Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rheinneckar.social/@amayer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amayer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <em>NOT TRUE</em>!</p><p>The entire CnC systems for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAV</span></a>|s by the US DoD use X-Band for video feeds and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iridium</span></a> for remote control.</p><ul><li>In combat theaters, drones get either controlled by operators on the ground in visual range or get their targets directed by them i.e. via IR Laser Designators (so a Hellfire Rocket can home in!)</li></ul><p>Basically <em>no drone fielded</em> supports <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> even as secondary payload because the angular velocity exceeds Starlink specs on existing terminals.</p><ul><li>Most drones fielded by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> are close-range multicopters that drop mortar rounds vertically into trenches, they don't have any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SATCOM</span></a>, they barely have a video feed on 5,8 GHz...</li></ul>