They do use nets, sometimes shotguns too. I think the main reason they don't more often is it's a lot easier to fly within a few feet of a target and explode then it is to aim a net, usually outside the vision of the camera
Many of the high traffic roads are covered with nets. It'd just require an absurd amount of netting to actually block off a city or something, and it'd be effectively impossible to electrify it.
Oh, I think you're right. I read using a big net to stop them meaning surrounding the thing you're defending with a net. I guess they meant firing one. The reason for that is pretty simple: drag. A big net would have a ton of drag, so it wouldn't fly far. You could have a missile that ejects a net to catch a target, but nets also weigh a lot and you could instead have a bunch of pellets, fragmentation, or something. There are uses for nets, like the drone video in the OP, but they have some serious limitations too.
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christianhawkins@feddit.org · 22 pts · 6d
in a decade: It was a horrible war, but the memes were always top notch
Glowstick@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 6d
doctorflynt@feddit.org · 3 pts · 6d
i wondered the same but figured that shooting a net while flying high speeds is more difficult than just peppering an area with shrapnel.
Glowstick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6d
doctorflynt@feddit.org · 1 pts · 6d
oh i meant shrapnel from a drone explosions
snoons@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 6d
They do use nets, sometimes shotguns too. I think the main reason they don't more often is it's a lot easier to fly within a few feet of a target and explode then it is to aim a net, usually outside the vision of the camera
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 6d
Many of the high traffic roads are covered with nets. It'd just require an absurd amount of netting to actually block off a city or something, and it'd be effectively impossible to electrify it.
Glowstick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 6d
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 6d
Oh, I think you're right. I read using a big net to stop them meaning surrounding the thing you're defending with a net. I guess they meant firing one. The reason for that is pretty simple: drag. A big net would have a ton of drag, so it wouldn't fly far. You could have a missile that ejects a net to catch a target, but nets also weigh a lot and you could instead have a bunch of pellets, fragmentation, or something. There are uses for nets, like the drone video in the OP, but they have some serious limitations too.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 6d
I'm so glad they didn't use that one NSFL clip with the guy spinning.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 5d
Can you it anybody else explain this one, without posting the actual clip?
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 5d
Guy gets caught on lathe type device and parts fly.
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 5d
Aha I see. I'll avoid that. I find that with age the ability to cope with gore diminishes.
Ty for the explanation tho
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 5d
No prob, tried to make it PG13 as possible.
HairyHarry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6d