Drones Raining from the Sky in Zhengzhou

Post by hoseja » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 10:46 AM UTC

m4rtink wrote: post #60

sbierwagen wrote: post #57

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27440924 >>The Block 1A and newer (pneumatic driven) CIWS mounts fire at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute with a 1,550-round magazine. >>Shells fired by the Phalanx cost around $30 each and the gun typically fires 100 or more when engaging a target.[14] >So it's about three grand to zap one drone, and you get 15 shootdowns before a human needs to shovel more ammo into the turret.…

Actually proximity fuzed rounds should work the best, each taking outv many swarm memvers. Its not like these things could be armored rather than as light as possible.

Post by jsjohnst » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 10:55 AM UTC

winrid wrote: post #37

These drones are used for light shows. I'm guessing they tried to run the show too long. It looks like they all start attempting to land before their batteries run out, around the same time...

Post by fho » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 11:22 AM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #81

sbierwagen wrote: post #57

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27440924 >>The Block 1A and newer (pneumatic driven) CIWS mounts fire at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute with a 1,550-round magazine. >>Shells fired by the Phalanx cost around $30 each and the gun typically fires 100 or more when engaging a target.[14] >So it's about three grand to zap one drone, and you get 15 shootdowns before a human needs to shovel more ammo into the turret.…

I think for drones of this kind you can set up mini phalanxes. They don’t quite move at the speed that a missile moves, and the caliber necessary to destroy a drone is much lower than that necessary to disable a missile.

Post by saargrin » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 11:24 AM UTC

mixxit wrote: post #56

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Post by Tepix » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 11:42 AM UTC

KingOfCoders wrote: post #63

jl6 wrote: post #45

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What defence could, say, a traditional military base, mount against a swarm of, say, 1000 of these?

One would probably use a laser, https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/rheinmetall_ag/press/themen_i... As they are small, they do not need a lot of energy to be disabled, especially if they are jammed first.