I think that combat drones can allow you to think outside the box. Consider the Boston Dynamics Wildcat drone:

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Ah, no. There is no airborne laser system capable of “melting a tank”. There is not even a ground based laser capable of melting a tank. Sure, in a factory setting you have laser based cutters, but nothing like that exists in a weapons platform, outside of conspiracy theories.

I don’t know. Laser would be an effective missile killer from long distance, as it could blind the seeker head or ablate through the body to destroy the warhead/delivery vehicle in flight. I don’t think you have enough flight time with an RPG to achieve burn through of the casing, and there is no guidance system to…

Exactly my thought. I would also worry about the possibility of fratricide/civilians killed if someone just shot a model rocket or bottle rocket by one of these systems. You have to leave it on all the time or you’ll die in ambush, yet leaving it on exposed everyone around you to mortal injury all the time though…

What you are talking about is a political question. I would point out something Dan Carlin has said: “Which candidate is running on a platform that will help secure your 4rth Amendment rights?” I’m not talking about a presidential candidate either, I’m breaking it down further than that. Where is you local elected…

Constructive feedback: How about doing some research on how they plan to recover these craft IN THE AIR. This is a fundamental problem. This is like saying “In 2020 we will build an electric Long Haul Tractor Trailer that will be powered by Fusion Reactors that Ford is working on now” Um, no they aren’t, unless they…

No armoured cockpit?

I’ve always wondered if those engines couldn’t have the thrust reversers added for short landings. That, plus a Roomba like deck drone that would reach out and snatch a plane from the air then do all the braking itself instead of a trapwire. Then, instead of folding wings we just tip them over the edge into holsters…

Guys, guys, guys... no. We are Americans, we can do much better than simply shoot their plane down. Something much more... Eeeeeviillll.

But there IS something that degrades turbines almost immediately: Vocanic Ash

PGM seems like it would be a GREAT business to get into. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a larger upswell of PGM components based on the drone industry. In a time where we can use propeller aircraft to shoot pickup trucks on the ground, how has private industry NOT come up with a $1000 guidance package yet?

Actually, I think of the Kamikaze as the first example of the Precision Guided Munition. Unfortunately, the computer guidance package didn’t have a manufacturer, it had parents.

Uh! I always HATE when I have to drive back to Toys R Us to pick up the missiles that SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED on the cargo manifest!

If the US was serious, the Marines would be equipped with Crocs. Not only are they comfy, but they are military grade ugly. They are so ugly they are an insult to $35. If their position got overran, the Marines could fend the insurgents of by throwing their Crocs at them.

The Russian only ones have the name emblazoned on the missiles instead.

No, you don’t have to worry about that - see, L.M. thought of everything! Even though the 360 system can see all around, you actually have to turn your head to see those spots that are not in front of you. What, do you think this is like a drone with a soda straw camera to look around with? No! The whole wide vista is…

See, this points out the significant flaw of the F-18 and its variants: Rearward visibility.

Face it - you sick obsession with wall building an xenophobia is just to keep the out the White people. Look, I have White neighbors, they are not all bad! I even let my White friend use the bathroom as long as I’m in the house. If you’ve ever visited Australia, you will realize they are just like us: Good,…

The new GAU-SS-8 (Super Soaker) would make the following sound: