• mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    This is ludicrous over-engineering.

    You land on the train in-motion, then blow it up at a random time along its journey. The range of any train is much further than the range of any drone.

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      2 months ago

      I think the idea is that you ride the track to extend the range of the drone since train tracks are much more efficient than flying in terms of battery usage.

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        2 months ago

        Ahhh, that would be much better. Though a drone wide enough to straddle a Russian rail gauge sounds pretty beefy. I guess it’d already be a serious affair, if it’s carrying enough munitions to delete a train in motion.

        I still think it’d be simpler and smarter to plant time-bombs on top of trains and fly back.