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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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