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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKamikaze drones. What could possibly go wrong with this idea?
I guess I should be surprised that nobody came up this this idea sooner. The possibilities for mayhem and destruction are endless now. Any idiot who can play a video game can carry out their insane fantasies.
The Kalashnikov assault rifle changed the world. Now theres a Kalashnikov kamikaze drone.
The Russian company that gave the world the iconic AK-47 assault rifle has unveiled a suicide drone that may similarly revolutionize war by making sophisticated drone warfare technology widely and cheaply available.
The Kalashnikov Group put a model of its miniature exploding drone on display this week at a major defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where the worlds arms companies gather every two years to show off and market their latest wares.
The tiny item was dwarfed by the tanks, armored vehicles and fighter jets that were also on display. But it has as much potential to change the face of war as its older cousin, the AK-47, widely referred to simply as the Kalashnikov.
With its low price, high efficiency and ease of use, the Kalashnikov rifle became the weapon of choice for revolutionaries and insurgents around the world, empowering disgruntled citizens against their governments in Latin America, Africa and Asia. It remains a potent tool to this day: The Pentagon purchases secondhand Kalashnikov rifles for its allies in Syria and Afghanistan, rather than give them more expensive American-made guns.
The Russian company that gave the world the iconic AK-47 assault rifle has unveiled a suicide drone that may similarly revolutionize war by making sophisticated drone warfare technology widely and cheaply available.
The Kalashnikov Group put a model of its miniature exploding drone on display this week at a major defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where the worlds arms companies gather every two years to show off and market their latest wares.
The tiny item was dwarfed by the tanks, armored vehicles and fighter jets that were also on display. But it has as much potential to change the face of war as its older cousin, the AK-47, widely referred to simply as the Kalashnikov.
With its low price, high efficiency and ease of use, the Kalashnikov rifle became the weapon of choice for revolutionaries and insurgents around the world, empowering disgruntled citizens against their governments in Latin America, Africa and Asia. It remains a potent tool to this day: The Pentagon purchases secondhand Kalashnikov rifles for its allies in Syria and Afghanistan, rather than give them more expensive American-made guns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/02/23/kalashnikov-assault-rifle-changed-world-now-theres-kalashnikov-kamikaze-drone/
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Kamikaze drones. What could possibly go wrong with this idea? (Original Post)
Dread Pirate Roberts
Feb 2019
OP
No doubt about it. Earth has a lot of fucked up people and areas. Humans with their instruments of
RKP5637
Feb 2019
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rampartc
(5,407 posts)1. what is a cruise missile if not a kamakaze drone
wasn't an explosive drone sent to maduro.
whu not ise rhe damn things for murder as well?
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)2. Another Russian contribution to the world
in furtherance of hatred and chaos
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)3. No doubt about it. Earth has a lot of fucked up people and areas. Humans with their instruments of
death, destruction and maiming. A new WTF each day, often many.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)5. Imagine if the brains that created daisy cutters and cluster bombs...
worked on something useful.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)6. Yep!!! There is so must wasted energy, money, intellect and talent on really useless stuff. n/t
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)4. The article says such things have been made by...
amateurs for years, and by US and Israeli arms merchants. Terrorists and revolutionary actors already know all about them.
The thing here is that US and Israeli drones supposedly have serious export controls and these things are cheap, but still more expensive than homemade drones.
sl8
(13,758 posts)7. Slaughterbots:
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)8. LOL. Russia is far from the first country to have thought of this. n/t