Killer Frisbees Next Weapon in War on Terror?
Got this from digg. Seems like this would be a huge waste of cash, but it sounds like fun. Take some disc-shaped unmanned aerial vehicles, mount some guns on it, and launch it like it came from a skeet shooter, and Voila! Killer Frisbees!
From DefenseTech here:
Robotic Frisbees of Death
It ain’t easy, picking out evil-doers in the urban canyons of the Middle East; there are so many places to hide. Taking ’em out can be even harder, what with all those noncombatants hanging nearby. But the Air Force thinks it might have an answer to this most vexing problem in counter-insurgency: frisbees.
Not just any frisbees, mind you. Robotic frisbees. Heavily armed robotic frisbees.
The Air Force recently tapped Triton Systems, out of Chelmsford, Mass, to develop such a “Modular Disc-Wing Urban Cruise Munition.”
“The 3-D maneuverability of the Frisbee-UAV will provide revolutionary tactical access and lethality against hostiles hiding in upper story locations and/or defiladed behind obstacles,” the company promises.
The circular drones will be lanuched “from munitions dispensers or by means of a simple mechanism similar to a shotgun target (skeet) launcher,” Triton adds. Once in the air, they’ll be tele-operated by soldiers on the ground. Or, if needed, the fightin’ frisbees will pilot themselves as they hunt for guerrillas.
Once they catch up to the baddies, the drones will use a series of armor-piercing explosives, shooting jets of molten metal, to eliminate their targets.
What’s next? Sharks with lazers?
