sanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 9 days agoThe US needs drones, not Trump-class battleships, Democrats arguewww.navytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI’m kind of curious when the directed energy tech catches up to drone tech. At some point drones may very well become useless because they can’t soak up or dissipate enough energy. It’s probably a decade away at the least, but it’s on the horizon.
minus-squareEvilHankVenture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoWe can already detonate artillery shells while they are in flight with lasers, so we’re already there. It’s just expensive.
minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoThat expense is what keeps them off the battlefield. War is just violent economics after all.
I’m kind of curious when the directed energy tech catches up to drone tech. At some point drones may very well become useless because they can’t soak up or dissipate enough energy. It’s probably a decade away at the least, but it’s on the horizon.
We can already detonate artillery shells while they are in flight with lasers, so we’re already there. It’s just expensive.
That expense is what keeps them off the battlefield. War is just violent economics after all.