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How large an area do you need to cover with drones to avoid, say, the F-22 climbing or diving by 10,000 feet? A wall of drones 100 feet apart, covering 10,000
by fatbird 6y ago
How large an area do you need to cover with drones to avoid, say, the F-22 climbing or diving by 10,000 feet?
A wall of drones 100 feet apart, covering 10,000 x 10,000 feet, is 100 x 100 drones, or 10,000 drones, which is a wall that's a little under 2 miles by 2 miles. That's a lot of drones to cover very little area, and they have to each carry enough explosive to create a shockwave that might damage the plane.
Moreover, this is a one-shot weapon. Once something sets it off (like a plane-like drone), there's a big gap in the wall. The idea of saturating an area with explosive drones has a scaling problem that would probably make it cost-prohibitive quite quickly.
- greedo 6y agoAnd don't forget that these drones are going to need some sort of targeting system that works against stealth aircraft. Oh and they either need really good AI or some communications channel that will be jammed to death.