blame the lack of beet and cabbage borscht. Blame fast food. That is the end of my Ted Talk (drops the mic).

Is there video of the human wave tactics? Other than your word

Military summary has good 1st hand videos with geo locations on this.

Another great video. But, my little sister used to have a pair of sunglasses just like that.

Peter, telling the world a ship can't hit something below level is total BS. Stay in your lane. No naval officer (I'm one of them) will believe you when you speak nonsense like that. True, missiles won't hit something next to you, but the main gun on most ships will depress below level and for stuff that's closer in, there are CIWS which stands for, get this, CLOSE IN Weapon System. It's a radar controlled gatling gun that can hit fast moving air or surface targets relatively close to the ship. And when it comes to small boat attacks which are essentially like Ukraine's drones that have sunk several ships, modern warships carry machine guns that are moving from human controlled (.50 cal usually) in older ships to more modern optically remote or autonomously controlled in newer ships. The human controlled ones have trouble keeping up with many small boats but the Russians don't have modern ones so they're stuck using people to aim in the dark. Highly ineffective. Modern systems can handle them much better but still not perfectly. I've heard you say that ships guns can't depress in several videos now. Total nonsense.

What does it mean? Total destruction of economies that decide to go to war.

Do a video on baltimore Bridge and effects on economy.

It's obviously not cold, Peter hasn't got a fashion statement beanie on.

Our tech is why we won in Afghanistan.