Anti-Drone Projectile Weapons

Discussions focus on the effectiveness of guns, railguns, bullets, and other kinetic projectiles versus missiles for intercepting drones, aircraft, missiles, and satellites, debating precision, range, and practicality.

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bagels Feb 11, 2023 View on HN

Shooting missiles at aircraft can be though.

sschueller Sep 22, 2017 View on HN

I don't see the point. You can just use a bigger bomb to overcome the inaccuracy.

hellbanner Mar 13, 2017 View on HN

A rail gun? Wouldn't that only hit one narrow target?

havemurci Apr 8, 2014 View on HN

Would this type of weapon be able to shoot satellites right out of the sky?

AdrianB1 Jan 30, 2020 View on HN

The gun is extremely precise, so precise that is useless: if you miss the first shell, all will be misses. They intentionally made it disperse the projectile to cover an area, not 1 square meter.

VectorLock Jan 18, 2022 View on HN

How about if instead of a machine gun it just explodes when it gets close? Looks like we're back to missiles.

Piskvorrr May 19, 2020 View on HN

Sure, tungsten rods also work. What I meant was something far less sophisticated - "we don't care what specifically is hit, as long as it impacts in the general area." See e.g. the Qassam missiles, or similarly, the North Korean space program (or "space program"?) and Japan.

bluescrn Sep 17, 2024 View on HN

Seems much more precisely targeted than rocket attacks.

SuperChihuahua Nov 19, 2012 View on HN

Not if you attach a "grasshopper" to the projectile :)

red-iron-pine Aug 7, 2025 View on HN

at a distance close enough to hit the drone it's shrapnel and explosives could probably hit you. and you're sitting on a big tank of flammable material.it's like the dudes that throw their rifle at the drone 6 feet away, hit it, cause it explode... but they still take shrapnel to the head and neck anyway because it's only 6 feet away.plus what happens if you miss?and the ammo is big, heavy, and requires special tanks. non-starter of an idea.