Tiny Bug-Sized Drones Could Be US Army’s Latest Weapon

Sunday, May 31, 2015
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
31.05.2015

The US army follows the UK armed forces in getting its Special Forces several hornet drones, a new kind of flying robot which has military experts worried about the implications for the future of warfare.

US Special Forces are testing PD-100 Black Hornet drones, one of a new breed of small drones which can autonomously fly in many different environments and, experts warn, present scientific, technical and ethical challenges for military and civilian applications.

The Black Hornet drone weighs 18 grams and carries a regular or thermal camera; it has a maximum flight time of around 25 minutes, a top speed of 10 m/s and a range of more than 1.5 km. Its camera relays video and still images to a handheld control terminal.
Both Bank and CIA legal counsel John Rizzo were charged with murder by a court in Pakistan earlier this month, over the death of two residents of the North Waziristan region who died in a CIA drone attack in December 2009.

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The incredible piece of equipment is made by Norwegian firm Prox Dynamics, which calls the PD-100 a ‘Personal Reconnaissance System’ [PRS] that “provides law enforcement agencies with a game-changing pocket-sized ISR capability that provides instant situational awareness.”

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