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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by tw04 on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @09:11PM (#27443094)
Most of those systems are designed to target dozens of incoming targets. It’s entirely reasonable and plausible for drone swarms to number in the thousands of targets.

That ciws will likely exhaust its magazine before it can take out all the drones unless I’m missing something.

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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by hungryforcodes on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:21AM (#27444480)
Lasers. You just have to put "laser defense drones" into Google to get a whole slew of completed or in development solutions. Also EMPS, counter defensive swarms of drones. The list goes on...
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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by imtringued on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:14AM (#27444778)
Here is the system I am aware of:

https://youtu.be/1DXpPmpmcak?t=365 (watch this entire video for air defense against saturation attacks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3jfR-FUFc

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Re:To protect against weaponized drones, we must understand ... by Animats on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @01:26PM (#27450622)
That's why Israel is begging the US for another billion dollars for reloads for their Iron Dome system. They're using expensive guided missiles to shoot down cheap unguided rockets.
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