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> heavily tracked As in the flights or the hardware? I've always thought drones would work well as ambush devices i.e. don't make a long flight to a target bu
by Fluorescence 2y ago
> heavily tracked
As in the flights or the hardware?
I've always thought drones would work well as ambush devices i.e. don't make a long flight to a target but stash within a few seconds of flight time.
If it's the hardware then is there not much of a DIY scene anymore? I assumed the tech was mostly in the components e.g. cameras/motors/batteries rather than the integration. I'm not a drone person but when I cast my eye at FPV racing drones, it seemed they were building their own with off-the-shelf components.
> radio links
I see Russia heavily using fibre-optic drones these days and they blew my mind. When I heard of "wire-guided missile" I assumed it was some term-of-art and never conceived they literally laid down wire. I understand you can buy kilometre spools of the stuff for a few bucks so I guess it's in consumer's reach.
Ah, I've just realised the "Ariadne's thread" weakness of using fibre-optic for something covert! Maybe the launch site can hop to another connection though...
- ben_w 2y ago> I've always thought drones would work well as ambush devices i.e. don't make a long flight to a target but stash within a few seconds of flight time. My immediate thought: "So… a missile?" But on reflection, you're probably right. Just because missiles make more sense and have a long pile of R&D behind them, doesn't mean an amateur will pick that over the simple, easy, and obvious meme. Probably for the best. It will be a bad day when someone, or some agency, makes anti-personnel missiles that can just be left waiting in nearby trees until the target goes past. I really really hope that such things would be treated like mines in international law.
- Fluorescence 2y agoSo Dune style hunter-seekers... > Leto's Golden Path has prevented a future in which the Ixians released, and ultimately lost control of, self improving Hunter-Seekers that would eventually consume all organic life in the known universe. Yikes!