Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
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On 21/07/2026 05:10, c186282 wrote: > 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. > It doesn't work like that. And can be faked -- "If you don’t read the news paper, you are un-informed. If you read the news paper, you are mis-informed." Mark Twain