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  • Why don't they use drones lol. Smaller, faster, doesn't risk anyone's life, and if the hardware's right they'll have free reign (for a while).

    edit to add my reply:

    They don't care about activists, if the goal is to distribute aid getting killed seems counter-intuitive.

    edit: also drones are dirt cheap, so what if some of your quads get shot, you can launch hundreds at once

    edit2: and depending on the speed and size, the chances of shooting them down go down. I don't think they have trophies on every meter of coastline or loads of EW for every frequency

    Just in case it isn't clear: I'm proposing it as a last-mile delivery vehicle, not as a total replacement

    • This is a classic and highly effective civil resistance strategy. Drones can simply be shot down. But doing the same to a ship full of world-famous peace activists will be much more politically costly to Israel.

      • Israel doesn't give a fuck. The US has its back no matter what and that's all they need to effectively continue with their extermination campaign. If Greta dies then the EU will wag its finger even harder at Israel and the US won't say shit at best or blame Greta and accuse her of being a terrorist sympathizer at worst.

      • I fully agree with you and I appreciate you posting this comment. Thank you.

      • They don't care about activists, if the goal is to distribute aid getting killed seems counter-intuitive.

        edit: also drones are dirt cheap, so what if some of your quads get shot, you can launch hundreds at once

        edit2: and depending on the speed and size, the chances of shooting them down go down. I don't think they have trophies on every meter of coastline or loads of EW for every frequency.

        Btw I'm super interested in stats on efficiency of this sort of thing, and not peace time smuggling or blockade running but these exact scenarios of civilians breaking military blockades

        • edit: also drones are dirt cheap, so what if some of your quads get shot, you can launch hundreds at once

          there were 2 million people in gaza at the end of 2024 according to wiki.

          the "dirt cheap" drones will cost 10k+ usd and will be able to carry few kg of payload for quite a limited distance, say 10km.

          feeding 2 million people using that can only work in a kid's cartoon show.

          • what kinda drones are you people buying??? like, they already have a ship, I'm not saying to forget the ship, just use it as a launch platform so you don't get shot???

            edit: also be real, that handful of ships isn't gonna feed 2 million either

            edit2: btw just checked, i can get a top of the line 17" fpv for about 1000 bucks, carries 9kg and goes 20km, max speed is 160kph (i assume after it drops the payload)

            Just in case it isn't clear: I'm proposing it as a last-mile delivery vehicle, not as a total replacement

            • 100 drones like you are talking about could carry maybe a few boxes worth of aid, basically nothing compared to even a small boat, and they would likely be shot down on the way. Obviously they aren't trying to feed everyone with this ship, but even one is better than zero when people are dying of starvation and treatable illnesses.

              If they launched drones of any type from a ship the IDF would probably bomb it immediately, they wouldn't be able to launch them far enough away to be safe from Israel.

              • Idk to me drones are a lifesaving tech, you're right though since they wouldn't care either way. I just like drones for their evasive nature.

                Also I just realized, if there are any commercially available USVs they can use those. It's literally a small boat, then it would be a direct trade between risking your life and risking aid+cost of drone. Those are easier to shoot at though

                • True, drones are changing the way things are being done, and a plan like you're saying isnt necessarily impossible, people should be doing everything they can so even if it might not be the best it could help. I'm curious how feasible it would be to help militarily with consumer drones, if they could get in to give aid then maybe they could get in to disrupt IDF operations.

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