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lapfog_1

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5. lets see... drone flies over "protected area"

Reply to womanofthehills (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 10:49 AM

Mar 7

releases a few hundred mylar balloons with CO2 cartridge attachments that inflate on deployment.

Every balloon releases thin mylar strips into the atmosphere thus increasing their radar signature.

Ground based laser ( the size of a small railroad car ) shoots at what?

Hundreds of real drones with bombs are mixed in with the chaff.

What could possibly go wrong?

Cost of total drone package... $200,000 usd
Cost of laser system plus the infrastructure it was meant to protect... $1Billion.

Who wins this war?

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Lasers used to shoot down unmanned drones will be tested for safety this weekend at White Sands Missile Range in New Mex [View all] womanofthehills Mar 7 OP

How safe can they be if they can torch a drone. Not exactly a cat toy Blues Heron Mar 7 #1

Surprised they aren't testing them displacedvermoter Mar 7 #2

Until they start painting drones with reflective paint or some other reflective coating. vanessa_ca Mar 7 #3

Wonder if that's what shut down El Paso airport? Kid Berwyn Mar 7 #4

lets see... drone flies over "protected area" lapfog_1 Mar 7 #5

;-{)....... Goonch Mar 7 #6

That would be "intraplanetary" no? harumph Mar 7 #7

War of the Worlds Goonch Mar 7 #8