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Part of the problem is that the military awards contracts that are sometimes decades long. What was "good enough" security in 1990 is not looking so hot 20 year
by noonespecial 17y ago
Part of the problem is that the military awards contracts that are sometimes decades long. What was "good enough" security in 1990 is not looking so hot 20 years on. The US military machine may not perform as well as it has in the past in the new era of betas, hotfixes and patches.
I will not be at all surprised when insurgent "rc-plane" drones start showing up with cell phones, arduinos, grenades and duct-tape.
- ThinkWriteMute 17y agoIt's dreadfully easy to shop build a rocket, especially in America where places like Radioshack exist.
- ErrantX 17y agohttp://diydrones.com/ http://diydrones.com/ :)
- alecco 17y agoThe gas jet propelled ones have max speed of 200mph, while predators have 135mph. Can't wait for some sort of anti-predator with EMP gun or something making the 5M investment look stupid :) [With some kick ass AI doing the find-kill, soldiers shouting "f* NPCs"] [Note: I know emp guns weight ~50kg]
- nettdata 17y agoWhy bother with anything like an EMP? At the cost of the DIY, it's disposable... just fly right into the thing and physically knock it out of the sky. BattleBots in Space. That's a pirated video I'd watch.
- stcredzero 17y agoAn explosive charge would probably be easier to engineer and more effective, in that case. If you could program an Arduino drone to track a laser of a certain frequency, then you could make your own laser-guided missile.
- ErrantX 17y agoPossibly a large bore shotgun then - that way you potentially get reuse without the effort of putting together a working guided rocket.
- noonespecial 17y agoI once saw a lawnmower hit a "low E" guitar string. You don't need fancy weapons. Just trail a long piece of string.
- ErrantX 17y agoHeh sweet! I wonder how costly some kind of satellite link would be? (Im getting a new Arduino for Xmas and this has been the intended project for a while - my own UAV :D)
- cabalamat 17y agoWhy bother with an EMP weapon, a rifle-calibre machine gun would do the job more efficiently.
- alecco 17y agoBecause an EMP gun would be so cool.