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This is about the new release of Anduril's new Roadrunner drone that has multiple uses. Bloomberg article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-01/a

This is about the new release of Anduril's new Roadrunner drone that has multiple uses. Bloomberg article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-01/anduril-roadrunner-drone-killer-could-change-tactics-in-iraq-syria https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-01/anduril-r... Video of a demonstration strike against a drone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9ITeP4fUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9ITeP4fUA One way I could personally see this being used is pre-launching a bunch of the drones in an area to orbit and wait for incoming drones, or launch several of them per target. Only one is needed to actually destroy the target. Once the targets are destroyed they can return and land, refuel, and then launch again to try and target additional incoming objects. I can also see it having uses outside of attacking targets as the payload is generic and can be mounted with cameras or sensors instead of an explosive for mid-range target photography (the range is unspecified but just assuming based on size and speed) or as non-military use for surveilance of nearby areas for forest fires or weather investigation.

corethree 3y ago
More efficient to have the drones launch from the ground rather then loiter. Eliminates the need for the vtol too which is just a lot of extra effort to get right. This is sort of like the segway, the loitering/vtol tech is more for marketing: https://maddox.xmission.com/segsuck2.jpg https://maddox.xmission.com/segsuck2.jpg And cheap? I saw carbon fiber on that thing. The article says an Iranian drone might cost 10,000 right after it says that one of these things costs over 100k. It's def better than a patriot but still stupidly expensive.
- _ea1k 3y ago
  I've seen some three wheeled segway-like devices. They compromise stability, because the third wheel lifts if one wheel goes over an object that is taller than the other. Similarly, they end up leaning backward or foreward over slanted terrain and are easier to tip. IMO, other two wheeled scooters were more practical, but the segway combined their benefits with the ability to be handsfree.
paganel 3y ago
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9ITeP4fUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9ITeP4fUA I see, another Wunderwaffen coming from the West, they never learn. I've also Ctrl+F-ed for Lancet on both this thread and on the dupe thread posted earlier, nothing, so, yeah, people here are living in a different reality when it comes to modern drone warfare. This [1] information posted by an Ukrainian guy now actually fighting a war drone is a lot, a lot more interesting and on point than whatever this SV money-grabbing vehicle is up to. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/178npoi/ua_pov_interesting_information_about_1001/ https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/178npo...
- mlindner 3y ago
  What does Lancet have to do with this?
  - paganel 3y ago
    Cheap thing that works in the here and now and which this other thing presented here, which I gather is an order of magnitude more expensive (if not more), is supposed to be taking down (among many other things). I’m saying that the West hasn’t learned the lesson of price control when it comes to the war of attrition, they’re still going with the “with this wundervaffe the war will be won by us in two weeks max, so no need to look at the prices”. Ukraine is paying for that wrong way of looking at things just now, because at some point the money does run out.
    - mlindner 3y ago
      This is exactly price control though? It reduces the cost of maintaining the defense.

corethree 3y ago

More efficient to have the drones launch from the ground rather then loiter. Eliminates the need for the vtol too which is just a lot of extra effort to get right. This is sort of like the segway, the loitering/vtol tech is more for marketing: https://maddox.xmission.com/segsuck2.jpg https://maddox.xmission.com/segsuck2.jpg And cheap? I saw carbon fiber on that thing. The article says an Iranian drone might cost 10,000 right after it says that one of these things costs over 100k. It's def better than a patriot but still stupidly expensive.

_ea1k 3y ago
I've seen some three wheeled segway-like devices. They compromise stability, because the third wheel lifts if one wheel goes over an object that is taller than the other. Similarly, they end up leaning backward or foreward over slanted terrain and are easier to tip. IMO, other two wheeled scooters were more practical, but the segway combined their benefits with the ability to be handsfree.

paganel 3y ago

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9ITeP4fUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al9ITeP4fUA I see, another Wunderwaffen coming from the West, they never learn. I've also Ctrl+F-ed for Lancet on both this thread and on the dupe thread posted earlier, nothing, so, yeah, people here are living in a different reality when it comes to modern drone warfare. This [1] information posted by an Ukrainian guy now actually fighting a war drone is a lot, a lot more interesting and on point than whatever this SV money-grabbing vehicle is up to. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/178npoi/ua_pov_interesting_information_about_1001/ https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/178npo...

mlindner 3y ago
What does Lancet have to do with this?
- paganel 3y ago
  Cheap thing that works in the here and now and which this other thing presented here, which I gather is an order of magnitude more expensive (if not more), is supposed to be taking down (among many other things). I’m saying that the West hasn’t learned the lesson of price control when it comes to the war of attrition, they’re still going with the “with this wundervaffe the war will be won by us in two weeks max, so no need to look at the prices”. Ukraine is paying for that wrong way of looking at things just now, because at some point the money does run out.
  - mlindner 3y ago
    This is exactly price control though? It reduces the cost of maintaining the defense.