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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 57 points 11 months ago

The solution is shotguns with a rate of fire akin to a minigun. If you saturate the air and everything around it in a wall of bullets it's not getting through that.

But it's gonna cost ya.

[-] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 56 points 11 months ago
[-] Crucible@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

Sorry best I can do is spend another 200 trillion on railguns instead

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago

Using the monkey's paw to wish for more rail but its the USA so we just get railguns

[-] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Outspending China on maglev, but its only for terrorizing minority urban populations, ultimately going unused because they're less reliable than 150 year old handgun designs.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

That is Unreal!

[-] huf@hexbear.net 45 points 11 months ago

hear me out. a mountain. on rails. so you can quickly yank it in front of you when the missile is coming.

[-] HotAtForty@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago

A mountain on wheels which is actually more profound than it sounds

[-] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

well first of all, train-shining

[-] miz@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago

if the mountain won't go to Mohammed, then Mohammed must— hang on, I'm being handed a note

[-] knightly@hexbear.net 38 points 11 months ago

Against hypersonics, this isn't really a solution.

The missiles are designed to force their way through thousands of pounds of air per second. Adding a few ounces of lead and/or hardened steel in the last few milliseconds before impact won't do much.

[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 30 points 11 months ago

How to defend against hypersonic missiles:

  • A giant net to catch the missile in
  • Put lipstick and false eyelashes on an other missile. This will make the hypersonic missile go "oh la lala!" and make it's eyes pop. It will then chase after the girl missile, forgetting everything about where it was going.
  • The iron dome but for real. We encapsulate the entire west in a giant iron tank and the missile will just boink right off it.

I will need 600 billion dollars to maybe possibly build this.

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

Paint a fake picture of a military base on a brick wall to fool it

[-] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

What about defensive zeppelins?

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

Maybe if they were filled with lead.

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

Didn't they basically try that already with the Metalstorm project for naval CIWS trials? I thought that got dropped for some reason

[-] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

I thought that got retooled into a fire suppressant system that never made the news again

[-] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ngl, a version of Metalstorm that shoots those firefighting grenades that Thailand developed would be sick. Or convert old A-10s and load up their rotary cannons with them and use them to strafe forest fires and give them some sick red firetruck livery and call it Operation Extinguisher or something. In conclusion, government give me money for my cool ideas.

[-] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago

It looks like the company went into administrative bankruptcy and all they've done in 10 years is sell exploding drones to Australia, who sent them to Ukraine

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