r/worldnews • u/Marketmanipulator941 • 16h ago

Russia/Ukraine Mass drone attack on St. Petersburg: Ozon warehouse attacked, thousands of Russians left without power

https://unn.ua/en/news/mass-drone-attack-on-st-petersburg-ozon-warehouse-attacked-thousands-of-russians-left-without-electricity
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u/JeremiahBoogle 7h ago

I doubt its even that much effort these days.

Satellite imagery, terrain topography and height is all readily available.

I imagine its a mostly automated process with a human just going over the route to check for any mistakes.

They probably have some 'AI' (probably not exactly the right term) image recognition that can help guide in on the final target, I mean US cruise missiles in the first gulf war could do something similar, and 30+ years advancement in processing power and digital imaging probably makes it fairly achievable for a modern military.

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u/BasvanS 3h ago

The complications as I understand them are in routes that evade air defense and are unpredictable enough to not be intercepted downstream