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> I assume this sonic weapon is modulated in the same way as a laser so it can be directed at enemies without affecting friendlies.
That's physically impossible unless it's ultrasound-based, then that's still very limited, assuming the "shot" must carry through air. There's not enough space in this post to explain all the details, but there are hard physical limits here.
The other option is to only fire the sonic weapon as an opening salvo, before inserting your forces from the air. This could also be used with an infrasound-based system, which would have an area effect.
> Next, the radar jamming used has already been officially explained. They used a method which floods the radars with noise, essentially disabling them. This means radar, though not obsolete, is now far, FAR less effective.
Only if the defenders are unwilling to open fire upon observing jamming. Modern SAMs have "home on jam" capabilities and will ride the the beam right back to its source.
Some newer radars have better noise filtering. The best actually use cryptographic methods and can distinguish their own pulses from jamming. A big enough jammer can simply flood the entire receiver, but see modern SAMs for what to do then.
And the noise flood radar jammers are nothing new. They had those in the 1950's. Jam-resistant radars were likely in the US arsenal in the 1980's.
> Then there's the description of the soldiers firing 300 rounds a minute with extreme precision.
Is that each soldier firing 300 rounds a minute or 300 rounds total across the attacking squad? The latter is quite doable, the former, not so much.
Go talk to /k/ about how much 300 rounds is. That's 10 standard magazines or a large drum magazine. That rate is not sustainable for any significant amount of time. I almost wonder if your sources are saying that based on 3-round-bursts.
> The soldiers likely have targets highlighted and their armor/exoskeleton automatically aim the weapon in the right direction when they pull the trigger.
It may be simpler than that. I remember a "haptic feedback" technology demonstrated at a consumer electronics trade show years ago that involved a smartphone held in the hand stimulating the user's arm muscles. A variation on that would solve the control problems that have plagued the US Army's decades-long efforts to build power armor.
> The fact that the casualties on the Venezuelan side numbered over 80 while there were zero on the Americans' side when they only had 20 soldiers implies that they had a way to protect their men from harm.
Standard US battle rattle is pretty stout, and there were wounded on the USA side. Early news reports mentioned them being treated in Texas.
