One of the important internal functions within the Citadel will be the creative and clever use of old-school and new-school tech.
Consider a few thousand Bad People surrounding the Citadel, who have decided to starve us out.
Now consider a small warehouse/hanger within the Citadel, lined wall to wall with Drones similar to those pictured above. Add real-time cameras so we can beam back the feed from the field. Add sharp and pointy things strongly affixed and protruding like spears with the nastiest bow hunting broadheads one can imagine.
Now, our would-be siegers would be boldly sitting behind downed trees, perhaps leaning against the back-sides of cars, because we smirking Patriots have not bothered to lob a single .22 rimfire in their direction. We have never sent a single hunter-killer team out in the night to slit throats ala the Ghurkas.
Instead, some of our teenagers who have a demonstrated skillset at video games are given Drone Controllers and set their precision spears to the skies, over the walls, hunting some point system we create in a contest for Citadel Merit Badges. Yes, trophies will be awarded. Perhaps a drone sticking in the eye is the 10 ring? In the ear hole 9. In the pie hole 8?
Remote controlled planes are cheap, and expendable. Our teens could earn bonus points for wrecking rectums. Just imagine the scene as the skies are filled with swarmes of drones that bite - hard. What if one of the Bad People try to drive away. A drone in the windshield at 50 miles per hour will probably distract the driver. Imagine their "General" boldly walking up and down his ranks of troops, just before his tin foil badge is pierced by a sweet 4-edged broadhead, or nose-dived into his brain case.
The possibilities are endless...
Consider what the Tribe in the suburbs could do...
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The ISR alone would be invaluable. No need to waste assets when you know what the enemy is doing.
ReplyDeleteFinding a night camera would be key.
The draw backs of not having an asset with any crypto loaded would be that anyone could pick up your feed and see what you see.
Anon: But we have guys and gals who understand such things and can counter the enemy, correct?
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It's reached the point where hobby tech is better than military tech from even five years ago. You can buy an Arduino microcontroller based autopilot with gps, gyros, programmable flight paths and more, ready to control drones of any type (even quad copters) for $200. Even that price will continue to drop as the tech progresses. N wireless is dirt cheap and supports hdmi video and encryption. Open source projects provide incredible capabilities free for downloading. Imagination and will are the only real limiting factors because information is virtually free and there is always someone who is an expert on whatever you want to do, just because it interests them. The internet has fundamentaly changed the information balance of power.
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I find great warmth in knowing that I personally know 3 founders with video game skills as well as IT. Welcome to the biggest kids you know. :)
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