5 ms·
> A million rounds a minute Dragonfire is quicker, cheaper per kill, and safer in urban places then spray and pray kinetic weapons. https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by nonrandomstring 2y ago
> A million rounds a minute
Dragonfire is quicker, cheaper per kill, and safer in urban places
then spray and pray kinetic weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfire_(weapon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfire_(weapon)
- defrost 2y agoThere are multiple approaches. How fast can Dragonfire recharge, how quickly can it target and kill 1,000 drones? > spray and pray kinetic weapons. You understand, I hope, that targets can be tracked, and ballistic weapons can accurately place a cloud of shrapnel on a per drone basis. With the same kind of track and target platforms that would direct a laser ..
- nonrandomstring 2y ago> the same kind of track and target platforms Speed of light is the game changer
- defrost 2y agoPfft. - Not really your field, is it? How about total cost, weapon size and footprint, time to charge .. Speaking of time to charge, you dodged the real question .. how many drones can be targeted and destroyed in (say) 30 seconds?
- nonrandomstring 2y ago> Pfft. - Not really your field, is it? You got me. I know nothing about this and you would definitely be better off asking someone else.
- xvector 2y agoI wonder how easily highly reflective coatings will mitigate Dragonfire.
- nonrandomstring 2y agoVery well indeed I think. AFAIK Dragonfire is fully within the optical spectrum. However, there's a similar project we've been working on over here that's a beamforming MASER - that travels right through the housing and fries the electronics.