tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1718072164871203114..comments2024-03-29T10:54:08.077-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Armed UAV's and precision weapons are spreading like wildfirePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2039719959052163342016-05-04T12:07:11.121-05:002016-05-04T12:07:11.121-05:00In line with Glen Filthie above, it's about ti...In line with Glen Filthie above, it's about time we faced a fair and more even challenge. Then maybe we could actually be worried about something real, rather than the piddly things we do now. Not to mention, we currently don't really have any high-visibility enemies, other than terroristic civilians that bomb and shoot at us. But sending a coordinated and decently-armed army at us? We'd finally have something to actually fight. Our vast military supremacy over the last two decades has made us weak, or rather, forget what it's like to struggle, and facing enemies with similar technology will light a fire under our butts that I think is sorely needed.Daniel Ortiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65526187966575376612016-05-03T16:48:21.535-05:002016-05-03T16:48:21.535-05:00Meh.
Terrorism doesn't work unless you claim ...Meh.<br /><br />Terrorism doesn't work unless you claim responsibility for your attacks. A terrorist attack with a drone is tactically much like an attack with a suicide bomber or a strategically placed IED.<br /><br />America and Israel need to actually fight the war on terror rather than focusing on restraint and winning the hearts and minds of animals that have neither...Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16432442575874134262016-05-03T13:29:13.526-05:002016-05-03T13:29:13.526-05:00expanding on what Tweell said.
A Nintendo Wii rem...expanding on what Tweell said.<br /><br />A Nintendo Wii remote includes an IR camera with spot tracking capability. It's pretty trivial for any model aircraft buff with even a limited amount of programming capability to create a home-on-target guidence system.<br /><br />add a second drone/model aircraft that has a camera and IR laser on it to provide targeting, and you can drop a drone on target pretty precisely.<br /><br />It's not as easy to do at high speed (rocket or artillery shell) but high speed only matters some of the time.<br /><br />There isn't any military that is roaming around with anti-aircraft defences that are going to spot and shoot down things the size of large model aircraft.David Langnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56404007947214596332016-05-03T12:06:35.947-05:002016-05-03T12:06:35.947-05:00This is very difficult to embargo, given modern te...This is very difficult to embargo, given modern technology. A camera chip, a controller chip (one from the old Nintendo Gameboy Advanced or better will do) along with a GPS chip, software and you have a cruise missile controller package. A UAV is cheap and easy, we have camera drones for sale. Upgrade the chassis and motors with small engines (RC plane equipment), load with explosives.<br /><br />It isn't rocket science, not any more.tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84576432183855846062016-05-03T11:31:06.469-05:002016-05-03T11:31:06.469-05:00"whether or not such assistance is legal &quo..."whether or not such assistance is legal "<br /><br />I would suggest that unless we are willing to be bound by "international" law and the ICC, we should not worry about "legal" in this context. Not that we should stand for this sort of behavior, but we should shut it down not because it is illegal, but because it is a hostile act against us and our allies. I believe that this is a much better and healthier attitude both for us and everyone else.Scott Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095059505661303611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91481404156952805012016-05-03T11:18:39.168-05:002016-05-03T11:18:39.168-05:00All of this was eminently foreseeable.All of this was eminently foreseeable.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52834752874994397672016-05-03T11:04:12.671-05:002016-05-03T11:04:12.671-05:00This is a serious issue, and one that ISN'T be...This is a serious issue, and one that ISN'T being made public for obvious reasons... Counterbattery, if you will, to combat them is still in a serious state of disarray.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90416415477371200382016-05-03T10:00:02.717-05:002016-05-03T10:00:02.717-05:00I don't worry about us troops. Drones against ...I don't worry about us troops. Drones against against a modern force won't do much at this time. That may change with technology...<br /><br />I worry much more about kamikaze type drones filled with explosives. I have been surprised nine has been used yet for assassinations by terrorists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78413040530425422522016-05-03T09:56:47.266-05:002016-05-03T09:56:47.266-05:00Hey now, what's with the defeatist thinking? (...Hey now, what's with the defeatist thinking? (Kidding) We have women on submarines and in combat leadership positions now, as well as women in combat MOS's! How could we lose? <br />/sarcasm <br />*sound of head, thumping into desk, repeatedly*<br />Bibliotheca Servarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643412827583261562noreply@blogger.com