#air drone

[jefkphotography]

Air drone + photocamera. To make photos from in the air.

[dduane]

Via @StarshipAlves at the It Was A Bird Once place: "Google has suspended drone courier flights because of raven attacks. Looks like the Ravens have taken our side against Skynet."

[avc-store]

[53v3nfrn5]

The Lockheed AC-130 in action

Due to the cloud of smoke left behind after flares are released, this aircraft is widely known as “The Angel of Death”

[ao3-anonymous]

Fastest Growing Fandoms on AO3 This Week (04/08/2024)

Every week I pull data on how many fics are in each fandom and compare to the previous week, then calculate the percentage increase to determine fastest growing fandoms.  Since this naturally skews towards smaller fandoms, I have included the same data filtered to Over 1k, 5k, & 10k fics.

Overall:

Over 1,000 Fics:

Over 5,000 Fics:

Over 10,000 Fics:

Source: AO3 Fandom Dashboard

[wistfulpoltergeist]

Ask Game: List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers :)

Things that make me happy: 1 - My art 2 - My cat 3 - Sunny days 4 - Damn good sleep 5 - Збитий російський літак, або корабель, або ракета, або дрон, або ще яке лайно, що суне вбивати українців.

Here's ma dancing boys to make this post fun!

I used poses by @simmireen

[roseofhybrids]

Hey fellas, new murder drones head canon just dropped

[stormvanari]

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[lonestarflight]

"A radio controlled and unmanned Convair P4Y-2K Privateer taking off from the Chincoteague Naval Air Station at Wallops Island, Virginia. The airplane was sent over the Atlantic Ocean where it was used as a target for the RIM-2 Terrier missiles of USS MISSISSIPPI (AG-128)."

Date: March 23, 1955

Norfolk Public Library: smc_mss0000187_x000085_011

[allmightyscroll-swag]

One moment I'm normal about murder drones and then I think about how worker drones were build to mine exoplanets and thus are most likely pretty strong THUS headcanon that Uzi can lift N over her head with ease. She also would give bone crushing hugs. She would grab V by the leg and chuck her across the room

[zombilenium]

 Eljava Zeljava Air Base,

Border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Angelo Virag Photography

[compacflt]

wip wednesday: made a HUGE amount of progress this week (for context—purple is unfinished & yellow is finished; last week all of them were purple) … i am in the home stretch here

[mirrorlessronin]

Flying over the ancient city/Samut Prakan, Thailand

[mintaikcorpse]

Watching Murder Drones for the first time. I'm getting serious blorbo vibes from him

[tomorrowusa]

Britain has been developing a laser air defense system called DragonFire. Originally it hadn't been scheduled for deployment until 2027 but the war in Ukraine may offer the UK an opportunity to test its capabilities by seeing how well DragonFire takes out Russian drones fired at Ukraine.

The DragonFire weapon, which is expected to be in service by 2027 at the latest, can hit a target the size of a £1 coin from a kilometre away. Reforms aimed at speeding up procurement mean that DragonFire will now be operational five years earlier than planned. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps travelled down to the Porton Down military research base in Salisbury in an attempt to speed development up even further "in order for Ukrainians perhaps to get their hands on it". "I've come down to speed up the production of the DragonFire laser system because I think given that there's two big conflicts on, one sea-based, one in Europe, this could have huge ramifications to have a weapon capable particularly of taking down drones," Mr Shapps told journalists. "And so what I want to do is speed up what would usually be a very lengthy development procurement process, possibly up to ten years, based on my conversations this morning, to a much shorter timeframe to get it deployed, potentially on ships, incoming drones, and potentially on land. "Again, incoming drones, but it doesn't take much imagination see how that could be helpful in Ukraine for example." Laser-directed energy weapons can strike at the speed of light, using an intense light beam to cut through their target. They are a lower-cost alternative to using missiles to strike down drones, costing only about £10 per shot.

You can't argue with cheap, fast, and accurate. Ukrainians are quick learners, highly motivated, and amazing innovators. DragonFire and Ukraine would be a great match.

The new procurement model, which comes into effect this week, is aimed at speeding up the process of getting cutting-edge developments in military capability like DragonFire out on to the field. "It's designed to not wait until we have this at 99.9% perfection before it goes into the field, but get it to sort of 70% and then get it out there and then... develop it from there," Mr Shapps said. Asked whether the system might be ready earlier than 2027, he said: "Because I'm here, I've taken the opportunity to arrange additional conversations with colleagues about whether we could speed it up even faster, very much using the integrated procurement model of saying there's a war on - let's say that it didn't have to be 100% perfect in order for Ukrainians perhaps to get their hands on it, can we do any better - but 2027 is still the date as of this moment. "But of course I'll look to see what we can do to speed up."

Ukraine may be the equivalent of a beta tester for DragonFire. Experience in Ukraine would be used for improvements to the weapons system.

So far, laser defense systems are being developed particularly in connection with naval uses. Here's a vid from late 2021 which outlines the potential uses for and challenges to use of such systems.

It makes me grin to recall that the High Valyrian word for DragonFire is Dracarys.