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PufPuf23

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7. Wonder if a cardboard drone is less "visible" to radar and interceptors than a traditional drone?

Reply to BlueWavePsych (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 08:19 PM

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Not only cheap, low tech and simple to assemble and operate, but sneaky in approaching the target.

Assume a normal zone is made of metals and plastic.

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Japan is building military drones out of cardboard, and they're faster and cheaper than you'd expect [View all] BlueWavePsych Sunday OP

Paraphrasing Edison: -misanthroptimist Sunday #1

So with a $1.5TRILLION military budget we could have a hundred Kazillion of these to use everywhere on the planet??? NoMoreRepugs Sunday #2

Basically Origami EndlessMaze Sunday #3

Yes. And very impressive. ananda Sunday #9

Its rather frightening. New wars will be fought with swarms of these humanless flying bombs. LiberalLovinLug Sunday #4

War is becoming... purr-rat beauty Sunday #5

If only human ingenuity could be focused on hunger, homelessness, poverty BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #11

An Australian firm developed cardboard drones in 2022, and they've been used in the Ukraine-Russia conflict Emrys Sunday #6

I hooe they got a patent BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #12

Wonder if a cardboard drone is less "visible" to radar and interceptors than a traditional drone? PufPuf23 Sunday #7

trump's probably got a team canetoad Sunday #8

Uh oh BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #10

Nah, I'd expect them to be very fast and very cheap. Iggo Sunday #13

Well, just stiffen those with bamboo, and you've really got something. nt eppur_se_muova Sunday #14

How well do they do inthe rain? Angleae Sunday #15

Umbrellas alfredo Monday #16