"If we're shooting down a $50,000 one-way #drone with a $3 million #missile, that's not a good cost equation," Bill LaPlante, the #Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, told a Senate appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday. #RedSea #Houthis #Israel #Gaza

The Pentagon's growing costly headache: Cheap drones
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/16/us-military-attack-drones-pentagon

Explore the wider, more #experimental some of my work with Metaphysical Shitposting, an evolving collection (new tracks added about once a month) of #drone, #ambient and #soundscape pieces, with the occasional splash of musique concrete, #kosmische and #noise mixed in to keep things interesting.

Lots and lots of #ModularSynth work here, plus some #strange stuff like #Soma #Terra, tape loops, toy instruments and more.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/metaphysical-shitposting

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Metaphysical Shitposting, by Ether Diver

8 track album

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Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

#Drones have leveled the playing field between a Goliath #Russia and a David-like #Ukraine.

But drone development is evolving so quickly that Ukrainian engineers must innovate — or people die.

There’s no place in the world where #drone innovation is happening faster than in Ukraine.

With fewer funds and fewer soldiers, Ukraine has needed to out-think and out-innovate the Russian military.

Minigun-Armed #Mojave #Drone Now Blasting Targets At 6,000 Rounds Per Minute

source: https://www.twz.com/air/minigun-armed-mojave-drone-now-blasting-targets-at-6000-rounds-per-minute

The DAP-6-armed Mojave engaged multiple ground targets in seven strafing runs across two separate sorties on April 13, according to a press release and accompanying video, seen below, that General Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) put out today. At one point in the video, a Chevy pickup truck is seen exploding. The 7.62x51mm rounds that a #Minigun fires are not explosive, but the truck could've been rigged with explosives or fuel inside of it could have ignited.

#Weapon #military #news #DoD #war #defense #USA #news

Minigun-Armed Mojave Drone Now Blasting Targets At 6,000 Rounds Per Minute

This is the first time Minigun pods have been live-fired from a drone in this class and there are already plans to expand on the capability.

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