fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours 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-square145linkfedilinkarrow-up1461arrow-down17
arrow-up1454arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square145linkfedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours 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-down3·7 hours 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-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 hours agoWe got another scary 3d printer headline for dumbass politicians to use as justification for regulating them!
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoThere isn’t much there that can’t be done with PVC and bent aluminum sheeting. Hamas famously uses water pipes for their rockets (no idea about the propellant, payload or control systems though)
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 minutes agoDon’t expect a bunch of moron politicians to understand that though. They’ll see this and think it’s a golden opportunity to “PRoTEcT tHE chILdREn!”
minus-squareBad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 hours agoIt also has a 0% failure rate in live strikes on targets.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours 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.
We got another scary 3d printer headline for dumbass politicians to use as justification for regulating them!
There isn’t much there that can’t be done with PVC and bent aluminum sheeting.
Hamas famously uses water pipes for their rockets (no idea about the propellant, payload or control systems though)
Don’t expect a bunch of moron politicians to understand that though. They’ll see this and think it’s a golden opportunity to “PRoTEcT tHE chILdREn!”
It also has a 0% failure rate in live strikes on targets.
Not according to Wayne Gretzky