Drone Carrier
Added 2018-01-23 16:47:00 +0000 UTCAdding more detail; now that the basic design for the plane is fairly solid, I want to spend some time developing the surrounding scene and background.
Toying with the idea that part of the munitions carried is a drone/cruise missile that can be launched to provide remote targeting, recon and decoy duties.
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I usually associate missiles with rockets. These would be small drones (little helicopters) capable of shooting and/or self destroying. A self-destroying drone would be hard to recover, as john pointed out. And could latch itself to its target before detonating. And now that i think about it it's scaringly possible to build such a thing nowadays. So i probably should stop fantasying about it or become paranoid. đ«đ€Łđ€Ł
Simone Spinozzi
2018-01-23 18:37:44 +0000 UTCCould form into small missiles basically
Alex
2018-01-23 18:12:52 +0000 UTCProblem is, seems expensive: could it be re-captured before leaving the theatre, or fly home? or just be left
Alex
2018-01-23 17:33:17 +0000 UTCOr... It could be a "very dangerous array" basically a swarm of drones to cover an area. Basically the aircraft at that point would be used to get the drones quickly in position so that they can auto-scan/auto-map an area. And then if it is a military operation those drones have a relatively small gun which can still be deadly at close range (nobody ever looks up or outside the window) or the self destruction mechanism to "surgically pulverize" a target. (A door or an impediment usually. For people guns are more than enough, unless you absolutely want them "deleted and unrecognizable")
Simone Spinozzi
2018-01-23 17:32:31 +0000 UTCThat makes sense. It would have to be semi-autonomous, so the pilot only has to designate where he wants it to go, and not have to control it to get it there.
John
2018-01-23 16:49:48 +0000 UTC
