• RandomAmuserNew@alien.topB
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        11 months ago

        The UKs tax dollars are at work then, their healthcare system always under threat and education system is getting more expensive by the year as well. Also, I doubt it will be long before the usa spends a few billion on these

  • Charnt@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Why even bother with something as useless as this

    A drone can do everything like this but better than any human can do and requires zero training but software which you can install on as many drones as you want

    Or this which will take hundreds of hours to train up someone who you’d be able to take out with a well aimed sling shot

  • DrColdReality@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Utterly worthless against an armed target, of course.

    Try it against somebody standing stationary on the ground with a rifle while you try to line up a pistol shot in a jetpack that’s jittering around.

    • SteveThePurpleCat@alien.topB
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      11 months ago

      For 50 years we have been using helos to drop people to do so the same tasks, are those folk hanging out of the helo more or less vulnerable?

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        11 months ago

        OK, the right reply this time.

        Yes: soldiers fast-roping out of helicopters are indeed seriously vulnerable to fire from the ground. That’s why if they do that when they know there are people with guns on the ground, they will lay down heavy suppressing fire from the choppers or other methods of suppression. Also, it’s called “fast-roping” for a reason: you get your ass to the ground just as fast as possible, which means that if anyone is shooting at you, you try to make yourself a very difficult target to hit.

        But a guy in a jetpack doesn’t have that option, he’s trying to keep the rig steady so he can line up his own shot. Without suppressing fire from other sources, the jetpack guy is boned.

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    11 months ago

    It cost me $150 to have a 3-minute Zoom conversation with my doctor.

    But now we’ve got this I guess.

    • SteveThePurpleCat@alien.topB
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      11 months ago

      These were/are getting tested for boarding purposes, would the target be more or less vulnerable then the guys in the RIB approaching at half the speed, or the guy dangling out of the helicopter above the target?

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      11 months ago

      There’s a big ol’ peroxide fuel tank on his back, it’s an exploding target. They should paint the tank red and put a flashing light on it.