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Shop bought drones don't have arbitrary, often nonsense requirements. This one advertises that it'll work in 50MPH winds. How common are soldiers dealing with c
by ogre_codes 6y ago
Shop bought drones don't have arbitrary, often nonsense requirements. This one advertises that it'll work in 50MPH winds. How common are soldiers dealing with combat in 50MPH winds? It's likely there are other, similarly arbitrary and nonsensical demands that were placed on these.
- OJFord 6y agoArguably one of the main differences between defence and consumer tech is dealing with the 'oh come on how often...' You don't want to be caught needing your X or calling off operation Y because conditions are unfavourable. It's kind of Pareto principle I suppose - they'll pay (say) 80% for that last rarer 20% of operational feasibility. (Likely more like 95-5, but I mention 80-20 as it's basically an 'aka' for Pareto.)
- twic 6y agoIf you're fighting an opponent whose drones can only handle 40 mph winds, you might try to do as much combat at 50 mph as possible.
- ogre_codes 6y agoHow many actual historical battles or skirmishes have been fought in gale force winds?
- anonunivgrad 6y agoThose wars are over. You have to be ready for the next war.
- mNovak 6y agoOperating nearby to helicopters may be feasible
- Kinrany 6y agohttps://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rise-of-the-machines https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rise-of-the-machines "If you look at historical data, the vast majority of battle-winners used pre-modern weaponry" "Thanks to the machine-learning algorithms, the robot apocalypse was short-lived"
- redis_mlc 6y agoCan somebody explain what that means in normal English?