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Those cost differences are striking. An adversary could launch thousands very cheaply. I wonder how militaries would react to so many potential targets.
by 7952 4y ago
Those cost differences are striking. An adversary could launch thousands very cheaply. I wonder how militaries would react to so many potential targets.
- taylodl 4y agoIn the worst case, you would react by directly attacking the adversary that launched them. Hopefully by the time things had reached that level you would have had an opportunity to exhaust all diplomatic channels and could have found a more peaceful resolution.
- madaxe_again 4y agoWith technical escalation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrage_balloon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrage_balloon
- soylentcola 4y agoPerhaps not so well when everyone's a Captain Kirk.
- seymourhersh 4y agoThey said thousands, not 99.
- mrguyorama 4y agoInvestment would lean back towards gun based AA, like anti-air artillery since the objects are so high. Investments are already going back into that direction as cheap drones like the SHAHED are easily managed affordably by systems like Gepard. It's actually quite fun to see these systems revived.
- Ancapistani 4y agoI think laser-based weapons would be more likely, honestly. It should be possible to heat up a balloon enough to melt the envelope without an absurd power supply.