Tanks
topic on 6 shows · 7 statements across 6 episodes
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7 statements about Tanks, every show
Mead warns America's massive legacy weapon stockpiles invite technological disruption
“And it's also for us as a, as the power that has the most stuff, we're actually the most vulnerable to technological change because we've got more, we've got so many tanks that the tank becomes useless. That's more of a problem for us than it is for somebody w…”
Reil: The era of military tanks is probably over
“And so I think the area of tanks is probably over.”
Reil: 100,000 strike drones would destroy 3,000 invading tanks within hours
“The deterrence that you get out of having a very large number of strike drones at your border, I think is, is pretty is pretty strong, and the reason is that if you turn up with tanks on the other side, let's say you turn up with 3000 tanks, 100,000 strike dro…”
Schmidt: $5K drones render $30M military tanks obsolete
“Things like tanks of which we're now building a whole bunch more, even stronger tanks here in America, don't make any sense in a world where a two kilogram payload from a well-armed drone can destroy the tank. It's called the kill ratio, and that drone costs r…”
Lowery: FPV drones require direct impact, making short-range microwave defenses effective
“What happens is, is a first person viewer drone with what they call a contact charge needs to drive that first person view drone all the way into impact. Cause how the contact charge works is it hits the armor And then a little spike shoots through the armor, …”
Russia cannot manufacture new tanks due to foreign semiconductor shortages
“So the Russians are fucked, because they can't even make new tanks, because they can't get the components.”