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ToddG
07-29-2011, 08:00 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vT-oidWyXE&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnR8fDW3Ilo

seabiscuit
07-29-2011, 09:03 AM
Wow. Forget helicopter UAV's. Let's use robot birds.

TCinVA
07-29-2011, 09:45 AM
Wow. Forget helicopter UAV's. Let's use robot birds.

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...only imagine titanium beaks and laserbeam eyes. That's not a future I want, sir.

seabiscuit
07-29-2011, 11:54 AM
I'm thinking more of a Spec Ops surveillance role. Or anti-submarine, for the sting ray.

JHC
07-30-2011, 08:14 AM
Wow. Forget helicopter UAV's. Let's use robot birds.

It has been reported that the CIA seriously considered micro drones - large insect sized - to launch into Bin Laden's compound to try and get a confirming picture. The risk of one hooking one of the wires and crashing and outing the whole deal let them to bag that idea.