CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.workscake to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 days agoLaser weapon will always be the superior SHORAD solution over kinetic gun.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1194arrow-down1imageLaser weapon will always be the superior SHORAD solution over kinetic gun.sh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.workscake to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 days agoI suspect that a mass-produced shell with a time fuze can be made more-cheaply than a drone. I also kinda suspect that using a pulse laser on a drone runs the risk of eye damage to anyone nearby and looking at the thing, from reflected light.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoThey’d probably need some form of protective eye wear, definitely.
I suspect that a mass-produced shell with a time fuze can be made more-cheaply than a drone.
I also kinda suspect that using a pulse laser on a drone runs the risk of eye damage to anyone nearby and looking at the thing, from reflected light.
They’d probably need some form of protective eye wear, definitely.