To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand their key strengths

Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by ericd on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:15PM (#27437995)

Or perhaps a missile full of drones, similar to those bombs with lots of guided submunitions.

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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by aerostable_slug on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:09PM (#27438744)

Tomahawk TLAM/D carries 166 submunitions in 24 canisters. There's no reason those submunitions need to be dumb — or stationary for that matter.

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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by racnid on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @10:08PM (#27443448)

I can't seem to find any reference for what actual submunitions a Tomahawk carries but conventional cluster munitions can already be smart:

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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by MikeDelta on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:20PM (#27438075)

Indeed, cheap and available in massive amounts also makes very dangerous.

Funny that we see this in various computer games, ships with drone bays. What you mention would be a drone missile perhaps?

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