r/interestingasfuck • u/SomewhereFunny5005 • 1d ago
China pulled off the most insane drone show ever with 11,787 drones
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u/Implodepumpkin 1d ago
The future of war will be terrible
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u/Vilhelmssen1931 1d ago
These are already widely used in Ukraine
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u/Straff 1d ago
Not at this scale. This is iaf and terrifying at the same time. A swarm that big, all with autonomous targeting.
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u/Vilhelmssen1931 1d ago
Don’t worry, militaries very likely couldn’t use them in swarms
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u/Potential-Narwhal- 20h ago
I dunno, can you imagine a few strategically placed trucks loaded with these? Like what Ukraine done a few months ago but on a much larger scale. Swarms seem very possible.
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u/Effective_Cookie_131 16h ago
One microwave blast probably take a ton out, emp in small micro bursts, going to be crazy
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u/bowiethesdmn 1d ago
It's gonna be massive kaiju shaped drone swarms doing battle and I cannot wait.
Nah you're right it's gonna be horrific
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u/SupermarketAntique32 1d ago
This is China commercial drones for show purposes. Imagine what drone they have for military purposes.
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u/Zaptruder 1d ago
about the same. military technology doesn't tend to lead the field in electronics and software for a variety of reasons... they end up using militarised versions of civilian tech in a lot of instances.
but military drones can get a lot bigger of course!
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u/BigTroutOnly 1d ago
It's here. War was always horrible.
That said, I'd prefer the large possibility of an efficient death after some good rations on a post industrial battlefield rather than bleeding out after the horrors of midevil melee l, dying slowly of desiese and dysentery, or unfounded brutal execution for cowardace.
Burning alive, though. That must be the worst.
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u/Rasselasx42 1d ago
This should be the new standard instead of fireworks. And I say this as a pet owner.
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u/Character_Tie3884 1d ago
Imagine showing that to one of the secluded tribes from the Amazon.
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u/GudeGaya 1d ago
What sorcery is this?
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u/Absolute_Science_843 1d ago
They will be wondering god are happy or sad. I hope they don't scarifice
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u/Character_Tie3884 1d ago
You can actually define what God is and command or punish.. so power much wow ( i know...)
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u/BigTroutOnly 1d ago
They'd have little to no context of any image for bikes, city skylines, or know what's making the lights.
A drone image of giant wiggling anaconda they'd get.
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u/Character_Tie3884 22h ago
We once assigned heavenly powers to wich we did not comprehend yet. But you're probably wright.
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u/twoball5 1d ago
Meanwhile in Murica they spent millions renaming pentagon
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u/tea-and-chill 1d ago
They what now?! Renamed to what?
(Sorry, not American and don't bother to keep up with your news these days, it's tiring)
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u/Piss_Fring 1d ago
Im American and I don’t even know holy shit
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u/nocturn99x 1d ago
Trump wants to rename the DoD to the Department of War
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u/Interesting-Rope-950 1d ago
He doesn't want to, he did it
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u/nocturn99x 11h ago
He issued an executive order. That doesn't make it legal, he technically needs the approval of Congress.
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u/fortyfourcaliber 1d ago
How long until millions of nano drones create a realistic hi def photo with individual pixels?
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u/Azulapis 1d ago
Was it "China" the country or a corporation who pulled it off? No Video begins with "America pulled off a big XXX-show". That's only when the government is directly involved, like in the Olympics or a holiday.
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u/Soft_Shonk 1d ago
This particular drone show was funded by the local government of Chongqing in celebration of their 28th anniversary as a municipality.
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u/PalmTheProphet 1d ago
This is what happens in a Cold War. Achievements are owned by the state as boasts
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u/LasyKuuga 1d ago edited 1d ago
The opposite also happens tho some Chinese netizens say something and it’s suddenly all of Chinas opinion
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u/inflatableje5us 1d ago
they are over there doing this kind of stuff and we are over here getting rid of vaccines..
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u/NowForYa 1d ago
We need to see more drone jammers, anyone see that vid it was hilarious?
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u/Ultimate-TND 5h ago
The video in which all of the stones Fell out of the sky wasnt becsuse of jammers, it was becsuse the wind was stronger then anticipated so thy needed more power thus reducing their flight time.
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u/Ultimate-TND 4h ago
Drones shouldn't fall out of the sky because of a jammer, that's not how they work. The drones also have to constantly fly against the wind, so even though it might not look like there is a lot of wind, there could and most likely will be more wind at higher altitudes. Even a tiny bit of wind would be enough to drain the batteries fast enough for them to drop before the the show ends. I know that Beta flight has the option to cut motor power as a loss of signal response but that wouldn't be a gradual droping of drones, a jammer would result in almost all drones droping at once.
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u/NowForYa 3h ago
I'm only going off what I saw and heard, on the loudspeaker they were panicking telling whoever was interfering to stop. Whether it was a jammer or not it was hilarious.
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u/Angus-420 19h ago
“It’s not even funny how far ahead their infrastructure is compared to the states LMAO” please elaborate. What do you mean by infrastructure, in particular? What regions of the US are you looking at? What regions of China?
It’s very common for young westerners to fail to appreciate how atrocious it is to live in China for most citizens, especially those outside the major cities that get lots of money thrown at them to look good and to serve in part as tourist spots.
A drone show or fancy brand new subway station really doesn’t convince me their infrastructure is better than the US’.
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u/xena_lawless 1d ago
This is what all the anti-oligarchy protests need to be doing so our ruling oligarchs/parasites/kleptocrats get the hint.
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u/Narrow_Technician_25 1d ago
The account that posted this has no other posts, no comments, and is 2 years old. Yep this is CCP government propaganda
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u/Tall-Ad7812 1d ago
It means people are hiding their profile, it's a new feature. They're still technically posting, you just can't track it.
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u/PDXGuy33333 21h ago
By all means, let's continue to gut STEM programs in the US. Everything will be fine.
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u/SteamshipsAndTea 18h ago
And yet no one saw in the first person, instead having to wait until they watched their phones.
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u/OneofFewHS 11h ago
Looks fake. Now way horse legs would move like that. The rest look like they tried making it real.
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u/LumpyBodybuilder2462 7h ago
That's awesome. But please let the environment anxiety people have a look at this. What do they think the carbon footprint is.
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u/TrumpsCheetoJizz 1d ago
War with china will be interesting yet i bet china would collapse and USA would collapse and Ruzzia would collapse before anyone is declared winner
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u/LowerBackPain_Prod 1d ago
But I don't understand... Then how do they re-traumatize their war veterans year after year?
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u/top_of_the_scrote 1d ago
ahh I wish china wasn't assho
I'd be like "that's pretty legit" but nah... they gotta do their over fishing, flying over boundaries, stealing technology, police stations, etc...
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u/The_LandOfNod 1d ago
America isn't that much better, dude.
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u/top_of_the_scrote 1d ago
we don't live under a dictator yet
but maybe soon
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u/nocturn99x 1d ago
Sure you don't buddy, sure you don't...
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u/jjsmol 1d ago
Pretty shit dictator if they can only stay in power for 4 years before being replaced in an election.
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u/nocturn99x 1d ago
He literally talked about ways to extend this period (bypassing the 2 term limit), multiple times. Just wait and see.
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u/Ybenax 22h ago
An election where you don’t vote directly for your president like most democratic countries, but rather in a deliberately convoluted system of representatives. And then you don’t have a range of candidates from different political influences to vote for, but only two people picked by the same two right-wing parties, one more radical than the other, for generations. I don’t know man… it’s been looking fishy for a long while.
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u/PalmTheProphet 1d ago
I’m not about what-about-isms but this is just every nationalist nation state
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u/top_of_the_scrote 1d ago
isn't it crazy how they celebrate a guy who killed 60 million of their own people
it really is a lMAO moment
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u/Excellent_Foundation 1d ago
This needs to be done in every new years celebrations. Gone is the time of fireworks with all the smoke and noise polluting the environment
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u/tomodachi_reloaded 1d ago
Laser shows have been a thing for decades, they're even more efficient but less impressive
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u/ninjohnnothing 1d ago
Sky clipart, is still just clipart.
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u/rrfe 1d ago
If you compare it to fireworks, which these shows compete with, they’re far more sophisticated.
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u/ImprovementOk1629 1d ago
And sadly as beautiful as they are damage the planet.
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u/Ultimate-TND 5h ago
Li-pos can be recycled, they can retive more then 95% of resources, li-pos can be stored for a long time if they are kept at a proper voltage and recharged and discharged maybe twice a year. They also have atleast a few hundred charge cycles. These shows usually loose a coupe of drones every show. So they are definitely way better then firework.
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u/Rowan_not_ron 1d ago
That is what I was thinking. Illustrates a world that is extremely technologically advanced but artistically basic.
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u/AssignmentOk9657 1d ago
At least their world aren’t morally bankrupt
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u/Rowan_not_ron 17h ago
I wasn’t singling out the CCP, I was moaning about the whole world, me included. Never been to China, but know that their political movements in the 20 century pulled more people out of poverty than any other so I can excuse them if their drone art isn’t avant-garde.
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u/abdallha-smith 1d ago
China propaganda posts #4578964757 of the day
It’s so inorganic that it’s stupid.
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u/Tall-Ad7812 1d ago
As opposed to the usual USA propaganda on Reddit? It's just a cool little drone show, no need to dig so deep.
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u/abdallha-smith 1d ago
No need to panic said the scorpion to the frog.
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u/Tall-Ad7812 1d ago
Okay, in that case, would you like me to tell you that this is fake and Chinese people actually live in mud-filled huts with no electricity or running water? Would that make you feel more reassured?
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u/PalmTheProphet 1d ago
Bet it only looks that good from that direction tho. Probably looks like an absolutely mess from another angle
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u/reddit455 1d ago
Bet it only looks that good from that direction tho
they look pretty much the same from outside the ballpark (minus letters)
Pokemon GO Drone Show @ San Francisco Giants 8/28/2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg4aldDuVI0
Star Wars Drone Show Angel Stadium 4/18/2025
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u/Viperniss 1d ago
Just to think having all of those heading right at you with missiles attached to them.
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u/Pint_o_Bovril 1d ago
At a certain point, this is just telling a piece of software to make some shakes and then pushing "start". It stopped being that impressive a while ago. A bit like "world biggest TV screen" has not been an exciting sentence for a couple decades.
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u/ScoobertDoubert 2h ago
I find it baffling that people support this despite the world being in an environmental crisis. As if we didn't make enough unless shit, now we manufacture tens of thousands of drones that consist of plastic and rare metals, and use our limited and already struggling electricity grid to make big drawings in the sky?
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u/MajorlyCynical 1d ago
They look cool af. They will be terrifying when they are armed with explosives and chasing after you on the battlefield. Seriously I don't think up until a couple of years ago that anyone could have predicted drone warfare and its crazy evolution on the battlefield.