Recent videos highlight the threat posed by FPV ‘suicide drones’ and one Russian countermeasure that is attempting to deal with them.

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    1 year ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrage_balloon

    A barrage balloon is a type of airborne barrage, a large uncrewed tethered balloon used to defend ground targets against aircraft attack, by raising aloft steel cables which pose to hostile aircraft a severe risk of collision, making the attacker’s approach difficult and hazardous.

    What’s old is new again.

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    1 year ago

    remember how WW2 england removed road signs to confuse [human] invaders? When drones develop a bit further it will become necessary to remodel hills and valleys with temporary structures to confuse attacking drones.

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      remember how WW2 england removed road signs to confuse [human] invaders?

      A practice ultimately culminating some 30 years later in the Magic Roundabout in Swindon.