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1 posted on 10/08/2015 11:24:36 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Shotgun shells are cheaper...


2 posted on 10/08/2015 11:26:29 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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The US Army recently demonstrated a prototype weapon which fires special projectiles at UAVs to damage them.

These projectiles can be steered on approach to the drone, which is tracked on the ground with radar.


3 posted on 10/08/2015 11:26:55 AM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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The article is written by a reporter with the understanding of a cave man.


4 posted on 10/08/2015 11:38:10 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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Don’t they switch to autopilot when they lose communication. And how protected are they from jamming and noise? Seems like all of this would have been considered in the design.

However, there are probably different levels of complexity and cost. Cheap low end drones have no protection. Expensive high end drones have lots of protection plus other techie advantages.


5 posted on 10/08/2015 11:40:27 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: McGruff

Does not stop drones that are running a pre-programmed course.


8 posted on 10/08/2015 12:19:20 PM PDT by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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With my Freeze Ray I will stop--
9 posted on 10/08/2015 1:18:06 PM PDT by Alfred O. Bama (What Me Worry?)
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