• betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Looks like they thought of that. From the first article linked in my reply to your other comment (one with headline “US Army awards contract…”):

    …Leonidas uses a phased array that is driven by software…

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      5 days ago

      yeah that’s the idea but the level of precision is really quite tricky when your target is a pcb hovering ??? away and not standing still. basic beamforming is easy, the trick here would be damned impressive.

      like change wars impressive, and I don’t mean (only) ukraine.

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        4 days ago

        They’ve also got a drone-mounted version that can get right up close and blast them with angry pixie hate. Was poking around their site a little and even when you account for how much is probably marketing wank or testing under ideal cases, these look pretty good.

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          I was going through their site and it looked almost too good to be true.

          If it works as advertised, our government should make a clone of this (our productions and operational costs are always going to be significantly less than in the US), perhaps even under license.

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            Think it’s time to start putting together a letter to some politicians here in support of adding these to a future aid package. I don’t expect to convince anyone alone but maybe I can add my raindrop to a flood if others have the same idea. This is potentially life-saving tech (if it can get to where it’s needed, anyway) and exactly what I want my tax money doing.

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          They’ve also got a drone-mounted version that can get right up close and blast them with angry pixie hate.

          oof.