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Put a pistol on it, or an explosive charge and you've got something the military would probably be interested in.

There's no denying this is cool, but there's also no denying that this type of technology could be used for very evil stuff. Launch one of these with a GPS a mile or so from a target and you've got an automated nasty.

Not to hard to think of counter measures. I suspect some kind of silly string ack ack could probably do bad things to those rotors. Mini "Barrage Balloons" with Monofilament lines and netting might come into vogue in certain circles...



The cheaper your weapon, the more effective the countermeasures have to be.

These things could just as easily carry a grenade (or several), and a dead man's switch. When it can't fly anymore, self-destruct.


There's not exactly a lack of killer flying drones as it is.




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