Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
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On 19/07/2026 23:55, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > rbowman <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:38:31 -0400, c186282 wrote: >>> Meanwhile, everything made in USA costs a million dollars per unit >>> and take forever to build. >> >> I forget who said 'Generals do not end wars; accountants do.' Estimates >> vary but the Tamir missile used by Iron Dome costs around $50K. When you >> use them to blow up a $5K DJI drone the costs add up fast. That's chicken >> feed compared to the cost of a Tomahawk. > > The USA and Israel are getting deep into laser weapons now UK already has them > for that > reason, but I'm just waiting for drones/missiles to arrive sporting > mirrors designed to reflect those beams back and set fire to things > on the ground instead. > Not very aerodynamic. Easier to buzz along hugging the terrain. Your general purpose drone deploys photovoltaic 'wings' by day and crawls, swims or flies towards its target until it smells the particular DNA combination in the air, when its off like a bloodhound to its intended target, and it's bye bye Trump, or Putin, or Justin Bieber... -- How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think. Adolf Hitler