Air Force Planning New Drone Fleet For Pakistan

mattnyc99 writes "With tensions high on the border, a new commander in Afghanistan, and complaints of civilian deaths from robotic US strikes in Pakistan raising anti-American sentiment, the Air Force is sketching out concepts for new robotic hitmen, reports Esquire.com. Among the new drones (which are all very small) are the Suburb Warrior (loaded with four or five mini missiles for semi-urban environments), the Sniper targeting system ("that can lock on to multiple targets, allowing a single drone pilot to coordinate the attacks of a squadron of robots"), and a backup fleet of flying buggies that act as suicide-bomber snipers. From the article: 'Picking through the dozens of systems in this briefing, many of which will be flight-tested within five years, there's a clear set of goals: build smaller, even microscopic drones with smaller weapons that can hunt in swarms and engage targets in the close quarters of urban battlefields. And hunt as soon as possible.'"

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Supply another terrorist state with arms

[smooth123]

When will it be understood that supplying one terrorist state (Pakistan) with arms to wipe out another group of terrorists never works.... It did not work when Afghans were armed to fight the USSR, look how that backfired.... It did not work when Saddam was armed to create disharmony in Iran, the last 5 years are proof of that folly.... How stupid can people be, oh well don't answer that, 8 yrs of a moron as supreme leader answers the question.....

yeah buddhism is bullshit

[circletimessquare]

it basically comes down to: "don't care about anything, and you won't suffer"

oh, great fucking advice. as soon as i turn into a robot i'll be sure to become a buddhist