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Gliders can be dropped off balloons or airplanes. Their advantage is they are simple and cheap.
by bufferoverflow 8y ago
Gliders 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.)