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Frau Farbissina: We have developed the perfect assasination weapon! A silent glider capable of Mach 0.7! Scott Evil: Great, now we just need to get the Venezua
by bigiain 8y ago
Frau Farbissina: We have developed the perfect assasination weapon! A silent glider capable of Mach 0.7!
Scott Evil: Great, now we just need to get the Venezualan President to give a speech at Torrey Pines or the backside of some other world class dynamic soaring hill...
- bufferoverflow 8y agoGliders can be dropped off balloons or airplanes. Their advantage is they are simple and cheap.
- bigiain 8y agoYep - you won't get 500+mph out of that though. And the 500+mph dynamic soaring "gliders" are neither simple nor cheap. (That's only relevant to this sub-thread's discussion, your point is completely valid in the context of the top level thread... Having said that - needing balloons or planes to get your home-brew autonomous weapons above your target is a whole extra level of logistics and opportunities to get observed/caught compared to launching consumer-grade drones.)