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31j20b3

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Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:12 PM 18 hrs ago

We are really quite f'ked. There is commercial equipment avalble to guide a tractor in a field [View all]

using GPS.

That very same stuff, can with at bit of knowledge, guide a terrestrial weapons carrying drone.

Think of a double wide tracked ATV with some sort of weapon mounted on it.

This shit seems like the Ukranians were full of genius.... But it is actually pretty much a variation of practical application of commercial technology to a military application.

Ram jet engines that can push a few hundred pounds of R/C aircraft are nowavailable on the web.

OMG!' Commerce has opened civilization to buzz bombs operated by terrorists.

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