schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoFlying under the radar: Chinese drone tech soars in Russia-Ukraine warinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: ukraine@sopuli.xyzeurope@feddit.org
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minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoThat’s fair. I think they have access to both. Look at what the little militias aka the police are using on us. Anybody with a soldering gun, a laptop and the right know-how can whip up a drone. You can’t just slap together missiles. EDIT: they need microprocessors too
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days ago Look at what the little militias aka the police are using on us. Its enough to make one want to start hording microwaves.
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhat’s the microwave for? I’m imagining fighting toys in Small Soldiers.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoA magnetron, some sheet metal and an idiot dumb enough to turn on something I wire together, and bam, you’ve got a tool for knocking drones out of the air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6XdcWToy2c
minus-squarevenusaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoHaha I would probably kill myself trying to do that
That’s fair. I think they have access to both. Look at what the little militias aka the police are using on us.
Anybody with a soldering gun, a laptop and the right know-how can whip up a drone. You can’t just slap together missiles.
EDIT: they need microprocessors too
Its enough to make one want to start hording microwaves.
What’s the microwave for? I’m imagining fighting toys in Small Soldiers.
A magnetron, some sheet metal and an idiot dumb enough to turn on something I wire together, and bam, you’ve got a tool for knocking drones out of the air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6XdcWToy2c
Haha I would probably kill myself trying to do that