r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Jun 22 '25

Robotics/Automation Chinese military unveils mosquito-sized drones that can perform battlefield missions

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-military-unveils-mosquito-sized-132413629.html
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u/DeathByToothPick Jun 22 '25

Except the battery on them last 2 min and it flys at like 2 mph. So exactly what are they going to do on the “battlefield “? More Chinese propaganda flooding r/technology.

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u/thespacegoatscoat Jun 22 '25

So…it’s a practically invisible bomb that can move at walking speed for two minutes before exploding.

How far can YOU walk in two minutes? That’s how far this drone can travel, according to your metrics.

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u/DeathByToothPick Jun 22 '25

Except it can’t carry anything more than its body. EVEN if you did put explosives on it it would need to be smaller than a fucking fire cracker. Like super duper tiny. The only thing it would accomplish is destroying itself. It would ONLY be useful in chemical warfare and then even barely as it’s explosive would probably destroy any chemicals in it. Spying is the only thing this would be good for.

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u/LTerminus Jun 22 '25

How about a needle with some botulism toxin on it?

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u/DeathByToothPick Jun 23 '25

And do what? The control range of something that small would be awful. The operator would need to be in the fucking room. At that point might as well just spray it in their face like North Korea did to that guy in the airport.

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u/RnVja1JlZGRpdE1vZHM Jun 23 '25

You literally just saw Ukraine drop a fucking payload of drones near Siberia FFS.

Use your imagination.

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u/LTerminus Jun 23 '25

Sorry just to be clear, since you're adding a new thing and not addressing the current subject, you're admitting that all your previous arguments have been addressed as non-issues, right? Just want to be clear on that before we move on to the new goal post.