fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up1638arrow-down110
arrow-up1628arrow-down1external-linkTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square170linkfedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYou can deploy a lot of $96 semi-effective hardware and improve it vs something that might be thousands or even tens or hundreds of thousands to deploy.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months ago You can deploy a lot of $96 semi-effective hardware Khojayev’s just-launched prototype has no effectiveness track record :-/ I mean, time will tell. To date, this particular iteration of technology has a 0% success rate in doing anything but farming clicks.
minus-squareBad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt also has a 0% failure rate in live strikes on targets.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNot according to Wayne Gretzky
You can deploy a lot of $96 semi-effective hardware and improve it vs something that might be thousands or even tens or hundreds of thousands to deploy.
:-/
I mean, time will tell. To date, this particular iteration of technology has a 0% success rate in doing anything but farming clicks.
It also has a 0% failure rate in live strikes on targets.
Not according to Wayne Gretzky