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minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-210 months agohttps://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a45500360/army-first-laser-unit/ Or maybe not. Military has been doing laser drone stuff for 20 years. Also this thing shoots down artillery, good luck getting a quadcopter past it.
minus-squarereddithalation@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agowow, didnt know about that. i still think its a hard problem, i mean artillery rounds dont fly a few feet off the ground and manuever, but if anything could defend against drones it’d be that.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a45500360/army-first-laser-unit/
Or maybe not. Military has been doing laser drone stuff for 20 years. Also this thing shoots down artillery, good luck getting a quadcopter past it.
wow, didnt know about that. i still think its a hard problem, i mean artillery rounds dont fly a few feet off the ground and manuever, but if anything could defend against drones it’d be that.