Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago'Cruise missile' drones and low-cost Shahed knockoffs listed on Alibabawww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down11cross-posted to: australia@aussie.zone
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-link'Cruise missile' drones and low-cost Shahed knockoffs listed on Alibabawww.abc.net.auBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: australia@aussie.zone
minus-squareGreyghoster@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours ago$96US to build a 3D printed Stinger shoulder launched missile and now mail ordered drones. Things aren’t looking good.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoOpen source guided missiles are a good thing in some ways. We, as civilians, need defenses against drones. You don’t need a 3d printer either, there are products you can use, from old propane cannisters, to metal pipes, as the rocket body.
$96US to build a 3D printed Stinger shoulder launched missile and now mail ordered drones. Things aren’t looking good.
Open source guided missiles are a good thing in some ways. We, as civilians, need defenses against drones.
You don’t need a 3d printer either, there are products you can use, from old propane cannisters, to metal pipes, as the rocket body.