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Re:Pulsejet Drone Flies, Could Have Big Impact on Cost of Fu... by c_o_n_v_e_x on Thursday March 07, 2024 @06:27PM (#39635908)
This reminds me of this interview I watched 20 or 30 years ago. It was a guy (Canadian maybe?) who was developing a super cheap powered hang glider (for lack of better words) with machine guns on it. The idea was to make something so cheap, you can overwhelm fighter jets.
Re:Pulsejet Drone Flies, Could Have Big Impact on Cost of Fu... by thanksdrp on Thursday March 07, 2024 @08:15PM (#39636650)
I remember that interview, the guy's name is Bob Diemert and his aircraft was the Defender. The NFB made a documentary:

https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2009/07/27/how-to-fighter-airplane-...

Here's an article:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/famed-aviator-rememb...

Re:Pulsejet Drone Flies, Could Have Big Impact on Cost of Fu... by numpad0 on Thursday March 07, 2024 @07:50PM (#39636482)
Wouldn't a horde of that be prone to a preprogrammed airburst shell?