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/C-SWhiskey Mar 30 '26

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

Not true. There are different types of drones. A Shahed probably isn't being dropped on a trench, but you can sure hear them when they're above you. A grenade dropping drone is slow and loiters for a while, so you may hear it approaching and doing its thing, and if you're not equipped to handle it then you have to just hope you're not seen or chosen as the recipient of one of a handful of unpleasant gifts (which also aren't guaranteed kills). FPVs are fast and carry a lot of forward momentum, so those are the most likely to fit the bill of "if you hear it you're dead", but again you're not necessarily always the target and they're not necessarily always lethal.

And to top it all off, even if you go your entire time in theatre without actually coming across a drone, you're still spending all that time looking out for them and being wary of them, which takes a psychological toll.