Precisely. Space is the ultimate high ground. Once the cage tower is high enough that it can be dangled from a geosynchronous orbital platform the defense will be impenetrable.
Ok so my impression from these posts is that its hard to hit a helicopter, but I was thinking if helicopters fly by pushing air downward, would simply getting a drone above a helicopter suck it down into the blades?
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yesman@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 165d
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 165d
(The only) problem with this: The drone hit the weapons rack.
Ergo each individual rocket and missile needs a separate cage.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 165d
What about a second helicopter flying above the first one, slingload carrying a cage big enough to entirely protect the first helicopter?
deacon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 165d
Who is going to protect him? Eventually it’s helicopters all the way down.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 165d
Precisely. Space is the ultimate high ground. Once the cage tower is high enough that it can be dangled from a geosynchronous orbital platform the defense will be impenetrable.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 165d
That nose cone looks unprotected....
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 165d
The engineering is there.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 165d
Who needs air intercept radar anyway...
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 165d
Or the blades, must protect both!
PugJesus@piefed.social · 20 pts · 165d
Cope cage upgraded to cope gimp suit
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 165d
passenger@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 165d
It's not real though, and I don't find it funny either... Maybe it's just me.
https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukrainian-fpv-drone-downs-16m-russian-ka-52-helicopter-near-pokrovsk-video-17089
I felt the need to comment since I get the vibes some commenters think it's real...
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 165d
Would you say it's...noncredible?
TheRealShadeSlimmy@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 165d
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 165d
Imagine having a WWE cage match in this thing. While it's flying lol
ICastFist@programming.dev · 2 pts · 165d
That'd be fucking awesome
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 165d
You can tell this is fake because there would be reactive armor on the nose if it were real.
Hello_there@fedia.io · 5 pts · 165d
Are there examples of Russian anti drone cages for ships? I'm thinking it looks like waterworld ships
School_Lunch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 165d
Ok so my impression from these posts is that its hard to hit a helicopter, but I was thinking if helicopters fly by pushing air downward, would simply getting a drone above a helicopter suck it down into the blades?
marcos@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 165d
Slightly. But I don't know why you are trying to solve the problem of making things in air move downward.
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 3 pts · 165d
The drone solved that problem. The russian heli went down. Hence the noncredibility of the cope cage defense.
Sabata11792@ani.social · 3 pts · 165d
Caged cockpit.