Elbit Systems' new Lanius drone (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/ELBIT)
Jerusalem Post: Elbit's micro-suicide drone swarms can hunt enemies in urban combat
As drones become more versatile, they can conduct more missions in cities, which also leads to questions about the use of tech in war.
A new drone from Israel’s Elbit Systems called Lanius combines a number of technologies that put it at the forefront of how drones are transforming war.
At the same time, reports about the drone may raise questions about how this technology may make war more controversial as “robots” play a larger role in it.
The more armies and defense companies invest in new technology that enables combat to take place remotely — without soldiers interacting with civilians, for instance — the more it seems like “robot wars.”
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Update #1: These Israeli Urban Battlefield Assassin Drones Are Nightmare Fuel (Warzone/The Drive)
Update #2: AI-driven combat drone can search buildings and execute suicide attacks (New Atlas)
WNU Editor: What was once science fiction is now reality. Check out Elbit's promotion video on this drone (see below):
7 comments:
Lol promotional video. It will be back to sticks and stones eventually. All this tech is pointless
Note that there were no claims of stealthiness. "wheeeeeee are heeeeeeeeeere"
still it's what i was afraid of when i first saw the demo of those crazy eecs majors with their flying, flipping, dipping quad copters
Being a political opposition figure just got a lot more risky.
The stuff of nightmares, especially considering this tech is still in its infancy. What could possibly go wrong?
^ Umm, autonomous NANO search-and-destroy devices?
How about flying robot pistoleros.
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