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Lasers used to shoot down cartel drones #shorts
60 Minutes· 2026-03-18 16:59
We have learned that the army is routinely shooting down drones operated by cartels along the Mexican border. Drug smugglers are sending the drugs in by drone. >> Not just one direction.It's a lot easier to fly cash via drone than to dig a tunnel and then transport it underground. >> So it's the army that is conducting these operations using locust on the border area. I believe the United States Army is working in cooperations with Customs and Border Patrol.>> But after Locust was used near West Texas, the ...
Missiles cost millions. Laser shots cost just a few dollars #shorts
60 Minutes· 2026-03-18 15:49
This is Iranian propaganda footage of its arsenal of drones that have been menacing the Gulf States, blasting apartment buildings, airports. >> Oh my god, >> oil refineries. These Shahed drones are getting faster, stronger.They can move in swarms and there are tons of them. Perhaps their greatest advantage, how cheap they are, often made of flimsy plastics. One cost as low as $20,000.To shoot them down, the US is using anti-missile interceptors that cost millions. A possible solution, lasers. It changes the ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-09-29 02:24
Historical Construction Achievements - Medieval societies achieved significant architectural feats without modern technology like AI, internet, computers, lasers, gas-powered engines, or electricity [1] Technological Limitations - The construction was completed without AI, internet, computers, lasers, gas-powered engines, or electricity [1]
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The Economist· 2025-07-26 17:40
The advent of the small drone as a weapon in the 2010s has at last given lasers a target they can handle. We explain what that means for the future of warfare https://t.co/Frepwi1Jxf ...