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Post by lupmet on Aug 14, 2022 8:00:06 GMT
I wonder if the claw is sufficient but I presume there is a kamikaze variant that have an explosive payload that can be dropped for larger targets. Something like a hand-grenade with a targeted explosion, maybe with a magnet to attach to drones with a pansar hull. The housemartin attaches to the larger drone, drops the grenade and flies off and the grenade explodes 100 ms later.
Obvious countermeasures is an evasive pattern, no magnetic metals in the drone (which is a good countermeasure in all military designs) and kamikaze variants with a fragmentation grenade that can be released (cheaper to add an ejection mechanism than to sacrifice the drone every time).
All mentioned grenades above can of course be drones themselves to better aim or stay attached to target.
I think most soldiers get used to see a swarm of drones swop down on them like a large flock of birds, and learns to duck for cover...
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Post by Pawel on Aug 14, 2022 13:24:40 GMT
Hey lupmet I've moved your comments regarding the Housemartin drone here for neil to see. This is just for aesthetic reason really, to keep the Undercurrents board relatively easy to navigate as a fan-made gaming resource.
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Post by neil on Aug 29, 2022 14:27:51 GMT
I was extrapolating from the Sierra Neuva War campaign frame that was teased in the KS update. That mentioned that "dragonfly" drones are ubiquitous in Blue Planet combat, and that meant that those drones needed a counter measure. The housemartin is something that can track and disable dragonflies, covering the activities of the potentially-surveilled unit. In that case, a claw is enough to clip the wings or damage the body of a dragonfly enough to disable it, and doesn't need reloading for dealing with hordes of dragonflies. Powerful claws may be enough to disable or degrade opposing housemartins.
I'm sure it's not the only solution to the problem of small surveillance drones! Larger surveillance drones are more capable but more expensive, so there are fewer around. Traditional air defence (with guns, rockets, or directed energy weapons) also works. Electronic Warfare would work.
And yes, "small drone with bomb" is a valid weapon. I don't think there are hard lines between "armed drone", "loitering munition", "kamikaze drone", and "precision-guided munition".
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