Comment by 1970-01-01
2 years ago
The pessimist in me says developing this tech into a standard would be handing terrorists a very quick and effective way to shear power lines.
2 years ago
The pessimist in me says developing this tech into a standard would be handing terrorists a very quick and effective way to shear power lines.
"Terrorists" could just bolt a buzzsaw to a drone, drive a mile away from the power line in a truck with a few barrels of extra diesel and a generator and cut away until they get bored of it.
But I see an opportunity for the security theater industry there...
They'll just shoot the power station: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack