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How The CIA Became ‘One Hell Of A Killing Machine’

No one views the CIA as anything resembling impotent. The drone strikes it operates are the most important counterterrorism tool the Obama administration uses, battering a Pakistan so intensely, in 2010 they struck an average of once every three days.

August 30, 2011
Science

Nobody Knows What The Hell This Mysterious Crashed Drone Is

An (allegedly) American drone just crashed in Pakistan. That’s not altogether surprising — we fly drones over them all the time to hunt militants. But this one’s different. It’s tiny. And, uh, it’s shaped like a bird. What is it?

August 25, 2011
Science

The Suitcase Drone Libyan Rebels Used To Help Win The War

The Libyan freedom fighters had some serious DIY brilliance, but at least one of their toys was store bought — the Scout micro UAV. The tiny 1.4kg drone provided aerial recon on Gaddafi’s men, and helped kick their arses to Tripoli.

August 23, 2011
Science

Swarms Of Drones Will Kill Us All! (One Day)

Boeing has successfully tested the first swarm of unmanned aerial drones in history over eastern Oregon. Boeing’s Advanced Autonomous Networks program director Gabriel Santander said “This is a milestone in UAV flight.” Oh yes it is.

August 18, 2011
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Here’s What It Looks Like When A Drone Crashes Into A C-130

This must have been incredibly terrifying! Imagine rumbling along in your massive C-130 gunship over Afghanistan, when KABOOM, a UAV slams into your wing and tears a big chunk out if it. Now imagine having to land like that.

August 17, 2011
Science

This Quadcopter Is Perfect For Hunting Wildlife And Celebs Alike

Doesn’t matter if you’re stalking a herd of elephants along the Serengeti or a Snookie along the Jersey Shore — the MD4-1000 Quadcopter aims to change the way aerial surveillance of everything from wildlife to wildfires is captured.

August 13, 2011
Science

The Boomerang Drone That’s Based On A Maple Seed

How do you make a maple seed cool? Turning it into a state-of-the-art single-wing helicopter drone that soldiers and police officers can carry into the field, and that they launch by hurling it like a boomerang, is a pretty good start.

August 6, 2011
Science

The World’s First Flying Sphere Looks Like An Alien Death Bot

Looking more UFO than UAV, the Japanese Defence Ministry has created a spherical surveillance drone which they have deemed the world’s first. Designed for use in urban areas, the menacing, all-black machine can fly up to 60km/h.

July 2, 2011
Science

Watch The Murderous Quadrotor Blooper Reel To Feel Better About The Apocalypse

We’ve established many times over that quadrotors are going to kill you, probably in your sleep. And that’s, you know, that’s OK, we’ve come to terms with it. Or had, until we found out their crucial weakness: they’re actually hilariously bad at quadrotoring.

Science

Are Drones So Easy To Fly That Even A Journalist Can Do It?

There’s been much talk lately about the Predator Drone and how using it to take out enemies from a distance is like playing a video game.

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