rc planes *can* and *do* carry a 2kg payload

Which is shit if you've been anywhere near military grade equipment in your life

so indeed shooting small and fast fucker like that whats coming right at you from any angle would be nightmare

shoot it with CIWS?

^the only option^

CIWS would be overkill

And not even sure it's gonna pick it up

:DDD CIWS

(might, but not sure)

and destroy everything near behind or around it

:D

To me it's just a small gadget that looks good on specs but isn't really a viable option in a real environment

for car whats idea is to get close undetected pop drones and fuck off

the intention of CIWS is exactly not to shoot anything behind it

that thing is quite horrible infantry wise

Plus if you need any kind of precision with it (and since it only got a 2 kg payload you're not gonna use it to take down buildings I guess), you'll need some heavy coms in order to not be jammed easily

i mean with CIWS spread, and ammo size and speed you are certain to hit anything behind that thing

and since the article states "diving at speeds of 180 kilometers an hour"

it's implied they are up in the sky

diving down

not flying on the horizon

when the ammo is barely smaller than drone you are trying to shoot

phalanx uses what ? 20mm tungstens

Finally, let's not forget, it's not about the chinese but about any fucking miltary industries, specs given out are only in ideal conditions

if it fired only one and it hit directly it would still make mush out of it most likely and continue its journey to anything behind it

depending on that things armor ofc what is just ?

and its not meant to be used against sea targets one would think

its more Anti infrantry light vehicles

humvess,mraps, etc

CIWS is used on land too

sure its also used on trains iirc

they shoot mortars down with it mainly

point being its not their main target : locations with such

mortar shells are smaller than this drone's body

but I understand CIWS is not very practical to carry with infantry, yeah

what is sad tho is that they dont (understandably) tell operating range

We can guesstimate that it's not gonna be any better than the other drones they announced

also the fact that the thing is literally a flying bomb, you just need to hit the body once

Otherwise they would probably brag about it

and it'll probably just destruct itself

true depending on what explosives chinks would use