Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoU.S. startup nails flight test of a drone built for hypersonic speedsinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down16
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minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 days agoAren’t hypersonic missiles just hypersonic suicide drones? Like the entire point of drone’s is that they are cheap, this has no purpose.
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoSo take the boom boom out and put on a much lighter camera.
minus-squareYggstyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoLenses are shockingly heavy. It balances out.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoPlus all the shock absorption for the lense. And the avionics if you don’t plan to just have this thing drop film into a predetermined area (like the old Keyhole sats or the U-2).
Aren’t hypersonic missiles just hypersonic suicide drones? Like the entire point of drone’s is that they are cheap, this has no purpose.
Spying.
So take the boom boom out and put on a much lighter camera.
Lenses are shockingly heavy. It balances out.
Plus all the shock absorption for the lense. And the avionics if you don’t plan to just have this thing drop film into a predetermined area (like the old Keyhole sats or the U-2).