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[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago (5 children)

People whining about 3D printed guns always forget about the much more terrifiying things that can be made with a 3D printer - like a kamikazie drone.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 20 points 2 years ago

we used to make our fpv drones out of poplar wood from the hardware store, usually we only used 3d printed stuff for like mounting the camera if we wanted to get fancy

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 years ago

To be fair, you do have to get the explosives some other way. (Not that it's hard to get explosives).

[–] stewsters@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Australians have a cardboard kamikaze drone. The hard part would be sourcing enough electronics in a warzone.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you also print the payload?

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, the payload can just be a spike.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You mean interconnected drone swarms.

[–] lemmegogo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

autonomous interconnected drone swarms

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

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.com 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

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

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Im pretty sure I read a few years ago someone tried in like south america, I'll have to look it up

edit: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45073385

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That would make HOA meetings rather ackward... and dangerous.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I wonder if the second amendment people will get behind drones. It isn't like you are going to be able to defend your house when someone across a continent can set it on fire.

Imagine that brave new world. People walking around with a personal protection drone following them. Schools needing to invest in Iron Dome type anti-drones drones.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You can. It takes a much bigger drone to kill an entire neighborhood.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago

Bigger drones, or just more drones.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah for now. What happens when someone attaches a laser to one that can start fires?

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh boi, these autonomous machines will surely never be used against a civilian population!

[–] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

They're piloted.

They already have.

Whatever war gets cheaper. That honestly might make us do it less.

Well until you get a pop-up with a timer and a live feed of an explosive drone heading toward you and a payment portal with an unskipable ad.

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[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll rather drink a verification can.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 8 points 2 years ago

theres room for both

[–] a9249@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Whatever war gets cheaper. That honestly might make us do it less.

back when all it took was a blade, was the bloodiest time in human history. It's almost like things have been calm only because of the HIGH cost of war for the last few decades. Cheap war = more war.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Just wait until they have those quadrapeds all touched up. A screen with ads on one shoulder and a gun pointed at you in the other.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Holy Hell, Calm down there Satan!

[–] Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wonder if Russia is aware that Ukraine is using drones made with parts from China to take out their tanks lmao

[–] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Russia is aware and is trying to get China to restrict exports to Ukraine.

Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions

And China seems to really like the cheap Russian oil they’re buying these days…

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It began ages ago, Ukraine aren't the first to use them in war. They were used extensively in Azerbaijan/Armenia before then.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But Ukraine took it to another level by the extent to which they're using drones including naval drones.

They are using everything from large military drones, improvised jetski-powered suicide drones, tiny FPV suicide drones, and everything in between.

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[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Your drones are very impressive, you must be very proud.

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Black Mirror was a documentary.

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We're living the worst parts of both black mirror and Idiocracy.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When Not Sure proved that toilet water made the plants grow, the people embraced him and looked to him for leadership.

In our reality, people continue to send death threats to healthcare professionals and try to run them out of town. And countless death threats to officials.

We are MUCH worse than Idiocracy.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 10 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


KYIV — Sergeant Yegor Firsov, deputy commander of a Ukrainian army strike drone unit, sounds exhausted in a voice message he sent to POLITICO from Avdiivka, an industrial city at the center of intense fighting on the eastern front.

Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help of tiny drones flown by operators like Firsov that, for a few hundred dollars, can deliver an explosive charge capable of destroying a Russian tank worth more than $2 million.

The FPV — or "first-person view" — drones used in such strikes are equipped with an onboard camera that enables skilled operators like Firsov to direct them to their target with pinpoint accuracy.

A typical FPV weighs up to one kilogram, has four small engines, a battery, a frame and a camera connected wirelessly to goggles worn by a pilot operating it remotely.

It can carry up to 2.5 kilograms of explosives and strike a target at a speed of up to 150 kilometers per hour, explains Pavlo Tsybenko, acting director of the Dronarium military academy outside Kyiv.

Battlefield experience has led the Ukrainian government to shift its preference away from conventional military drones, which are miniature fixed-wing aircraft with a long enough range to strike targets inside Russian territory.


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[–] jcdenton@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago

I feel like that isn't an accurate price comparison

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't this happening today in Ukraine?

[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

you didn’t read the article, did you

[–] gullible@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They’re joking about the title.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

This just in: The future of flight is airplanes!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I went to check something from the autotldr and must say, it's a decent read. First half is a little intro-ie but it's a good reasonable length read. Would recommend.

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