Timeline for What could dragons do in modern-day combat?
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| Jul 18, 2020 at 4:30 | comment | added | NomadMaker | Cold-blooded is more about the animal being able to regulate its temperature. Exertion, such as flying, wil raise the body's temperature as much or even more than a warm-blooded creature. I'd make the creatures warm-blooded, because they would be able to cool themselves off easier, like birds. Cooling themselves might be more important for them then warming themselves. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 3:31 | comment | added | bta | @NomadMaker - I'm assuming dragons are very visible to radar since large birds are (and scales likely reflect better than feathers). Since they're also cold-blooded, I thought they might actually be less visible in the IR spectrum, especially if they cool themselves down at a higher altitude and glide down while expending little energy. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 2:52 | comment | added | NomadMaker | How visible are dragons to radar? If dragons are a surprise to the enemy, they don't have time to adjust their sensors. Maybe dragons stand out on IR (because they use a lot of energy flying) but aren't very visible on radar. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 2:49 | comment | added | Matthew | On a totally different note, I got the impression these dragons are sapient, and that's a huge difference in using them as messengers. One of the reasons to send messages via courier, especially in the military, is because a courier carries around a ton of background knowledge, experience and intuition that you just can't scribble onto a piece of paper. Think of sending the message "attack at dawn". Now think of sending someone with years of military experience who sat in on all the planning sessions with that same message. | |
| Jul 18, 2020 at 2:46 | comment | added | Matthew | Heh. Forget battles, S&R is going to be falling all over themselves to have dragons on their teams. OTOH, I wouldn't bet on near-vertical take-off. Large birds can't manage that; I'm not sure why you think dragons can. | |
| Jul 17, 2020 at 21:22 | history | answered | bta | CC BY-SA 4.0 |