4 ms·
>> ... the orders of magnitude of difference in effectiveness between a cohesive, trained and organised force and a bunch of individuals True for a head-on con
by lovemenot 7y ago
>> ... the orders of magnitude of difference in effectiveness between a cohesive, trained and organised force and a bunch of individuals
True for a head-on conflict, but the story in the article has the organised forces' equipment in a vulnerable place - 65Kft above a city.
Asymmetric activity in such a theatre would favour the armed civilian, for now at least.
Ground-based coordinated tracking with 1W laser on rudimentary automatic control could ground such devices. The gas-bag being a large, vulnerable target.
The relative ease of downing a tracking device, capturing, reverse-engineering then publicly reporting its capabilities should help keep them in check. For now.
- nosianu 7y agoYou keep making really ridiculous assertions, my dear keyboard warrior. You and all the American gun nuts. Mind you, I served in the army (not the US one), battle tanks, so I'm hardly a pacifist. But you guys are just loudmouths who play too many video games and see too many Hollywood hero movies. No you won't win - and you will not even fight, apart from some very few not so bright people. Because you value your life way too much, liker 99.9% of everybody else faced with overwhelming odds. The forces the US army is up against are not unorganized, they have pretty good training and equipment - and support from foreign governments. They are not desperate lone fighters.
- lovemenot 7y agoHaha. You apparently don't know my identity. Not that it's special or anything. But it's not American. Anyway, I realise now that you were not really responding to what I said. And clearly not to me personally, as a non-American. You just needed a place to get up on your high horse.