fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days 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-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down15cross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1376arrow-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 · 9 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkcross-posted to: 3dprinting@lemmy.world
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days 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-up3arrow-down1·9 days 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-up1·edit-29 days agoIt also has a 0% failure rate in live strikes on targets.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 days 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