Comment by bitmasher9
5 hours ago
Drones are just one part of the equation. They are a “last mile” solution, which makes them very strong on battle fronts and come with a defender advantage.
We still require logistics to transport the drones into effective range, intelligence to know the most effective targets, and military grade wireless communications to guide the drones.
If the intelligence is good enough long range missiles can kinetically disable drone production or drone stockpiles.
They print the drones at the frontline: https://sensofusion.com/dronefactory/
Geeze, things are getting wild.
Interestingly, I’ve seen this exact drone design from hobbyists attempting record speed runs. Now I’m curious who is copying who on the design.
To print a drone you must transport input materials anyway, which weight at least the same.
Militaries are already using on-device AI to provide drone targeting, so airdropping a bunch in and letting them wreak havoc is very possible and not complicated as that matures.