Stoppable bombs for drones like this are actually quite a nice innovation. That plane can carry a ~100kg bomb, so the additional damage from the plane itself is insignificant. Also, a streamlined bomb can penetrate further into a building than an entire plane, doing a lot more damage for the same amount of explosives.
Meanwhile, there's usually weaker targets nearby – like electrical switchgear – that can be usefully damaged by a Cessna-scale plane without any explosives at all.
So dropping a bomb and then crashing the drone gets twice as many attacks for about the same cost.
Peter Todd
npub1ej…3ndrm
2025-04-07 08:14:13
in reply to nevent1q…ffmx
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