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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Can they perform a no-knock warrant entry?
Any of this can be used against us outside a court of law.
This was in the United Kingdom, but I’m sure the United
states is hot on the trail.
It all sounds good until you think “Harris/Biden”.
It will be so skillful it will shoot assailants in the leg.
I don’t see how it will be able to handle the recoil if it fires hovering.
Ha! Love the roman candles gunsight video. The pilot is a good shot but needs to lead the target a little more when it’s moving cross range...
It seems to me the recoil from something like a mounted shotgun would upset the drone.
Maybe they should bring back the recoilless GyroJet firearms. from fifty five years ago for such applications.
Tiger Tanaka’s rocket guns.
How is the drone not going to go through the wall behind it when it fires?
Yeah, how do they get through the door?
Or, what venue or arena or large indoor location is applicable?
US Senate Chambers? House of Reps?
Football arenas?
Trump rallies?????
Amazon Fulfillment Centers?
Refineries, factories, warehouses?
Nanzi’s mansion?
may we submit nominations for good places for this device to visit?
Take a wild guess who they would love to use this type of thing against.
Maybe a low-recoil .410 round, with the expectation that firing would still cause short-term disabling of the drone, but that the should would also disable the target.
Voice-system: "CandyGram!"
Yes, something like flash bangs. Consider expendable drones, flown right at a target’s head/body.
Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in the Galaxy.
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