Micro Air Vehicles: Bug sized lethal drones

[KerriAnn]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/terrifying-video-demonstrates-bug-sized-lethal-drones-being-developed-by-u-s-air-force/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjt_9Vyr9Rk&feature=youtu.be

I remember watching a TED video on these flying micro-robots. Of course the TED video did not mention anything about military use, but I saw it coming.

[Lucille]

Lew (http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/132606.html): Say, is every dystopian novel coming true?

[green73]

Here's a youtube, if you want to embed into the OP

http://youtu.be/Cjt_9Vyr9Rk

[KerriAnn]

Here's a youtube, if you want to embed into the OP

http://youtu.be/Cjt_9Vyr9Rk
thanks!

[UWDude]

And I bet destroying one of these as they flew towards your neck would be a Federal Crime.

[ZENemy]

yes, but if we vote for some guy then he will stop it right? :D

[kcchiefs6465]

yes, but if we vote for some guy then he will stop it right? :D

http://i.imgur.com/zjilHvv.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/zjilHvv)

[idiom]

http://images.wikia.com/half-life/en/images/2/2d/BMS_Crowbar_beauty.jpg

[Brian4Liberty]

If it is as light as a bug, how does it carry and fire even a small caliber "gun"?

Edit: answered my own question by watching the video. No gun or firing of projectiles. It would use poison or a small charge to just blow up.

[pacelli]

These are a moot point after an emp. Even a small one.

Time to unearth the faraday cage schematics.

[kcchiefs6465]

Polonium.

[Brian4Liberty]

If these things get cheap enough, I can see a whole new sport at the sporting clays fields.

[ClydeCoulter]

I can see a new mini-emp type device with weaver/picatinny mount system comming in the future. Upgraded versions available with flash light and/or laser targeting.

[tangent4ronpaul]

If it is as light as a bug, how does it carry and fire even a small caliber "gun"?

Edit: answered my own question by watching the video. No gun or firing of projectiles. It would use poison or a small charge to just blow up.

Some of the newer batteries contain quite reactive materials, so if something was mixed with them forming a binary explosive...

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[Shredmonster]

Uh huh .... Stiff breeze blows them into a wall ........ Cold weather depletes the battery.... Nets guard doorway so the little bastards can't make it through ....

Electric netting - done.

Strong radio interference frequencies sent out in a radius around area to override controlling signal .... Lots of ways to defeat this and I can see a lot of problems with the technology being reliable.

Now where is my fly swatter ?

BTW I will have my own attack dragonflies.

[S.Shorland]

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