[ExI] Autonomous killer drones will soon be here

[BillK]

On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 at 17:05, spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Adrian what I meant was a low-mass targeting drone of perhaps 10kg, which would have little or no radar signature, it would be hard to see, would make very little sound and would do nothing other than identify one particular person and paint him with a targeting laser from a distance of perhaps 1000 meters (some cameras are that good now), to guide incoming rocket propelled projectiles with end-game guidance aboard.  None of that requires huge amounts of funding or anything that couldn’t be smuggled into the country in a form unrecognizable as a weapon designed to take out one specific person.
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I think that in the very near future rocket projectiles will not be
required. A swarm of small drones with a specific objective could
either explode on impact or drop grenades. Any public appearances
would need to have a mobile drone defence system for company.
But a swarm of, say ten, small drones probably means that some
would still get through.
Such attacks could mean that public rallies would stop, as it would be
too dangerous for politicians to appear in public.

BillK