Poison payloads counts as chemical warfare, which violates a lot of treaties and opens up another can of worms.
Electric wires or fiber optics to control drones is interesting, as it creates another risk. Long thin wires draped across roadways will catch bicyclists by the neck and decapitate them, or will catch in the blades of low-flying helicopters. Military vehicles often have a vertically-mounted blade on front to prevent this issue.
In aerospace manufacturing, we have contaminated supply chains due to counterfeit parts. The $0.10 bolt that holds an IKEA chair together might look identical to the $100 bolt that holds a plane's wings on. So we spend a fortune with paperwork and X-ray analysis of parts to confirm things are genuine before using them. Deliberately inspiring mistrust in supply chains definitely would cause a huge amount of delays and cost.
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Date: 2024-09-25 11:09 am (UTC)Electric wires or fiber optics to control drones is interesting, as it creates another risk. Long thin wires draped across roadways will catch bicyclists by the neck and decapitate them, or will catch in the blades of low-flying helicopters. Military vehicles often have a vertically-mounted blade on front to prevent this issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_catcher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_strike_protection_system
In aerospace manufacturing, we have contaminated supply chains due to counterfeit parts. The $0.10 bolt that holds an IKEA chair together might look identical to the $100 bolt that holds a plane's wings on. So we spend a fortune with paperwork and X-ray analysis of parts to confirm things are genuine before using them. Deliberately inspiring mistrust in supply chains definitely would cause a huge amount of delays and cost.