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Shotgun-wielding indoor drone could enter places too dangerous for human troops
/www.digitaltrends.com ^ | September 30, 2020 | By Luke Dormehl

Posted on 10/18/2020 6:14:05 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

The U.K.’s Ministry of Defence is developing twin shotgun-toting drones that are able to fly inside buildings, as well as identify prospective targets using machine vision. The six-rotor drone so far exists in a prototype version called i9. It will primarily be used for indoors conflicts in which it could prove dangerous to send live personnel. These settings expose personnel to significant danger and unexpected lethal force.

However, while the drone could potentially have various autonomous features, the weapons themselves will be remote-controlled by a soldier responsible for firing them. The MoD told Digital Trends that the U.K. has no intention of developing Lethal Armed Autonomous Systems (LAWS).

Project i9 has been developed as part of an initiative to create armed urban warfare Unmanned Aerial Systems. The drone that has been developed is now being used for experimentation by potential users. The MoD has declined to provide photos of the prototype as the drone has been developed with a U.K. startup that is currently in “stealth mode.”

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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“...a mounted shotgun would upset the drone.”

A snowflake drone?


21 posted on 10/18/2020 7:33:54 PM PDT by moovova
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To: RomanSoldier19
What choke will these drones employ?

Modified?

Improved cylinder?

Full?

22 posted on 10/18/2020 7:39:46 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
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To: Veggie Todd

Saw a documentary on door-breaching weapons. The UK MOD had one with a thermobaric (iirc) component. Great for troops.

The nutters in the UK raised a stink because “it will be used primarily against islamists....”.


23 posted on 10/18/2020 7:43:50 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: RomanSoldier19

Drones are cheap enough they could just make them Kamikaze with enough C-4 to get the job done.

An aerial version of the way they dispatched the Dallas police shooter several years ago.


24 posted on 10/18/2020 7:47:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: RomanSoldier19

AI robots killing people is a scary place to be, especially when the software is hacked by Antifa or the Chi-Coms.

Inevitable.


25 posted on 10/18/2020 7:53:22 PM PDT by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: Noumenon
Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in the Galaxy.

WORD!

283 years after his death, the dude's discovery continues to fill graveyards.

26 posted on 10/18/2020 7:57:13 PM PDT by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Here's a drone with an imaginary shotgun...


27 posted on 10/18/2020 8:00:37 PM PDT by null and void (Don't piss off old people. The older we get the less 'life in prison' is a deterent!)
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To: Deaf Smith


28 posted on 10/18/2020 8:01:19 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: null and void

29 posted on 10/18/2020 8:02:56 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

great its gonna be called the biden dron

shootin thru doors


30 posted on 10/18/2020 9:57:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

31 posted on 10/18/2020 9:59:47 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: rfp1234

Attach grenade launchers to the drones, fire, and bring it home for a drink.


32 posted on 10/18/2020 11:17:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: RomanSoldier19

whats that from?


33 posted on 10/19/2020 1:00:15 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I can’t imagine the kickback from a shotgun would be good for a tiny airborne drone that can fit through a doorway. This must be a sizable drone.


34 posted on 10/19/2020 4:34:41 AM PDT by ChuckR163 (http://qanon.pub)
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To: Veggie Todd

That’s an interesting point. First the drones have to get into the building.

And if a drone can get inside, it would likely be good for an unarmed lone individual that is mostly stationary.

A common shot gun or a Judge/Governor type pistol loaded with bird shot should take it out before the operator can ID a target and aim the weapon.


35 posted on 10/19/2020 4:50:37 AM PDT by redfreedom
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To: Secret Agent Man

36 posted on 10/19/2020 11:59:02 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: redfreedom

37 posted on 10/19/2020 12:01:15 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Just damn...

Do you have anything in a 40 watt plasma rifle?

If not, how many 208 ya got?

5.56mm


38 posted on 10/19/2020 12:16:19 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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