Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4か月前U.S. startup nails flight test of a drone built for hypersonic speedsinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down16
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkU.S. startup nails flight test of a drone built for hypersonic speedsinterestingengineering.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4か月前message-square12fedilink
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·4か月前Aren’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-down1·4か月前So take the boom boom out and put on a much lighter camera.
minus-squareYggstyle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4か月前Lenses are shockingly heavy. It balances out.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4か月前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).
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).