Weapon Systems For Tomorrow

Tiny Weapons, Jet Engines in Killer Drone Upgrades -- The Danger Room

Today's killer drone is a slow-flying, easy-to-spot turboprop plane that drops relatively-crude munitions on its targets. Tomorrow's killer drone could be a stealthy jet, firing off missiles "the size of a loaf of French bread."

Researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center at China Lake, California are expected in the next month to test out a five-pound missile, designed for use with unmanned aircraft. The two-foot-long Spike is about a "quarter of the size of the next smallest on the planet," Steve Felix, the missile project's manager, tells the Los Angeles Times.

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