10-18-2011, 04:24
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US Army to fly 'kamikaze' drones
US Army to fly 'kamikaze' drones
Hey, their title not mine.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
Interesting idea though.......
"A miniature "kamikaze" drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army's arsenal, officials say.
Dubbed the "Switchblade," the robotic aircraft represents the latest attempt by the United States to refine how it takes out suspected militants.
Weighing less than two kilos, the drone is small enough to fit into a soldier's backpack and is launched from a tube, with wings quickly folding out as it soars into the air, according to manufacturer AeroVironment. ....................."
Another story with a picture
http://defense-update.com/20110902_switchblade.html
And Some "captured" video on you.tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhKixW5PHbw
The demo clip was pretty cheesey but hey, they're trying to sell a product not win an Oscar.
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10-18-2011, 04:36
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SOLD! Where can a get a few of them things? 
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10-18-2011, 06:06
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Another $400K or so well spent...
I can see this as yet another opportunity for the Teleprompter-in-Chief to apologize to somebody for something...
Richard 
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10-18-2011, 08:01
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Sooo-EEEE
Can we paint them to look like pigs?
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10-18-2011, 08:37
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Originally Posted by akv
Can we paint them to look like pigs?
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Or a suppository?
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10-18-2011, 09:07
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I thought we had those in 5.56mm?
What a waste of money. I mean REALLY! Whatever happened to "seek out and destroy the enemy in ground combat, take and hold ground"?
Lets just give EVERYBODY an X Box. Better yet . . . sell live feeds and tell the 13 YOs its a game.
Are we going to need bumper stickers that read,
"Ban the drone. Make the world safe for conventional warfare."
bad, Bad, BAD idea.
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10-19-2011, 13:12
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Originally Posted by Richard
Another $400K or so well spent...
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Thank God they're not Air Fporce kamikrazies. The cost would be quadruple at least. 
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10-19-2011, 15:10
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Heard most the parts come from Japan
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10-19-2011, 16:15
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10-19-2011, 16:38
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Heard most the parts come from Japan
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Well...I suspect that if they had come from Germany, we'd have called it a V-1BK - smaller, second generation vergeltungswaffe - instead of a kamikaze. 
And so it goes...
Richard
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