This is the future that generally haunts my dreams. I've watched elaborate videos of hundred of drones executing programs in perfect choreography. Mix facial/etc recognition targets for the swarm that eliminate targets on a list as they are located and eliminated. Short of any human team being able to provide an adequate field of flak there is no defense. Lots of security holding weapons w/ too much spread for the surrounding crowds. The only counter is the hypothetically more responsive drone swarm, a system capable of providing flak cover to crowds below, some sort of jamming technology. I'm sure I missed something.
How does a govt. even anticipate the capability of a foreign govt performing such a weapons test? It's not some obvious nuke shit going off detected by satellites, radiation, etc.
Like the article pointed out, thinking firearms are scary is simply a lack of imagination compared to the open source software and hardware at our fingertips. Drone delivered, easy to fly, quadcopter IEDs... no longer a need for the suicide bomber except in service of ideological statement.
The only positive I see in swarm technology is in eliminating a foreign govts leadership before they can launch nukes. Assuming their firing capability isn't a deadman's switch w/ preselected targets when x amount of leadership dies. The possibilities are endless, cruel, and the future can be a terrifying prospect to consider
The only counter is the hypothetically more responsive drone swarm
Yeah that or the wind
You can jump in the nearest river too, but that's limited hangout
Net gun will take them out.
Magnetron Cannon will too (built out of an old microwave)
Probably a spark-gap transmitter will work just as well.
Mount them on an autoturret, one with a camera and a chip trained to identify drones and you have yourself a proper sky shield.
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