Interest in drone footage analysis?
Added 2024-01-31 12:30:39 +0000 UTCG'day all
I said a while back that I want to provide more cut content or similar material for Patrons, but I haven't really run into cases where I'm cutting enough for it to make sense to do a special segment here.
The recent Russia update get me thinking though - because I couldn't actually post the Russian drone footage videos I was analysing in full because of YT content guidelines.
In future, Are people here interested in me recording my run through of footage like that an posting it here? I still may exercise discretion if content is particularly confronting, but I'm trying to gauge if people are interested in seeing some more of that behind the scenes work that goes into Ukraine updates.
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Another topic that would be great to include in an addendum would be the recent refusal by Boeing, Raytheon, and others to accept any more fixed price contracts after losing Billions of $. If they can't come in on time/budget even when it is in their interests to do so, it suggests there is something fundamentally broken in either the US procurement system or the big defense contractor's development processes. If the issue is with their development processes, then the insistence that any future contracts must put the overages on the US tax payer instead of fixing their problems is grotesque and appalling. If, instead, the issue is on the procurement side, then we need to know how to fix it, and some Flag Officers need some dishonerable discharges for how long the problems have been around.
Stargazer
2024-03-12 01:58:50 +0000 UTCThe Flag Officers always fight the last war. Much of what is being seen in Ukraine, especially the drone warfare, was being discussed in the early 2000 even in open sources. Conceptual then, but the broad outlines were present. And yet there was no real preparation for it.
Stargazer
2024-03-12 01:52:17 +0000 UTCAfter hearing on reddit about some...unprecedented behavior by Russian wounded, I would like more insight as well.
Upside-down Hat IV
2024-03-11 22:30:55 +0000 UTCThat definitely sounds like it leaves more room to pivot as well. Didn't the US recently say that ships of the LCS/ Zumwalt class are too endangered by modern threats to be a good investment as they pivot back to a near peer strategy?
Upside-down Hat IV
2024-03-11 22:29:44 +0000 UTCHi to my anti-Podiean friend (sp?). Many of us here, being pro-Ukrainian, hardly see anything from the russian side. I can't really access it, not being fluent in russian. Anyway to access/present some russian material? Thanks, brother
Oldboy
2024-03-11 03:39:49 +0000 UTCI just watched the LCS/Zumwalt video and had some thoughts. I don't see a better post, so I'll toss them here. Perum mentioned 'wargaming' different technologies to guide procurement decisions as a solution. I suspect one of the unrecognized issues in these programs is that they did. I've played a fair number of 4X strategy games, and one of the big assumptions in them is that spending resources always produce success, there is no risk to it. Technology research is always successful, ships are always built with the specified design and capabilities. In the wargames Perun mentioned where the players had a $200B budget to 'buy' any technologies they wanted, there was no model for the technologies coming up short, so there was no risk to piling on the new technologies on one platform. Sound familiar? That's how the LCS and Zumwalt were spec'd out. Now imagine an LCS program that had instead gone like this: -Phase I: Start to rebuild US experience in small combatants, none having been built in decades, by building 5 conventional frigate-like combatants -Phase IIA (2-3 years behind Phase I): Iterate the Phase I hull (includes engines, etc) to correct deficiencies and move to common hull platform concept for later phases. 10 ships. -Phase IIB (As Phase IIA ships near completion): Increment design to incorporate modular weapons systems with an eye towards ease of future upgrade. 10 ships -Phase III(1-2 years behind Phase IIA): Use common hull, but tailor two different versions for mine sweeping and anti-sub. ?? ships -Phase IV (1-2 years behind Phase III): Use common hull, but tailor to air defense/escort. ?? ships -Phase V (Once Phase IV moves to build): Design new hulls,or purchase foreign-designed hulls, as appropriate for the intel and spec-ops missions. ~5-7 ships? -Phase VI (1-2 years behind Phase V): Iterate the Phase III hull to incorporate more modular systems, preferably ones that were designed and tested in a parallel track.
Stargazer
2024-03-10 16:35:27 +0000 UTCUnrelated question, have you thought about applying to nebula?
Aron Hellsten
2024-03-04 09:30:43 +0000 UTCWhatever don't get demonetized to show us?
Thomas Bernecky
2024-02-18 18:14:11 +0000 UTCI have been watching the drone footage since it started and what seems to be happening is these armed drones are becoming a adjunct to mortars, indeed that are actually carrying mortar shells. One of their main uses has been to completely destroy abandoned equipment. A lot of the tanks are abandoned with their hatches open so a mortar dropped inside will cook off any ammo blowing the tank to pieces. I have watched what the US defense industry is doing and with the bottomless budgets they have they are developing some truly scary systems.
Kenneth Crips
2024-02-01 17:56:22 +0000 UTCMostly interested in how drones have come to be such a big impact in Ukraine and how quickly major militaries are responding.
Bill Kerr
2024-02-01 06:03:31 +0000 UTCRight on the money on this one Dylan. I'm more interested in the deception angle to drone footage than the combat analysis. There frankly are only some much that can said about 'fly here, hit that' or 'fly here, spy on that' or 'fly here, drop a grenade on that'.
MAC Sandsquid
2024-02-01 01:05:07 +0000 UTCI'd be interested in how you sort the propaganda out from the 'usable' footage. Clear cut examples as well as more line calls. Plus how you make the distinctions.
Dylan Harvey
2024-02-01 00:11:32 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/W24-sQcpgAw?si=lKp0xdm1wjve30LF
James Steed
2024-01-31 23:19:00 +0000 UTCWhen you pull a drain plug in the sink, does it swirl in a particular direction?
Teresa Benson
2024-01-31 23:13:13 +0000 UTCI watch Suchomimus videos when they look to be something new or interesting, but not if it's just another tank being hit. If you have a new angle, or more info on the technology and/or inventories, I would be very interested.
Teresa Benson
2024-01-31 23:06:09 +0000 UTCFor those that don't know, toilets "swirl" because of their shape, not their location. In many countries (including Australia) they don't swirl at all
Darren
2024-01-31 21:30:23 +0000 UTCI used to design one way attack and squad ISR drones, and I don't want "let's watch people die in new and horrific ways with Perun" as I see enough of it in my own time, but if insight is gained by analysing specific cases then I'm 100% for it.
Rhino_Aus
2024-01-31 19:52:13 +0000 UTCI'm able to handle a lot and I'm interested in some analytics. As long as there is more to say than "look, someone's dead now" but I trust you fully in that regard. There should be a warning and a description what will be shown in advance, as this footage has a lot of potential to trigger and to traumatize people.
Maulwurf
2024-01-31 19:47:51 +0000 UTCI'm interested as drones have fundamentally changed modern warfare but also I don't want to see people getting blown to pieces. If you have footage that is insightful and more than carnage I'm in.
alexander gaitan
2024-01-31 19:30:25 +0000 UTCI'm interested in footage but I'd appreciate guard rails. I don't want to see something I can't unsee.
Richard Gemmell
2024-01-31 19:22:28 +0000 UTCRoughly everyday(realistically 4-5 days per week I look at combat and drone footage from this conflict and although some footage is unbelievably atrocious and can be frankly for some extremely hard to watch I believe truly there are clearly quite a lot of important informational nuggets that can be gleamed from analyzing such footage. So I would absolutely appreciate your analysis of such footage!
Aaron Rosenthal
2024-01-31 19:10:28 +0000 UTCHi, I think demonstrating the techniques and how you draw conclusions would be very interesting. But, I agree handled sensitively. If people want to see footage of the grisly reality they can but it’s not something it’s best to watch too much.
AKW145
2024-01-31 19:09:15 +0000 UTCI think that this is more about the "How" it is done, rather than just being a voyeur on so many deaths. From the little that we know of you, I am confident that your sensibilities and responsibility that we have seen so evident in your other videos will keep us on the straight and narrow. I am, however, intrigued by the YT restrictions - they seem to hamstring the honest and fair producers like yourself.
ROGER STEMP
2024-01-31 19:00:46 +0000 UTCIf it contributes to your analysis and understanding and isn't unduly graphic, then I'd be interested. Violence for it's own sake I'm personally against. We've all seen enough of that unfortunately and I don't think videos inherently contribute to our understanding and knowledge just by virtue of being a video from a current conflict.
Mark Lis
2024-01-31 18:30:41 +0000 UTCYou could always post it to YT as an "unreleased" video and share the link here.
Cap'n Dan Doherty
2024-01-31 17:30:31 +0000 UTCI wonder if Ukraine can source mini-jet engines to make cheap, fast one-way-munition drones (kind of like a cruise missile)?
Erik Stubblebine
2024-01-31 16:05:35 +0000 UTCAs this technology is rapidly changing I would be more interested in how the technology has changed since the invasion and where it is going. Also needed is a cold review of the efficacy of this technology. Each side is posting stuff blowing up (to dramatic music) but what is really working or not working? Counter drone technology reviews would be appropriate as it is also rapidly evolving.
Maddogpilot
2024-01-31 15:20:16 +0000 UTCA joint video with Covert Cabal would be a great format for this.
Kevin Alkire
2024-01-31 15:13:38 +0000 UTCI'm not really a voyeur, but illustrations that reflect the capabilities and evolution of platforms and counter measures would be instructive. There needs to be a point beyond explosions and bodies. Thank you for offering us the choice.
William Comars
2024-01-31 15:13:02 +0000 UTCIt's you, Perun, I'm interested! I am sure you will connect this to the big picture and how it is affecting the war from many different angles and how it will affect all war in the future.
Charles Edward Richardson
2024-01-31 14:57:06 +0000 UTCI'm here for the analysis, not for the "show" of war. If you need to watch videos to achieve better knowledge, I'd be happy to let you do the "dirty work". Sorry mate.
Carlo Duroni
2024-01-31 14:36:22 +0000 UTCI've already seen my share of misery, and i feel that watching desperate young men perish adds little to my insights on war. I would strongly prefer your analysis on the big picture over your analysis on micro level stuff.
Bas van Haastrecht
2024-01-31 14:31:49 +0000 UTCWhen I started watching the war I had a immediate feeling that :this is different than watch "Midway" or "Gettysburg" that I'm still not sure about.
paolpaul44
2024-01-31 14:27:12 +0000 UTCMy sympathies are for the families, friends etc. of people who are casualties, not for anyone who has come to another country to earn a car, or pay debts by killing people.
paolpaul44
2024-01-31 14:24:13 +0000 UTCI would like to see what you select.
paolpaul44
2024-01-31 14:19:49 +0000 UTCFew commentators are doing what you do so well: illuminating conflict at the macro level. As a Vietnam-era veteran, I appreciate how a nation that sustains its resources and morale will succeed in the face of an enemy with superior manpower, technology, and tactics. This is what you are so good at describing for us. So, if drone footage enables that analysis, yes, but others with more credible combat and intelligence experience, like Ryan McBeth https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMcBethProgramming, are analyzing drone footage. No one is looking at the larger picture more effectively than you.
Walter Houser
2024-01-31 14:09:56 +0000 UTCI think this is an awesome idea! Not surprised the poll is so one sided!
Traian Olinescu
2024-01-31 14:04:16 +0000 UTCThis is possibly more than you'd be willing to do, but I'd actually be very interested in a video where you walk through obtaining satellite imagery (what sources are available, what prices look like, etc) and describe how you choose to obtain and use that in your research. I love the final results, but insight into how you get there, especially the less well known tools, is fascinating.
Exovian
2024-01-31 13:53:34 +0000 UTCIn general, if you have footage or other such information that you're not able to show on Youtube because of content guidelines, and you think it would improve your presentation, I think it'd be reasonable if the "Patreon version" of the presentation would contain that footage, and in the Youtube version you might just casually mention that you can't show the footage of Youtube because rules, but it's in the Patreon version. I don't expect it's something you'd make a habit of, or just for the sake of it, but it could be useful when it's justified. I'd trust you to use your judgement to not show anything particularilly disturbing, and you probably want to take care to not make the information that you're showing such footage behind a paywall seem like it's a way of profiting of suffering. I'm sure your patrons (including me) trust that it's not your intent, but it's still worth considering for a wider audience.
Per von Zweigbergk
2024-01-31 13:50:14 +0000 UTCDrone footage doesn't intrest me particularly, especially the things that would run into a YouTube filter. But looking through vehicle parks and storage yards (as has come up in satellite tasking discussions) would be great. Tactics and kill identification, meh; I'm here for logistics.
KevinR
2024-01-31 13:49:53 +0000 UTCPls do some content how politics and system of government effect militaries
Mai0e
2024-01-31 13:47:13 +0000 UTCI appreciate your content as it gives a broader view, a perspective on a complex situation. Drone attack reaction videos is not really what brought me to your yt channel.
qwh
2024-01-31 13:46:47 +0000 UTCWould very much like to have a look at this. It's one thing to learn from your detailed analysis every week, but it's better still to be able to get an idea of HOW you do some of said analysis, especially on something as transformative as drone usage on the battlefield.
Marc G
2024-01-31 13:42:29 +0000 UTCI've watched a lot of fairly graphic drone footage on tg by now. For better or worse I've become desensitized to it, It's just so fascinating. Especially since I was building early fpv drones over 10 years ago. I would be very interested in your thoughts. If a picture is worth a thousand words than a video is worth a million
Matt Papageorge
2024-01-31 13:30:44 +0000 UTCI'd also be interested in some content analysis, but I would recommend removing the more sensitive content. While I'm not blind to the realities of war, I feel that a lot of the military bloggers sharing content showing bodies or people being killed is just wrong, particularly when those bloggers are often benefitting from that content in some way
cruisey1987
2024-01-31 12:55:14 +0000 UTCI respect and enjoy your strategic level view of things, but have a personal preference towards the “nuts & bolts” practicalities more often than not. Your analysis on the end user aspect of the drone wars would be interesting.
Kristian Reninger
2024-01-31 12:52:49 +0000 UTCIt would be fascinating to get some insight into footage analysis techniques. Appreciate it's probably finer-grained coverage than your usual style, but peeks behind the wizard's curtain are always fun!
Harris
2024-01-31 12:47:01 +0000 UTCFor me it is much more important to listen to your strategic analysis in more fields. Sharing videos might be rather time consuming and takes your focus away from the big picture(s) you outline.
Uwe Frey
2024-01-31 12:46:34 +0000 UTCI kinda feel thats more on a tactical/unit level then the strategic level you usually offer here. A primer on how you evaluate the video's could be interesting, but you already gave some of that in the Russia video. If I want to see the drone stuff there are plenty of places I can get that, but I've seen enough 'i know ill die now' faces on 9-gags Ukraine section to be fair.
Mathijs Heideveld
2024-01-31 12:37:18 +0000 UTCIt would be very interesting! I'd be keen to hear how exactly you and others actually go about analysing it. If nothing else it would help teach us how to "read" this sort of footage when we come across it ourselves.
ThatGuyReturns
2024-01-31 12:37:17 +0000 UTCYes very interested. I prefer your moderated material than other stuff that I have no idea about until I see it, but then I cannot unsee it.
Graham Boddington
2024-01-31 12:36:24 +0000 UTCYou could post a detailed analysis of directional toilet swirls above and below the equator and I would eagerly watch it
James Steed
2024-01-31 12:35:57 +0000 UTCWould also be interested re: content on the UKR 3D printed bomblets and release mechanisms, as well as some of the "disposable" 3D printed drones: https://www.twz.com/clandestine-u-k-program-developed-3d-printed-suicide-drone-for-ukraine
Neil Stansbury
2024-01-31 12:35:50 +0000 UTCSo you are going to combine modern drone warfare footage with commentary by my favorite PP-essay content creator? And you still had to ask? 😉
Scherzkeks4104
2024-01-31 12:35:38 +0000 UTCDefinitely interested. It would be important that it's not gratuitous, and I know you wouldn't share that kind of content, but comments and insights from some of the footage would be interesting. Organisation (or lack thereof) of ground forces. Status of equipment. Battlefield conditions. Evidence of previous attacks through the same vectors. Etc. Lots of stuff you could comment on that's informative and still in your lane. Keep up the awesome work!
Hugo Nolan
2024-01-31 12:35:19 +0000 UTCAs a film critic, YES I would love your perspective and the tools you use to analyze this.
Grindthetooth
2024-01-31 12:34:53 +0000 UTCI wouldn't want to see confronting footage, but I am interested if the particular strike is interesting or significant.
Moldovan Emil
2024-01-31 12:34:06 +0000 UTCI would be more than pleased with this. Elated even.
Austin Galan
2024-01-31 12:33:31 +0000 UTCMy option: Gimme that shit!
Colm Corbec
2024-01-31 12:32:05 +0000 UTC
