Posted on 04/17/2015 10:10:41 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Flying a kamikaze drone armed with explosives from the back of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft, and directing it right into the insurgent’s fighting hole.
The Marines tested a small unmanned aircraft known as the Switchblade recently at Twentynine Palms, Calif., flying it directly at targets from both the ground and the back of the Osprey, a long-range aircraft that has rotors like a helicopter, but can fly like a plane once they rotate forward. They were “inert,” with no explosives on board, but the mission went off without a hitch, said Col. James Adams, commanding officer of Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1.
“They can kamikaze this thing into a target,” Adams said. “It’s not a huge explosive charge, but like a hand grenade explosive charge.”
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Here is demo video of a possible situation with Marines and this suicide drone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dgvBb5ke-E
Wouldn’t a Hellfire also be considered a “suicide” drone by this new terminology?
Stop asking questions citizen. The new buzzword is “drone”. Get on board with it. Your lack of fervor has been noted.
Isn’t that just called a cruise missile?
There’s three compounds they can test these on and do us all a favor. One’s near Juarez and the others are near New Miexico and Houston...
I guess but a Hellfire really does not “fly” around. It just a rocket to a laser point. It has fins and not wings.
Could be...but this thing is one heck of a lot LESS expensive.
I like the idea....but did you see the link to the video? The vid was titled “Soon to be used by Federal police all over the US”.
NOT comfortable with that part.
Wouldn’t a Hellfire also be considered a “suicide” drone by this new terminology?
Possibly cheaper, lingering capability?
This is my favorite suicide Drone. Just skip to 4 minutes and watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU
More like a hand grenade that wait 10 minutes in the air then changes target.
I like FPS Russia.
Yeah he is pretty crazy. I was watching this video by him. Check out this rifle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqeMEKy4Y3c
“Stop asking questions citizen. The new buzzword is “drone”. Get on board with it. Your lack of fervor has been noted.”
Thank you SampleMan, for that great line, I am laughing so hard, it is hard for me to stand. ROFLMAO!
Exactly, a hellfire is a drone, this is someone trying to make a news bulletin...waste of my time.
No. An AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-ground missile, launched from a command aircraft, which CAN be a drone...or more accurately, from a remotely piloted aircraft.
I prefer VDV Russia.
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