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nuxvomica

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4. Musk's brother owns a company that does coordinated drone displays

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:25 AM

12 hrs ago

In 2022, Kimbal Musk became an entrepreneur in multi-drone coordinated aerial displays. Through the holding company Nova Displays he bought the Intel multi-drone coordinated aerial displays subsidiary and nine thousand drones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbal_Musk

So, yeah, the technology is out there commercially.

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Exclusive: Downed US pilot reported seeing Iranian drones swarm in 'jellyfish' formation [View all] BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP

as usual, the iranians are beng underestimated rampartd 12 hrs ago #1

The light show synchronized drone tech has been in use for over a decade BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #5

That's amazing, and it looks like a lot more than 8,000 drones. JohnnyRingo 11 hrs ago #8

+1 dalton99a 9 hrs ago #12

No doubt the pilot crashed his own plane and made up the story about the drones, Iran was totally defeated, we won. dem4decades 12 hrs ago #2

All your done are belong to us. /nt sdfernando 9 hrs ago #15

That was my first thought too. They think the Iranian army rides camels and fight with swords. Srkdqltr 12 hrs ago #3

Musk's brother owns a company that does coordinated drone displays nuxvomica 12 hrs ago #4

You mean, the way drone operators in China do all the time during festive events? Baitball Blogger 12 hrs ago #6

Synchronized drones is not so uncommon. JohnnyRingo 12 hrs ago #7

Odd that the news story said "Iranian" in the title, with no mention of UAP Polybius 11 hrs ago #9

Drones balancing the battle fields for small countries. republianmushroom 10 hrs ago #10

Hybrid threats... Hugin 9 hrs ago #13

Sounds like we need to spend a lot more money on Defense!11! progressoid 9 hrs ago #11

I see two equally plausible explanations here jmowreader 9 hrs ago #14

Not plausible... reACTIONary 9 hrs ago #16