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People whining about 3D printed guns always forget about the much more terrifiying things that can be made with a 3D printer - like a kamikazie drone.
we used to make our fpv drones out of poplar wood from the hardware store, usually we only used 3d printed stuff for like mounting the camera if we wanted to get fancy
To be fair, you do have to get the explosives some other way. (Not that it's hard to get explosives).
Can you also print the payload?
No, nor can you print the battery, motors, flight computer, trans receiver or basically anything other than the frame.
I love my 3d printer, but honestly when people talk about 3d printed weapons I always cringe, 3d printers can't make weapons (well, I guess you could make a plastic rondel dagger or something, doubt it'd work well though), they make plastic. When people talk about 3d printed guns, I don't think that most people realize that the only 3d printed parts are usually the exterior frame of the gun, the parts that make it an actual gun are still made from metal and purchased.
Edit: and before anyone says it, yes you can 3d print metal, but not with anything you're going to find in someone's house - for the cost of an SLS metal printer, you could buy all the usual metal working equipment to just make a gun the old fashioned way
I mean, the payload can just be a spike.
The Australians have a cardboard kamikaze drone. The hard part would be sourcing enough electronics in a warzone.
You mean interconnected drone swarms.
autonomous interconnected drone swarms