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Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by IshKebab »

remarkEon wrote: post #24

So the emergency services use-cases seem obvious and straightforward, but rare. Can't be that big of a market for that, at least for repeat customers. Maybe I'm missing something, but I'd figure that those emergency services organizations would buy 2-3 and keep one in the field and the balance in inventory. The armed HE variant, that one does not seem that straightforward to me because I don't quite see how this is b…

I think this is probably targeted at taking out Shahed style drones at low cost.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by Maxion »

richardw wrote: post #9
rootcage wrote: post #2

ATM the biggest problem for LRAD is cost, you fire a $12K Patriot missile to intercept what is either a $40 million jet or a $300 drone. This is revolutionary.

Aren’t they using guns to fight cheap drones, at least for cities in Ukraine ? Eg Gepard.

Ukraine is using everything that they can get their hands on - regardless of how effective it actually is.

Gepards have pretty short range in comparison to any missile system.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by sho »

zmgsabst wrote: post #91
adastra22 wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok, but why hasn't there been a WW3 yet?

We’re currently at the start of WW3, as NATO vs BRICS escalates. The waste of the US military in Iraq, the defeat in Afghanistan, the failures of domestic spying and PSYOPs dividing the nation, and the failed war in Ukraine has precipitated a state of weakness where rival countries are jockeying for position in both the Middle East and SE Asia. China is openly waging irregular warfare against the US, killing 100,000+…

I think you need to re-evaluate your sources of information, because what you wrote in this comment comes across as a bunch of unfounded, conspiracy-addled fantasy world nonsense.

Not only is "NATO vs BRICS" not escalating, there is no "NATO vs BRICS". What are you even on about.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by Log_out_ »

Maxion wrote: post #94
baron816 wrote: post #58

I’ve been watching a bunch of these videos where they war game realistic and pretty far fetched battle scenarios https://youtube.com/@grimreapers?si=lvRNWBee9RfnkxBI . They’ll cover stuff like a Chinese carrier group vs a US carrier group using slightly futuristic weapons. What often decides the outcomes of battles are the accuracy of ships’ air defenses and how many missiles they have onboard. Shooting down superson…

> What often decides the outcomes of battles are the accuracy of ships’ air defenses and how many missiles they have onboard. I always do wonder how realistic these war games actually are? They (at least the war games that are public) always assume at least one or both sides are near 100% competent with their systems. The Ukraine war has at least showed that that is not the case, the best example perhaps being the si…

Many attempted attacks always succeed over many defensive moves in the end. So the OP strategy is to have abblative proxxys capable of rolling the sisyphos dice up the bell curve.

Counter to that are decoys, lots of them.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by zmgsabst »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #96
zmgsabst wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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The US army has helped stop the russians from killing me and my friends in Ukraine. The russians launch missiles and drones at civilians, like me. Last October, I was sitting at my kitchen table, writing Haskell and working on my startup, when outside my kitchen window the local air defence successfully blasted a Shahed 136 out of the air. Both the missile trail and the cloud from the explosion hung in the air for se…

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Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by zmgsabst »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #100
zmgsabst wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Banderites: followers of Stepan Bandera. You know, those people with Nazi insignia that are celebrated as heroes in Ukraine. And feature in NATO photos. https://www.newsweek.com/nato-says-it-didnt-notice-ukraine-s...

You have to be pretty out of touch (or just dishonest) to think that russia’s war against Ukraine has anything to do with Naziism. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/02/pro-kremlin-ne...

Russia’s war in Ukraine is about NATO being on their doorstep and the failure of negotiated peace.

That doesn’t change that the US trained and armed Banderites in Ukraine.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

#107

Post by defrost »

contrarian1234 wrote: post #75
FL33TW00D wrote: post #66

Where is the UK/EU equivalent of Anduril? Seems this "neo-defense" revolution is a US only phenomenon.

I've never heard of a defense sector startup in Europe In the US its quite common. A huge percentage of defense spending is specifically restricted to small businesses and big projects have percentages that must be subcontracted to small subcontractors. And then there is the whole SBIR program too. So anything R&D-ish goes there. It's a giant subsidy program for white christian enginners (bc you need clearance) I say…

Anecdotally it's Mormons that are supposedly over represented in the TLA's:

    in reality, Mormons end up in these agencies for perfectly logical reasons. The disproportionate number of Mormons is usually chalked up to three factors: Mormon people often have strong foreign language skills, from missions overseas; a relatively easy time getting security clearances, given their abstention from drugs and alcohol; and a willingness to serve.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-mormons-make-great...

https://www.quora.com/Are-Mormons-over-represented-in-the-CI...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35772466

https://www.deseret.com/2022/11/1/23403019/fact-or-fiction-t...

In hard numbers it's difficult to verify, besides being closely guarded intelligence agencies they're Federal and don't publish breakdowns of employment by religion, etc.

Military R&D tends to be broader minded in the sense they need hard skillsets and will take anyone with citizenship, a verifiable background, and the technical chops .. and even go wider if pressed for bodies.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by victorbjorklund »

Maxion wrote: post #94
baron816 wrote: post #58

I’ve been watching a bunch of these videos where they war game realistic and pretty far fetched battle scenarios https://youtube.com/@grimreapers?si=lvRNWBee9RfnkxBI . They’ll cover stuff like a Chinese carrier group vs a US carrier group using slightly futuristic weapons. What often decides the outcomes of battles are the accuracy of ships’ air defenses and how many missiles they have onboard. Shooting down superson…

> What often decides the outcomes of battles are the accuracy of ships’ air defenses and how many missiles they have onboard. I always do wonder how realistic these war games actually are? They (at least the war games that are public) always assume at least one or both sides are near 100% competent with their systems. The Ukraine war has at least showed that that is not the case, the best example perhaps being the si…

I don't think war games are meant to actually predict outcomes (even if media etc often wanna draw those conclusions). Rather it is to create scenarios to plan for and then it makes sense to ask "if the chinese act perfect when it comes to their systems and doctrine, how do we counter that?". If you can respond to someone acting perfectly you can probably also respond to someone with less skills.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by yakshaving_jgt »

mplewis wrote: post #76

Great! New and interesting ways to blow other people up. The future is so lovely.

How else do you propose we stop russian soldiers from raping, torturing, and murdering in Ukraine?

If you have better ideas, please do let us know. The friends I have on the front line would certainly prefer to be at home with their families over Christmas rather than sitting in a trench, staving off frostbite and bullets.

Re: Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone

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Post by d3ckard »

steve_gh wrote: post #67
adastra22 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can stick your head in the sand and pretend that humanity is not an intrinsically violent species, and that if we all held hands and sang Kumbaya we'd be able to get along peaceably and without need for defensive tools. Or you can wake up to the reality that a strong defensive, and sometimes offensive capability is required in order to enforce the state of peace that we all take for granted, and be part of the pr…

Don't know who said it, but: Every country gets an army. The only question is: whose?

I know it as: country that does not pay for its own army will sooner or later pay for someone else’s.
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