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Another option is that some of us really look forward to real-life sentry gun turrets; we actually want this future.
by daxorid 9y ago
Another option is that some of us really look forward to real-life sentry gun turrets; we actually want this future.
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- jabretti 9y agoLet's sit back and take a chill pill. Will this capability exist? Yes, probably. Am I concerned that this capability will be deployed against me? No, not really. Theoretically it could, but then again, so could a dude with a gun. I live in a democratic first-world country, the capabilities of my own government are likely to exceed the capabilities of those who want to kill me. And theoretically maybe my government might want to kill me... but it could already do that anyway, using a dude with a gun.
- jrochkind1 9y agoIt's nice to live in the country that's at the top of the global political order, it's just _our_ "enemies" that have to worry about this sort of thing. For now. Things change.
- sorokod 9y agoSystems such as Phalanx CISW with fully automatic mode have been available for ages.
- daxorid 9y agoYes, but to clarify, I meant access by civilians, given the availability of cheap FLIR systems, stepper motor rigs, and OpenCV processing.
- gaius 9y agoSystems such as Phalanx CISW with fully automatic mode have been available for ages Phalanx doesn't work tho' :-) In 1991 Iraqi forces launched a Silkworm missile against USS Missouri. The ship launched decoys... and its Phalanx guns promptly targeted those decoys. Fortunately there was a Royal Navy ship, HMS Gloucester, in the vicinity which dealt with the problem with a good British weapon, the Sea Dart missile. This was the first real "drone on drone" combat, if you will.
- sorokod 9y agoI expect the software was upgraded several times since. Also, I expect drone countermeasures coevolve with drones.