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Posted on 10/05/2020 6:09:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber
The U.K. has developed a new fighting drone designed to help soldiers breach urban defenses. The i9 uncrewed aerial vehicle can navigate indoors, locate and identify targets, and then open fire with not one but two shotgun barrels. Like all weaponized drones, a human operator must make the decision to shoot or not shoot.
The drone, revealed by the Times of London, was developed for the British armed forces. The drone is meant to act as a breaching weapon, flying into a small room or house occupied by enemy troops and neutralizing them from within.
Breaching operations are among the most dangerous in ground warfare. Ground troops must typically blow open a door and rush inside, shooting the enemy at point blank range. Casualties in such operations are typically very high, particularly for the first ones through the door.
i9 allows a drone to do the most dangerous part of the job. With the new drone, British troops might break down the entry door with a demolition charge and then send the i9 in. Flying high and fast, the drone would outpace the defenders beneath it, identify them, and line up on an enemy target. The i9 operator could verify the targets are hostile and then authorize the drone to open fire.
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Joe Biden could have one of these on his porch to blast shots into the air.
Milestone day. :-(
Oh, this might shake things up a bit.
Nice, I like the PS controller.
Swarms of remote or autonomous controlled machine gun or grenade mounted drones targeting dwellings of the other side by vigilantes.
YEAH BABEE!!
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special forces did not take the contract, it was designed for suppressive fire.
still, a pretty nifty kite.
I was thinking that rock salt in the shotgun shells would be perfect hovering an antifa riot.
It was long ago Lol
a human operator must make the decision to shoot or not shoot.
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Somehow this does not quell my apprehensions.
Yes, but we couldn’t get away with that. No problem for them to use it in certain areas without fear though.
How about attaching a claymore mine to the drone for a kamikaze mission.
“Hello, Citizen! We at Path-E Technologies are please to now demonstrate our new clinging smart bomb guidance pod drone. As you await in ... FOUR SECONDS ... please accept ou-—”
The M32 grenade launcher would fit the platform.
Seems like recoil might be an issue.
It may have a purpose but most drones seem to be easy targets.
Please keep shotgun bearing drones away from artificial intelligence computers. This is how they win.
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