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Civilian volunteers turned an old skydiving plane into a drone hunter (cdn.imgchest.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Vosh@programming.dev to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[-] Cheebus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Go get em gents

[-] blueworld@piefed.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

@Vosh Well done in upload in the NYT video and keeping us off YouTube! Nice!

[-] not@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Fuck putin! Fuck russia! Fuck trump!

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

i see the American's have some new AI auto gun that mounts in aircraft to shoot drones. Probably a zillion $ though.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/anti-drone-chain-gun-with-50mm-precision-guided-ammunition-unveiled-northrop-grummans-raid-hunter-is-designed-to-wipe-out-drone-swarms-and-cruise-missiles

Furthermore, the modular Raid Hunter can be rapidly deployed on the C-130

Offer to test a few dozen for them ?

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