Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s
c186282 <[email protected]>
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On 7/20/26 07:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > 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. Retroreflectors can be done using 'zone lenses', flat. However just bright chrome/gold micro-plating would probably serve. > 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... Assassin drones ? Forget DNA. Biometric ID would serve - and is current and cheaper.