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tokaitoday at 5:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

No speed is the most important factor. You have a very limited window to get the munition on target. An in Ukrainians case Geran drones drones don't maneuver much, if at all.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 5:34 PM

Speed obviously isn’t the dominating factor given interceptor drones exist in a world with rockets.

close04today at 5:28 PM

< No speed is the most important factor

Bullets (Or rockets. Or shells with proximity fuses) go much faster so obviously speed isn't the most important factor.

These are anti-aircraft interceptors, intercepting sound like a critical part of the job.

> drones don't maneuver much, if at all.

Yeah, drones didn't fly at 700km/h much if at all either. So can an interceptor drone traveling at 700km/h reliably maneuver to intercept an enemy drone? How well can it do it when a human is piloting?