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Ultra-cheap drones are small. Small means very short range, so the launch platform for the drones becomes the target (kill the archer, not the arrows). This is
by greedo 5y ago
Ultra-cheap drones are small. Small means very short range, so the launch platform for the drones becomes the target (kill the archer, not the arrows). This is no different than when we were concerned with Backfire regiments attacking the CSG with Kingfish etc.
- WaitWaitWha 5y ago"Fire and forget" drones exist.
- JackFr 5y agoThey're called cruise missiles.
- decafninja 5y agoThere's been a lot of talk about "kamikaze drones" lately, but aren't these basically slow cruise missiles that have the option to loiter and come home?
- musingsole 5y agoA ramming drone can be a fatal weapon. Thinking on that, the difference seems to be a drone is cheaper with more precision compared to a guided missile. Also can fit in a backpack or purse.
- decafninja 5y agoDoing a very, very, rough Google search, doesn't seem like that's always the case though. I see some articles where 10-15 IAI Harpy drones have been purchased by countries like the US and India for $100 million. Versus a late model Tomahawk missile being ~$1.5 million each?
- lumost 5y agoA cruise missile could close to within ~20-40 miles and then deploy multiple drones. Effectively making it a multi targeting missile.
- azernik 5y agoThey're called "loitering munitions" in professional sources, so yes. (e.g. Israel's first drones were anti-SAM loitering munitions that would just go up and fly in circles for hours, listening for a lit search radar)