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PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

The barrier to entry is so low in fact that I worry about the day when terrorist groups begin to deploy them in major cities.

We already have auto-tracking drones. They can lock onto a person and follow them around. The intended use is to allow live streamers and YouTubers to be able to stream/record video by simply sending the drone out. But if it can automatically track and follow a person, it can likely be reprogrammed to automatically home in on a person. And at that point, it’s just a matter of strapping some C4 to it.

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AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Their tracking capability sucks though, what you see in the promotional vids is now what they’re capable of.

The struggle to keep up with someone lightly jogging

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cynar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
The game changer will be swarm capable drones.

A few smart drones can be used to guide a swarm of cheaper drones on target. Additional sensor drones can feed back info to improve this.

Currently, defensive systems can cope with a drone attack. However, if you have 20 coming in from all directions, in perfect coordination, they will be overwhelmed. You don’t even need all of them to be armed, just a couple, protected by the rest.

Current drone usage is akin to the first tanks in WWI. The WWII equivalent will be terrifying.

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