Counterpoint: a few small drones with a small amount of explosives targeting civilians over July 4th in every state capital would tank the us economy.
Comment on America’s drone 9/11 is coming — and just like on 9/11, we aren’t ready
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
As if I weren’t already on enough watch lists:
Consumer drones aren’t conducive to “a 9-11”. They just can’t carry enough explosives. A terrorist attack using drones will be isolated attacks on public gatherings and likely not even put a dent in the M-4 tax we pay every fucking day.
Also: Defense against drones actually isn’t all that hard from a military and hardpoint standpoint. The same mic arrays that installations use to triangulate gunfire? Picking up drone motors is of comparable difficulty and gives a pretty fast angle to point the baby phalanx (or net guns) at. Would be HORRIBLE in an area dense with civilians but would protect anything that “we” actually care about (military resources and whichever politicians trump likes this week).
The reason they are so ridiculously effective in Ukraine are because Russians have horrifically bad opsec and tend to leave armored vehicle hatches open (even at bases) and have sprawling unfortified trench lines that are only designed to keep infantry out.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 days ago
AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Or be the public motivation somebody is looking for to join in a war he totally doesn’t want to join even though he just handed a bunch of tech bros military seniority roles…
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I think you are misunderstanding the point. Swap out 9-11 moment with “watershed moment”.
A drone doesn’t need to be able to carry more than 500-1000g to be an incredibly effective tool of war, and it absolutely was, basically, consumer grade drones that Ukraine used.
And all in all, probably, the whole operation cost less than a single tomahawk cruise missile.
I made this point that the article is making here, a few months ago. The US military industrial complex has completely missed the mark on where modern warfare is going., and the US has spent trillions to build a system that can be challenged for billions.
gdog05@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Because the trillions is the point… Not security.