Comment on U.S. startup nails flight test of a drone built for hypersonic speeds
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Aren’t hypersonic missiles just hypersonic suicide drones? Like the entire point of drone’s is that they are cheap, this has no purpose.
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Spying.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So take the boom boom out and put on a much lighter camera.
yggstyle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lenses are shockingly heavy. It balances out.
Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Plus all the shock absorption for the lense. And the avionics if you don’t plan to just have this thing drop film into a predetermined area (like the old Keyhole sats or the U-2).