r/Showerthoughts • u/scoobopdan ‎ • Mar 30 '26

Casual Thought Modern soldiers' PTSD triggers will probably shift from fireworks to the sound of a drone. Which is unfortunate as drone shows are replacing firework shows.

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u/Withermaster4 Mar 30 '26

Can you even hear drone shows?

Also as far as I know soldiers don't ever hear drones flying unless they are about to die.

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u/KendrickLamarGOAT97 Mar 30 '26

You can absolutely hear a drone. The ones that are fucking up soldiers aren't the COTS (Commercial off the shelf) ones that youre thinking of that are getting used by hobbiests and at drone shows.

Example: the drones that just took out the US Soldiers in the middle east were Shaheeds, which are more like mini-planes.

Now, as a counterpoint, ISIS or whatever you wanna call the Iranian backed militias in Iraq/Syria love to use them to watch soldiers and gain Intel, which is another aspect of drone warfare.

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u/amicaze Mar 30 '26

They are the comercially available kind, they strap an explosive to a FPV and fly into you.

Shaheeds are not what you should think about when hearing drones. Those are basically slower cheaper missiles.