What a time to be alive... For now
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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This wont scare the think of the children crowd at all.
!noncredibledefense@piefed.social
Can't wait for the next Luigi to use one of these on an Epstein CEO. Polymarket, please let me make that bet.
Notably absent... the explosives.
But sure, if you are wondering how folks out in Yemen or Gaza managed to retaliate against their oppressors for so long, this is a textbook example of how and why. What's being proposed is collection of technology we've had since at least the 1960s that's slowly made its way into civilian circulation.
Also...
Khojayev's just-launched prototype has no effectiveness track record
I mean, we're seeing what "just-launched prototypes with no effective track record" have accomplished on the Ukraine-Russia front-lines and it's a decidedly mixed bag.
I think a harder question to answer is "Who would be interested in putting one of these into practical use?" And that gets to the real value-add of a Stinger MANPAD. Namely, the humans willing and practiced enough to use it.
Also - and again, this cannot be overstated - the model above has no explosives installed. Idk how confident I'd be around one of these things if it was actually armed.
I’d build and use one of these if I could get the explosives to go with it and the address of a CEO.
You can deploy a lot of $96 semi-effective hardware and improve it vs something that might be thousands or even tens or hundreds of thousands to deploy.
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You don't need explosives. It has a spot in the front for a camera. One of the new microcontrollers with AI accelerators can do face recognition extremely quickly. It would be possible to use it as an assassination tool.
Even if you changed nothing about the design, the speed and mass of the thing hitting a person in the face could kill.
As the bps space YouTube channel has shown, reliability is paramount in any launch, especially a guided launch.
That and people duck when shit flies at them, unless it's supersonic, which again, as bps space has shown, control of a supersonic flight is extremely difficult to get right.
This is a guy who landed a hobby rocket like a tesla booster.
But at $100 a pop, you could have backups. (or payloads)
Why kill only one when you can do a whole blast and get a multi-kill?
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It's not a MANPAD really.
The sensor package has no IR sensor (or radar unit) and no way to proximity fuse.
It has GPS, accelerometer and barometric pressure. It's more like a rocket powered artillery shell than an anti-air weapon.
Or, given the lack of payload, it's more like a high speed burrito delivery device.
it’s more like a high speed burrito delivery device.
See, now you've got my interest.
future Taco Bell vs future Del Taco during dinner rush:
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Great... can't wait for politicians to use this as a way to pass "common sense" legislation banning 3D printers.
They already are over 3d guns, this will send them ballistic. They want every printer to keep a record of everything they've printed. Model legislation, I think CA tried and so far failed to pass it.
And just like age verification it's useless because one can build a 3d printer out of an old VCR and a hot glue gun.
Aren't they already doing that due to their hysteria over "ghost" guns?
Trying to yes. I think it's model legislation, probably ALEC bs, if I recall CA tried to pass it and hasn't yet. Maybe a year back.
Washington State's bill would ban offline 3d printing and essentially force all printers to include DRM to stop undesirable printing.
The kind that can be better made with $20 and a trip to home depot?
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It's uhh, for home defense
Against invading homes? Do you get those a lot in your area?
Not anymore
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