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One would probably use a laser, https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/rheinmetall_ag/press/themen_im_fokus/zukunftswaffe_hel/index.php https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/
by KingOfCoders 5y ago
One would probably use a laser,
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As they are small, they do not need a lot of energy to be disabled, especially if they are jammed first.
- Tepix 5y agoOnce laser defenses are more common you can put mirrors on the bottom of the drones to protect them...
- ericbarrett 5y agoThe laser has to disable the drone in seconds, though. Wouldn't a laser with sufficient power to do so cause collateral vision damage from the diffused reflection? Think of a drone flying low and fast into a political rally with a crowd. You don't know the intentions of the pilot so it must be disabled immediately. Many people will look up at the source of noise and thus be exposed. I wonder if e.g. a birdshot cannon would actually be safer.
- aerostable_slug 5y agoYour own troops would be issued PPE — in this case, laser protective eyewear. This is already a thing due to the widespread use of laser rangefinders, designators, and the like, as well as the fact that the Chinese have fielded blinding laser weapons.
- ericbarrett 5y agoNot thinking troops so much as civilian use/defense, hence the political rally example.
- darkmarmot 5y agoIn future warfare, I'm pretty sure these will be fully autonomous to avoid jamming and latency issues.