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5. The light show synchronized drone tech has been in use for over a decade

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:34 AM

12 hrs ago

and as they say, all they need for control is "a laptop".

Apparently this could be adapted to some of the military drones.

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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

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

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

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

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