Eric Schmidt’s Secret Military Project Revealed: Attack Drones.
www.forbes.com
The former Google CEO has been quietly working on a military startup called White Stork with plans to design “kamikaze” attack drones.

Former CEO of Google has been quietly working on a military startup for “suicide” attack drones.::The former Google CEO has been quietly working on a military startup called White Stork with plans to design “kamikaze” attack drones.

  • meyotch@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I like the bola-shot shotgun shell. I was thinking of how to eliminate the need for super precise targeting, to keep unit cost and complexity at a minimum.

    How about a stringy polymer like Silly String but serious. Formulate it to be gummy and stronger and use a tiny charge to eject it through orifices in all directions. It would gum up props and cause the target to drop out of the sky. You’d only need a drone complex enough to get within a couple of feet of the target in any direction.

    • remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yep. Super simple stuff. All you really need to do is disable one propeller and it’s game over. No lasers, no explosives. All you need is something that functions as a bit of string, TBH. The drones that use more than 4 propellers may need a little more work, but it’s the same concept.