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[–]IkeConn 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

Yea? Well just wait for the first co-ordinated mini explosive drone attack. Hundreds of tiny explosive drones smashing into people's heads and blowing their brains out.

[–]Noam_Chomsky 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (15 children)

That's probably the plan.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (14 children)

Thats one plan, but not really a priority plan. Why waste a drone when a bullet will do the trick? Guided mini munitions are far more likely. Everyone has seen videos of anti missile gatling guns. I'm sure they have an anti personnel, or at least anti vehicle version that can spray an area.

But robots are not a great competition for bombs, or WMDs, or germ warfare. What they are good at is securing an area for long periods of time. So sentry guns, predator drones, eyes in the skies. Or potentially as assassin drones. Mail a package to the enemy. Obviously it will get inspected by thier mail service. So just before that happens the drone unpacks Itself and flies itself the last 200 feet and explodes in a puff of ricin.

[–]Noam_Chomsky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (13 children)

Why waste a drone when a bullet will do the trick?

Mini Drones with infrared cameras. And bullets.

Everyone has seen videos of anti missile gatling guns.

Marketing.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (12 children)

Marketing

Yeah, but they exist already. If you watch them closely you can see that they aren't shooting regular bullets. They are shooting small guided missiles. They look like tracer rounds because they have an exhaust. They also have a non ballistic trajectory.

[–]Noam_Chomsky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

Guided or not, they won't hit a missile going mach 2.

Also, drones are small and cheaper.

They can shoot from above (out of range), and wait for their target(s).

A swarm of 5-10 drones could take out most groups.

You'd never know they were there until the rounds were flying.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

They just have to get in the way. Missiles going mach 2 aren't maneuverable.

[–]Noam_Chomsky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

You're describing impossible timing.

Missle defenses are an illusion. They're nearly impossible to intercept/block. MIC boondoggles.

Most of them will get through.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

No timing required. Determine the trajectory and send a rocket down that trajectory in the opposite direction.

[–]Noam_Chomsky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

No timing required.

This could work if you could:

Determine the trajectory and send a rocket down that trajectory in the opposite direction.

How would you determine this?
There's a radar that does this for artillery, but it can only determine this info after the ordinance land. It can't see the future.

You are proposing an interceptor that doesn't require precise timing. It's a contradiction.