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Imho this will only become more feasible as the costs/ease for such implementations keeps getting lower with further advances towards autonomous driving. Very
by freeflight 6y ago
Imho this will only become more feasible as the costs/ease for such implementations keeps getting lower with further advances towards autonomous driving.
Very comparable to what happened with drones: Used to be that only very sophisticated state actors could field such weapons.
But with the rise of consumer-grade drones we started to see DIY implementations where consumer-grade drones were repurposed to drop explosive packages [0].
It's even become a thing for boats, back in 2018 three remote-controlled boats attacked a Saudi-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea [1], the most recent attack like that just happened this year in July [2].
[0] https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/01/drones-isis/134542/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/01/drones-isis/13...
[1] https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/swarm-three-remote-control-boats-red-sea-rushes-saudi-flagged-oil-tanker/ https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/swarm-three-remo...
[2] https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-yemen-security-saudi-boats/saudi-led-alliance-in-yemen-says-explosive-boats-destroyed-in-red-sea-idUKKBN24A17J https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-yemen-security-saudi-boats...