▲ 671 ▼ Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 210 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago Most western terrorist attacks are by opportunistic losers who don’t have the knowledge or motivation to do something like this. They’d rather drive a car into people who make them angry and use a gun they already own. As for organized groups until recently there have been any good reason for an attack from any centrally organized group. permalink fedilink source parent [–] socsa@piefed.social 11 points 7 months ago (1 child) The lack of simple attacks on soft targets is proof that the threat is overstated and that a statistically overwhelming portion of humans simply don't want to put bombs on busses and rig them to explode on bridges or in tunnels. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JoeMontayna@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago There is also survivorship bias. Who knows how many attacks have been prevented that we do not know about. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ukraine and Russia are western countries. Narco cartels have started using fpv drones, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago We really should call them northern countries at this point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 14 points 7 months ago Most western terrorist attacks are by opportunistic losers who don’t have the knowledge or motivation to do something like this. They’d rather drive a car into people who make them angry and use a gun they already own. As for organized groups until recently there have been any good reason for an attack from any centrally organized group. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] socsa@piefed.social 11 points 7 months ago (1 child) The lack of simple attacks on soft targets is proof that the threat is overstated and that a statistically overwhelming portion of humans simply don't want to put bombs on busses and rig them to explode on bridges or in tunnels. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] JoeMontayna@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago There is also survivorship bias. Who knows how many attacks have been prevented that we do not know about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JoeMontayna@lemmy.ml 1 point 7 months ago There is also survivorship bias. Who knows how many attacks have been prevented that we do not know about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago (1 child) Ukraine and Russia are western countries. Narco cartels have started using fpv drones, too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago We really should call them northern countries at this point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago We really should call them northern countries at this point permalink fedilink source parent