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Re:Drones will realize the promise of suicide terrorism by ben_w on Saturday June 14, 2025 @03:23PM (#44278243)
Even if they do, can still be camouflaged as e.g. a bunch of leaves, or other detritus.
Re:Drones will realize the promise of suicide terrorism by dotancohen on Saturday June 14, 2025 @04:22PM (#44278567)
Sounds like an arms race to me.

In any case, the solar cells should still be visible.

Re:Drones will realize the promise of suicide terrorism by spwa4 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @04:56PM (#44278778)
(solar cells can be non-reflective black, the reflectivity is just to double-dip the suns rays)
Re:Drones will realize the promise of suicide terrorism by dotancohen on Monday June 16, 2025 @01:43AM (#44286894)
I had no idea, thank you!

Such cells would be half as efficient I suppose, so would need to be twice as large and probably at least twice as heavy. I wonder how that might affect design and payload constraints as it scales.

Re:Drones will realize the promise of suicide terrorism by snickerdoodle12 on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:09PM (#44291910)
Or you just wait twice as long, which seems fine for sleeper drones parked on a rooftop waiting for the target to come in range.