Flying Robots To Spy On Taliban Bombmakers

From The Telegraph:

A new army of robots will be introduced that could save the lives of many British soldiers, defence chiefs have said.

With the bomb threat in Afghanistan increasing accounting for two-thirds of casualties the Ministry of Defence is hurriedly moving into the robotic market to help combat the threat.

Lt Gen Andrew Figgures, the MoD’s head of procurement told The Daily Telegraph that the new devices were “undoubtedly saving lives”.

“These vehicles will improve our operational success and reduce our casualties.” He added that the vehicle would mean the military had to “change our conventional way of thinking”.

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