Posted on 02/21/2013 4:22:10 PM PST by null and void
The U.S. Air Force is developing tiny unmanned drones that will fly in swarms, hover like bees, crawl like spiders and even sneak up on unsuspecting targets and execute them with lethal precision.
The Air Vehicles Directorate, a research arm of the Air Force, has released a computer-animated video outlining the the future capabilities of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs). The project promises to revolutionize war by down-sizing the combatants.
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http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate.html
They’re itty-bitty nasty things plus the smaller ones. You wouldn’t have seen them even if there were no writing.
>>>Breitbart?>>>
I will always wonder.
Yeah, I heard about those damned things. There’s one particular variant known as “The Bird of Paradise” and is known to have flown up some very uninteresting noses.
You know, there’s a verse in Revelation that talks about insects that sting horribly and people long for death, but it doesn’t come. Hmmm...
“The U.S. Air Force is developing tiny unmanned drones that will fly in swarms, hover like bees, crawl like spiders and even sneak up on unsuspecting targets and execute them with lethal precision.”
Gives new meaning to being a (remote control) “fly on the wall”! Acting as flying microphones would make them very valuable in intelligence gathering.
Perhaps these will also cut down on collateral damage by allowing for better ID of the target and near-by innocents prior to any lethal action.
The problem remains having this stuff in Marxist usurper Barry’s hands.
This looks like a job for Inspector Spacetime!
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