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Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi posed with a cardboard drone on Monday during a meeting with drone manufacturer AirKamuy. The AirKamuy 150 is a cheap pre-fab cardboard drone meant to die on the battlefield and it comes shipped in a flatpack like an IKEA shelf.

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[-] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

What is the difference between a “suicide drone” and a missile? Both are just guided to run into their target. It’s not like an ICBM wants to return home after dropping the payload.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

So with the missile, it knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

I guess the method of propellment (not a word).

On other news, I hate how officials always try to avoid the word "drone". Loitering munitions, unmanned aerial vehicle. Like just say drone, there's no confusion.

It feels very zombie movie.

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