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It's already happening but I don't see how lasers are more effective than miniaturized anti aircraft guns that shoot shrapnel within range of a drone.
by brigadier132 3y ago
It's already happening but I don't see how lasers are more effective than miniaturized anti aircraft guns that shoot shrapnel within range of a drone.
- eagerpace 3y agoPrecision. Depth of magazine. Engaging multiple targets faster.
- brigadier132 3y agoCurrent laser tech being deployed requires several seconds on target to destroy and it can also blind people unintentionally.
- hnbad 3y ago> it can also blind people unintentionally Soldiers can be equipped with safety goggles. Injured civilians are reclassified as casualties of the hostile force.
- mrep 3y agoAlso, some Israel and US tanks already have active protection system (APS) that can automatically shoot down anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), anti-tank rockets, and high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds [0]. Don't think it'll take too much to update them to also shoot down drones. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)
- denton-scratch 3y agoI saw video (coupla years ago) of a Russian tracked vehicle using radar and a gatling gun to shoot down a swarm of about 20 drones in about 2 seconds. But (a) it was a staged demo; (b) I imagine that drone-swarm technology should be able to defeat that, by having the drones jump around unpredicatably (they're very agile); and (c) tracking radars can only track a finite number of targets. Send up enough drones at once, and one of them will be able to kill the tracking radar.