This is the same kind of thing the local Airsofters were building with an arduino and a few hats a decade ago. It's not a functional "weapon" it's just a hobby rocket with fins (that admittedly looks real fun to shoot)
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It's vibe coded lol.
Well, it is supposed to go boom
Good then that they haven't put explosives in it yet.
Just need to do a little extra testing then. ;)
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Because Australia is Australia I'll preface this with: this is a joke. Any depictions of high profile/high net-worth individuals in my area are strictly fictional and any resemblances are merely coincidental.
Anyone got some high profile/high net-worth individuals in my area?
lachlan murdoch lives in sydney
just go to a junkyard and get some dead cars if you just need something to blow up.
So do I put the CEO's inside the cars?
if you wish so.
Me in court next year: "I HAD PERMISSION!"
i'm willing to give it a pass if it lets us take down drones
Damn Nerf wars gonna be crazy.
"Want to know how I got these scars? The Great Nerf War."
If I'm understanding this correctly, this is more valuable to underfunded military forces but not for the 3d printed ghost gun types. This doesn't include propellent or explosives, which are the controlled parts. That's awesome though.
If you can buy bullets... Or gasoline.
Still crazy for a single project even thogh it's vibecoded
Damn and the Dept of Fucked Up Wars pays $1 to 1.3 million for a Tomahawk cruise missile. I am fully aware MANPADS are much smaller.
The article below the DIY MANPADs was interesting too. MIT researchers used a 3D printer to build an electric motor!
A Tomahawk cruise missile is 5m tall, Printing that would take quite some time.
What a time to be alive... For now
Great... can't wait for politicians to use this as a way to pass "common sense" legislation banning 3D printers.
Aren't they already doing that due to their hysteria over "ghost" guns?
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This wont scare the think of the children crowd at all.
I don't know, rockets are pretty phallic.
That why the should be pointy!
Notably absent... the explosives.
But sure, if you are wondering how folks out in Yemen or Gaza managed to retaliate against their oppressors for so long, this is a textbook example of how and why. What's being proposed is collection of technology we've had since at least the 1960s that's slowly made its way into civilian circulation.
Also...
Khojayev's just-launched prototype has no effectiveness track record
I mean, we're seeing what "just-launched prototypes with no effective track record" have accomplished on the Ukraine-Russia front-lines and it's a decidedly mixed bag.
I think a harder question to answer is "Who would be interested in putting one of these into practical use?" And that gets to the real value-add of a Stinger MANPAD. Namely, the humans willing and practiced enough to use it.
Also - and again, this cannot be overstated - the model above has no explosives installed. Idk how confident I'd be around one of these things if it was actually armed.
Notably absent… the explosives.
Not my area of expertise, so please tell me if the idea is complete garbage. With that being said: Theoretically, could the LiPo Battery that's already in there anyway be turned into an explosive payload by intentionally overheating and puncturing it on impact?
I synthesize energetics. I can make a primary explosive that is stable enough for cap usage with a solo cup. I can synthesize secondaries like RDX above (one of the more complicated common ones) in short order with a basic chemistry set and the internet to order basic reagents. None are controlled substances.
It is trivially easy to make effective shapes charges and energetics at home.
Synthesis is federally legal in the US so long as you do not assemble into a device or transport. You can do both with an SOT as an FFL.
If I wanted to, I could make a shaped charge that was point imitated and base detonated for the above projectile and it would punch through about 1.5 feet of homogeneously rolled steel.
The limit to threat is not the access to explosives, as the chemistry and processes are published freely online as easy to replicate. The drone parts and control surface actuation is by far harder and I say this as someone who has a professional background in computer science and software engineering.
RDX on youtube if you prefer visuals apparently i can get 2.5L of nitric acid @ 70% for $220. Seems pretty straight forward.
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It's not a MANPAD really.
The sensor package has no IR sensor (or radar unit) and no way to proximity fuse.
It has GPS, accelerometer and barometric pressure. It's more like a rocket powered artillery shell than an anti-air weapon.
Or, given the lack of payload, it's more like a high speed burrito delivery device.
it’s more like a high speed burrito delivery device.
See, now you've got my interest.
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Can't wait for the next Luigi to use one of these on an Epstein CEO. Polymarket, please let me make that bet.
If you can get the target out in the open, an old school pipe bomb from just gun powder and stuff from the hardware store on a drone is easier. Im sure for $1000 you too can become a patron saint.
Well said! I just appreciate the visual of Fox News covering someone named Mario firing a homemade shoulder mounted missile into the executive floor of Twitter HQ. It's funnier than ever now that it's actually plausible.
This next rebellion is going to get crazy!
They beat me to it! Fuck...
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