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These drone wolf packs are designed for urban combat and help Chinese soldiers clear areas without risking themselves. I think I read something about a Torment Nexus in there too...

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[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 1 points 33 minutes ago

Yay, new technology for turning humans into body parts.

I'm sure we, as a species, will use this technology responsibly...

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago

Shotguns are cheap and it's easy to reload shells. So many versatile DIY loads for all uses. Oh my bad wrong sublemmy. Whoops.

[–] itstoowet@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

I did not expect to be living in the Zoids universe, but here we are.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 32 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah… I don’t like this.

I don’t like the Boston dynamics dog, and I definitely don’t like this one.

[–] bajabound@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

We've now achieved Black Mirror. When do we get Terminator?

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 12 points 2 hours ago

Can't wait to be chased by one of these puppies on my way to steal some insulin.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Why is no one making any anti-drone, drones... A drone designed ro sneak up on other drones and emp, or electrocute it... Or just grab it and chain it somewhere... Shoot a nail through it's foot or something.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 27 points 4 hours ago

Ukraine is doing that. They have anti-drone drones called Sting

No emp because when it comes to drone warfare cost effectiveness is imperative. No use using a multi thousand dollar drone to down one that is a fraction of that cost.

Russia is pretty much doing the same as well. I just watched a video this past week of a drone of theirs skewering a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone with metal rods until the recon drone caught fire and crashed. The Ukraine war is definitely the cutting edge for drone combat.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago

It’s called the Metal Gear Mk. II and it’s actually remote controlled using a ps3 controller

[–] esc@piefed.social 5 points 4 hours ago

FPV drones are anti-everything that moves drones.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 4 points 4 hours ago

no one making any anti-drone, drones

Everyone is making these now

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip -3 points 4 hours ago

Drones aren't very evasive. Most just fly a set pattern. So yes, you could easily down one with another drone, if you are able to notice it, catch up to it, hit it, and successfully down it. But to effectively do that, you need significantly more anti-drones than drones.

More effective is probably lasers or masers from a ground station. It's a lot easier to hit a drone when your weapon moves at the speed of light. But that still means you need to notice and target it. And with a ground station, you can only counter stuff in the local area.

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Tell you what, I'm going to start bringing an ultra powerful magnet anywhere I go when these things are live, I'll be damned if I'm going to be killed by someone's fucking robot security dog, I'll brick every one I can.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 4 hours ago

I think drones are effective when they are small and cheap, or when they're essentially guided bombs.

Big stuff like this is like asking for a reminder on why humans are the apex predators on this planet.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 5 points 4 hours ago

soldiers clear areas

Probably meaning: no humans alive afterwards 🥶

[–] esc@piefed.social 2 points 4 hours ago

I mean they look cool, but this doesn't really seem useful? I mean in police operations they might see some use or extremely short and very well supplied missions.