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No need, you just use numbers. Imagine a drone carrier platform that carries thousands of smart drone missiles and releases them in the target area. The only go

No need, you just use numbers. Imagine a drone carrier platform that carries thousands of smart drone missiles and releases them in the target area. The only goal of the missiles is to lock onto anything that moves and hit it. Sure, you'll take a few out, but it's a game of numbers in the end.

nradov 8y ago
A drone carrier platform that carries "thousands" of smart drone missiles would be too large and heavy for practical operations, or the missiles would be too small to have a useful range. The basic laws of physics still apply.
- yogthos 8y ago
  If you couldn't have a single platform with useful range, you could just make many platforms each carrying 100s of missiles instead. Each missile could itself have a clustered warhead. These platforms would still have superior maneuverability to jet fighters, and you could put unshielded nuclear engines on them as Russia is doing right now with their new cruise missiles https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/best-bad-idea-ever-why-putins-nuclear-powered-missile-is-possible-and-awful/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/best-bad-idea-ever-w... This is something that's simply not possible to do if you have a human pilot who requires massive shielding and can only handle small Gs.
  - Const-me 8y ago
    > as Russia is doing right now with their new cruise missiles Russia is not doing anything with missiles. They only have bad 3D renders. I don’t think modern Russia is able to design & manufacture even conventional jet planes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi/HAL_FGFA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi/HAL_FGFA
    - yogthos 8y ago
      https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-tested-nuclear-missile/story?id=54123222 https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-tested-nuclear-m...
      - Const-me 8y ago
        Initially it was planned to become operational in 2016, but still in development, new plan is 2020-2021. With the current sanctions against Russia and it’s economic impact, I’ll be very surprised if they deliver. In addition, that thing is silo-based, i.e. only launches from well-known locations. Naval-based ICBMs, esp. submarine-based, are more reliable.

nradov 8y ago

A drone carrier platform that carries "thousands" of smart drone missiles would be too large and heavy for practical operations, or the missiles would be too small to have a useful range. The basic laws of physics still apply.

yogthos 8y ago
If you couldn't have a single platform with useful range, you could just make many platforms each carrying 100s of missiles instead. Each missile could itself have a clustered warhead. These platforms would still have superior maneuverability to jet fighters, and you could put unshielded nuclear engines on them as Russia is doing right now with their new cruise missiles https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/best-bad-idea-ever-why-putins-nuclear-powered-missile-is-possible-and-awful/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/best-bad-idea-ever-w... This is something that's simply not possible to do if you have a human pilot who requires massive shielding and can only handle small Gs.
- Const-me 8y ago
  > as Russia is doing right now with their new cruise missiles Russia is not doing anything with missiles. They only have bad 3D renders. I don’t think modern Russia is able to design & manufacture even conventional jet planes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi/HAL_FGFA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi/HAL_FGFA
  - yogthos 8y ago
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-tested-nuclear-missile/story?id=54123222 https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-tested-nuclear-m...
    - Const-me 8y ago
      Initially it was planned to become operational in 2016, but still in development, new plan is 2020-2021. With the current sanctions against Russia and it’s economic impact, I’ll be very surprised if they deliver. In addition, that thing is silo-based, i.e. only launches from well-known locations. Naval-based ICBMs, esp. submarine-based, are more reliable.