Ukraine’s early adoption of ‘first-person view’ drones tips the scales against an enemy fighting a conventional war.
  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If only we could be sure that $400 drones will only ever be used to kill tanks, and never to kill neighborhoods …

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m waiting for the panic that will happen at the first political assassination using drones

      • aeronmelon@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Several years ago, before COVID, the Japanese government was on high alert because someone parked a drone on the roof of the Prime Minister’s office. Small traces of (harmless) radiation were detected on the drone and no one knows who put it there or why.

        • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It’s entirely possible someone just flew it around near Fukushima, brought it to near the PM’s office, and then parked it on the roof as a political statement