Re:New US Army Tech Instantly Destroys Enemy Fire
by vidarh on Friday May 13, 2016 @06:00AM
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The dummies don't need to be a type of drone that can carry a useful payload, that is the point. They just need to sufficiently resemble one for long enough that you have to shoot them down just in case.
Re:New US Army Tech Instantly Destroys Enemy Fire
by vlehto on Friday May 13, 2016 @04:04AM
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There was recent news about drone that could carry full sized movie camera. Price was few thousands for the drone.
If you go handgrenade size, the drone costs just bit over 100$.
Re:New US Army Tech Instantly Destroys Enemy Fire
by PeterisP on Friday May 13, 2016 @06:29AM
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A frag grenade costs something like $30 (and that's with military procurement overhead that would also raise the drone price to $300; mass produced third world grenades cost $5-$10 to their armies); a detonator, explosives and ballbearings for a DIY modification to that drone would be much cheaper.
Anti-tank shaped explosive charge would be hundreds of dollars but again, a fraction of the drone cost.
Re:New US Army Tech Instantly Destroys Enemy Fire
by hga on Friday May 13, 2016 @06:34AM
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If the drone system is capable of aiming, you might want to try this wrinkle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_formed_penetrator
If you have a type of drone that can carry a useful payload (shaped charge powerful enough to disable a tank, in the ballpark of 5-10 kg, is not that feasible for a small drone - but a something like a frag grenade may be feasible), then you might as make them all real, the dummies would cost almost the same.