WTAF??? (Lasers and drones edition)
Feb. 27th, 2026 10:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribLook, I'm a Certified* Science Fiction Geek, so I do like me some lasers. But comes news today that the DOD was out playing with their laser again and this time they shot down a Border Patrol drone!
What The Actual Fuck? One would think that the previous incident, the Attack of the Party Balloons, would lead to people thinking maybe we look twice and shoot once. Apparently thinking is in short supply at the moment.
So in looking through my blog, I see I've spoken in the past of the need to visually identify targets. Much like "on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog," on radar, all flying objects look the same.
*Or certifiable, you pick.
What The Actual Fuck? One would think that the previous incident, the Attack of the Party Balloons, would lead to people thinking maybe we look twice and shoot once. Apparently thinking is in short supply at the moment.
So in looking through my blog, I see I've spoken in the past of the need to visually identify targets. Much like "on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog," on radar, all flying objects look the same.
*Or certifiable, you pick.
