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You can shoot at drones with impunity, unlike people that you have to feed, house, process and eventually extradict if that's even possible.
by ferongr 8y ago
You can shoot at drones with impunity, unlike people that you have to feed, house, process and eventually extradict if that's even possible.
- simonh 8y agoShe the whole wall is going to be manned with anti-drone squads? If you’re manning the border, why do you need such a huge wall? Wouldn’t a fence provide better visibility?
- noir_lord 8y agoFence and tethered ballons with sensor packages underneath every few miles. You have issues with weather affecting coverage but it would be a lot cheaper than a massive ineffective wall.
- simonh 8y agoSo now we have hundreds of monitors checking wobbly camera images all the time trying to spot tiny drones in all weather and all times of day. How often do balloons need refilling? Aren’t balloons highly visible and extremely vulnerable? Has anything like this ever even been tried in practice?
- timmaah 8y agoBeen tried and working for decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_Aerostat_Radar_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethered_Aerostat_Radar_System
- simonh 8y agoThat's a high altitude aircraft defence system. We're discussing low altitude terrain level drones the size of a shoebox operating up to maybe 100m altitude, just enough to pop up over the wall. Air defence radar like that is going to be completely useless for this.