What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons?

Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by mtw on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:06PM (#17710196)

Most of these can be countered by having hundreds if not thousands of cheap, fast and autonomous drones launching grenades from high or very low altitude. The swarm can loose a couple because of a fishing net or anti-air flak, but they can try another attack vector, loose a couple because of shotgun and try something else again.

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by Thriptic on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @04:51PM (#17710674)

Could a similar technique be used for defense? Program hundreds of drones to track and collide with enemy drones at high speed?

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by mtw on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @05:23PM (#17710944)

I don't know, you can build a racing drone for $200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MwKdHZ8OlM these go at 100mph and can change directions multiple times in one second.

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by bufferoverflow on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @07:00PM (#17711709)

It's worse, actually. There are motoless gliders that fly up to 545 mph, and then there are tiny jet planes that go up to 465 mph. You can jam the signal, but as soon as someone can put an autonomous vision system on them, it will become an extremely powerful weapon. You don't even need an explosive at these speeds, it can cut your target in half

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MoaWlKC3wIM

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by bigiain on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:41PM (#17712820)

Frau Farbissina: We have developed the perfect assasination weapon! A silent glider capable of Mach 0.7!

Scott Evil: Great, now we just need to get the Venezualan President to give a speech at Torrey Pines or the backside of some other world class dynamic soaring hill...

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by bufferoverflow on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:02AM (#17714797)

Gliders can be dropped off balloons or airplanes. Their advantage is they are simple and cheap.

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by bigiain on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:35PM (#17720549)

Yep - you won't get 500+mph out of that though. And the 500+mph dynamic soaring "gliders" are neither simple nor cheap.

(That's only relevant to this sub-thread's discussion, your point is completely valid in the context of the top level thread... Having said that - needing balloons or planes to get your home-brew autonomous weapons above your target is a whole extra level of logistics and opportunities to get observed/caught compared to launching consumer-grade drones.)

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Re:What can defend against off-the-shelf drone weapons? by travisjungroth on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @07:00PM (#17711708)

That's how the drone wars started.

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