Re:Multiple US Navy destroyers swarmed by mysterious 'drones...
by vl on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @11:55PM
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On the other hand if you allow drone to get to the ship, it might be too late.
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Re:Multiple US Navy destroyers swarmed by mysterious 'drones...
by tyxodiwktis on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:00AM
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Not really - you need thousands of pounds of ordinance to sink a destroyer and no small UAV is carrying that.
Re:Multiple US Navy destroyers swarmed by mysterious 'drones...
by mikewarot on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:14AM
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The UAV could be the first part of a coordinated attack... it could do something to foul the sensors on the ship, for example.
Re:Multiple US Navy destroyers swarmed by mysterious 'drones...
by hcurtiss on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:22AM
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Did you see some representation of size?
Re:Multiple US Navy destroyers swarmed by mysterious 'drones...
by NaturalPhallacy on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @01:58AM
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Based on the flight times and 100 mile flights ~100 miles off the coast and the investigated boats in the area...they couldn't be small. At least not with current consumer battery technology. Maybe if they were launched by a sub?
There's a youtuber that has a multi-hour autonomous drone, but it's solar powered and this was at night.
Re:Multiple US Navy destroyers swarmed by mysterious 'drones...
by bigiain on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @03:38AM
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Hybris electric/gas drones are commercially available these days.
https://dronelife.com/2021/03/18/skyfront-gas-electric-hybri...
That could almost had done what’s reported from land, and easily from a small boat 50 miles away from the ships (which is well over the horizon).