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To: george76
"The Ravens, which soldiers fling into the air and use for surveillance, will rack up about 300,000 hours this year - double the time they were used last year..."

As sexy as things like the "Global Hawk" are, I think this kind of field intelligence will be FAR more valuable, and will save many lives. Add to those the uses of ground robots (toy tanks with a camera) will be of immense benefit to the ground-pounders.

9 posted on 01/01/2008 3:40:03 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel-NRA)
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To: Wonder Warthog

Did you ever play Doom2? They could build the robotic spiders with cameras and firepower.

I also like the idea of tiny devices that can scope out an area without being seen.

How about some drones the size of an insect. I’ll bet these come eventually.


20 posted on 01/01/2008 4:36:10 PM PST by TheLion
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