Power Armor?

dingyibvs said:

Well, that depends on the threat, right? Current FPVs should be detected at a reasonable range and the numbers present should be more than sufficiently dealt with by net system. In the consideration of AI drone swarms I'm assuming more drones than soldiers, but not orders of magnitude more. If they're orders of magnitude more then certainly dedicated systems would be warranted, as the cost of such swarms would be rather high and thus spending more on countering them would be justified as well.

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Define reasonable range. Because LIDAR are notorious for having low effective ranges, especially against small targets and in complex environmental conditions. Natural fog and temperature changes can have significant impact on the range and effectiveness of LIDAR.

Net launchers are also totally untested against FPVs and plainly poorly suited for the task. To effectively use a net launcher, you need a high-speed high-accuracy turret synced with sensors, so you have 90% of the cost and bulk of a hard kill APS, only to shoot a net that is only useable in extremely close range, and which an FPV might easily retain enough kinetic energy to hit you with even if you do manage to net it.

If you are seriously worried about FPVs, just slapping on some smoke grenade launchers will be more than enough to mitigate the threat. You also have the added benefit of also giving your charge smoke obscurity to minimise losses to heavy machine guns and massed light infantry fire.