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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2013 9:08:41 GMT 10
UK sends hand-held drones to war zoneAssociated Press | 4:28PM - Tuesday, 05 February 2013BRITISH SOLDIERS in Afghanistan have been issued with surveillance drones so small they can fit in the palm of a man's hand.
The Scandinavian-designed Black Hornet Nano weighs as little as 16 grams — the same as a finch. The 10-centimetre-long helicopter is fitted with a tiny camera which relays still images and video to a remote terminal.
"We used it to look for insurgent firing points and check out exposed areas of the ground before crossing, which is a real asset," said Sergeant Christopher Petherbridge, with Britain's Brigade Reconnaissance Force.
In a statement, he called the Hornet easy to operate and said it offered "amazing capability to the guys on the ground."NO TOY: The Black Hornet Nano resembles a child's plaything but has a deadly purpose.The military said Sunday that the toy-like Hornet is capable of flying even in windy conditions.
It said the Hornet was developed by Norway's Prox Dynamics as as part of a £20 million-pound contract for 160 units with southern England's Marlborough Communications.
Drones of all shapes and sizes have rapidly become a mainstay of US, British and other nations' military operations around the world.
Late last year the UK said it was doubling the size of its armed drone fleet in Afghanistan to 10 with the purchase of a new batch of Reapers.www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/8266002/UK-sends-hand-held-drones-to-war-zone
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Post by matt on Feb 8, 2013 21:59:37 GMT 10
There should be more of this, it minimises the risks to soldiers.
They should develop them so that they can also carry mini missiles which are capable of a large enough explosion, or at the very least a mini-nuclear blast.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2013 14:26:11 GMT 10
There should be more of this, it minimises the risks to soldiers. They should develop them so that they can also carry mini missiles which are capable of a large enough explosion, or at the very least a mini-nuclear blast. Have you seen those remote-controlled multi-rotor helicopter drones that ANYONE can pick up for bugger all now? Some of them can lift quite a significant payload. How long do you think it will be, Matty-boy, before enterprising terrorists begin strapping bombs onto them and start flying the drone helicopters into American and Israeli targets in a classic case of “do unto others as they have already done unto you” tit-for-tat drone warfare? I imagine one of those drones carrying an explosive payload could even, with a bit of practise, be flown into the intake of an engine on a jet airliner (or a military transport) just after the aeroplane has taken off. Perhaps I should go and find an Al Qaeda website and put the idea in their heads, then sit back and watch the fun?
It could be a bit of a hoot, eh? Especially if it occured in Israel!
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