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2006-11-17 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel developing anti-militant "bionic hornet"

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Posted by BA 2006-11-17 10:18|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "..The war killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians."

This is the terrorist spin. It would be neutral accurate to say,

"in the war, more than 1200 Lebanese died, most of whom were identified by Hezbollah as civilians but many of whom were identified by other Lebanese as full time or part time Hezbollah soldiers or activists.

Posted by mhw 2006-11-17 11:09|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-17 11:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Bawwaaaaaa!

Run, It's no-see-ums!

/life just got worser

Posted by Paleo">Paleo 2006-11-17 11:13|| 2006-11-17 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 And shorter, hopefully.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-17 11:15|| 2006-11-17 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Of course we are going to call it a bionic hornet. What do you expect us to call them? WASPS?

Posted by Penguin 2006-11-17 11:30|| 2006-11-17 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL...

Good one Penguin.

This could be the biggest thread of the day. I'm waiting patiently for the Masters of Snark to weigh in....

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2006-11-17 12:01|| 2006-11-17 12:01|| Front Page Top

#6 good name,

The word hornet (apprx tsirah or tsiraw in hebrew) is used in Deut 7:20. The hornet is prophetized to drive out one or more of the Caananite nations (a similar verse in Joshua 24:12 refers to Amorites).

Posted by mhw 2006-11-17 12:04|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-17 12:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Talk about a sting operation! Can't you just hear the terrorists screaming, "RAAIIIID!"

Gotta agree with the others here. Save your money and research. Go Roman, save time and lives instead. The Palestinians deserve nothing less. All this surgical stuff is wasted when the situation calls for a meat grinder.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-17 12:35|| 2006-11-17 12:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Prototypes for the new weapons are expected within three years, he said.

The question is whether or not Israel has three years to get to the prototypes.

Posted by RWV 2006-11-17 12:35|| 2006-11-17 12:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Aluminum screening futures up a notch in lively trading.

Posted by wxjames 2006-11-17 13:25|| 2006-11-17 13:25|| Front Page Top

#10 ... a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets

That's a clear violation of their Human Rights!!!

Posted by Tranzis R us 2006-11-17 13:57|| 2006-11-17 13:57|| Front Page Top

#11 The 34-day war in Lebanon ended with a U.N.-brokered ceasefire in mid-August. The war killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and 157 Israelis, mostly soldiers.

Reported by Reuters, mostly liars.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-11-17 13:59|| 2006-11-17 13:59|| Front Page Top

#12 Now they just need to arm it with the legendary Zionist Death Ray

Posted by Cheaderhead 2006-11-17 14:13|| 2006-11-17 14:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Already workin' on it, Cheaderhead. In cooperation with the Zionist Death Ray Division here at corporate, of course.

Posted by Halliburton - Zionist Bionic Insect Division 2006-11-17 14:24|| 2006-11-17 14:24|| Front Page Top

#14 It's a buzz bomb!

Posted by Colin MacDougall">Colin MacDougall 2006-11-17 14:38|| 2006-11-17 14:38|| Front Page Top

#15 How is this hornet sized drone going to carry "sneak" a bomb big enough to blow up a rocket launcher? They shoudl figure out a way to arm it with a gas of some kind and use it as an assasin.

Posted by Mike N. 2006-11-17 14:45|| 2006-11-17 14:45|| Front Page Top

#16 How is this hornet sized drone going to carry "sneak" a bomb big enough to blow up a rocket launcher?

Pinpoint its location/paint it, and let a bomber do the actual job?

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-17 15:13|| 2006-11-17 15:13|| Front Page Top

#17 They shoudl figure out a way to arm it with a gas of some kind and use it as an assasin.

The article may have been slightly ambiguous.

a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.

The flying robot, nicknamed the "bionic hornet," would be able to navigate its way down narrow alleyways to target otherwise unreachable enemies such as rocket launchers, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth said.

When they say "rocket launchers", they are most likely referring to 'those who launch rockets'. I would foresee the use of poison darts or microcharges of extremely high explosives. A .50 calibre bullet is too heavy to put wings on.

Meanwhile, I predict a big surge in flyswatter sales.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-17 15:24|| 2006-11-17 15:24|| Front Page Top

#18 This is going to create a bunch of great YouTube videos! I can just imagine the jihadis running, swatting, and squealing like little girls just before they get stung--and stung good!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-11-17 15:40|| 2006-11-17 15:40|| Front Page Top

#19 How is this hornet sized drone going to carry "sneak" a bomb big enough to blow up a rocket launcher? They shoudl figure out a way to arm it with a gas of some kind and use it as an assasin.
Think metal earwick. It's a suicide bug.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-17 15:52|| 2006-11-17 15:52|| Front Page Top

#20 Sharp point on one end, dives into the base of the skull at 60 miles an hour, micro plastique charge detonates 2/10s of a second after impact : medulla oblongata is destroyed, and the terrorist is dead.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-17 16:08|| 2006-11-17 16:08|| Front Page Top

#21 Does this make anyone else think of that scene in "Tommy Boy" when they are running around trying to convince the Cops that there is a swarm of bee's attacking them?

"Run for your lives!" "Your weapons are useless against them!"

Posted by Mike N. 2006-11-17 16:31|| 2006-11-17 16:31|| Front Page Top

#22 Wasn't there a movie about 20 years ago that had several scenes of a guided bullet or miniature rocket that chased bad guys around corners and down narrow alleys? Or maybe the bad giys developed it and it chased the heroes. Betting there's a Rantburger who knows.

Posted by GK 2006-11-17 16:32|| 2006-11-17 16:32|| Front Page Top

#23 Runaway, 1984, with Tom Selleck as the good guy, Gene Simmons as the villian.

Posted by Bunyip 2006-11-17 16:53|| 2006-11-17 16:53|| Front Page Top

#24 The movie with the 'robot bullets' starred Tom Selleck as a cop specializing in dealing with 'bad robots'. The bad guy in the movie was played by long tongued KISS guitarist. Sorry don't remember the movie name.

Posted by Steve 2006-11-17 16:56|| 2006-11-17 16:56|| Front Page Top

#25 If a hundred of these things converge on your neck simultaneously and detonate, they don't have to be very big.

Posted by KBK 2006-11-17 18:08|| 2006-11-17 18:08|| Front Page Top

#26 Swarm would be pretty cool. That way you could give each a specific mission. Say one as the targeting unit and the other as the kill drone. It'd be nice to have such an option.

Two bee, or not two bee?

Posted by Pappy 2006-11-17 18:15|| 2006-11-17 18:15|| Front Page Top

#27 Lots of images of robot insects here

Unfortunately Berkeley's best images only work with M$Exploder

Posted by 3dc 2006-11-17 18:46|| 2006-11-17 18:46|| Front Page Top

#28 It'd be nice if there was an option to dart with a paralytic agent. Temporarily disable everyone in the room then swoop in to collect the big falafel for extended deep frying.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-17 19:26|| 2006-11-17 19:26|| Front Page Top

#29 How is this hornet sized drone going to carry "sneak" a bomb big enough to blow up a rocket launcher?

Swarm it.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-11-17 19:58|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-11-17 19:58|| Front Page Top

#30 #s 23 & 24. Thanks Steve and Bunyip. Maybe the Israelis like fantasy movies too. If Chester Gould can foresee cell phones and telepictures,
with Dick Tracy's wrist radio and TV, why not steerable explosive bullets or bionic hornets?

Posted by GK 2006-11-17 19:59|| 2006-11-17 19:59|| Front Page Top

#31 How is this hornet sized drone going to carry "sneak" a bomb big enough to blow up a rocket launcher?

Even the power required to "paint" a larger target would quickly drain an insect-sized drone's power reserve. Same goes for coordinate broadcasting, which could also be jammed. Remember, these little puppies may be driven by biomechanical chemical propulsion and not have much electrical storage.

A simple solution would be to have the planes of their wing surfaces laminated with a highly reflective diffraction grating which interacts in the NIR (Near InfraRed) or another invisible spectral region that "sparkles" when painted with target acquisition lasers. Just a thought.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-17 20:17|| 2006-11-17 20:17|| Front Page Top

#32 Hornets don't need bombs -- they have poison darts.

Posted by Darrell 2006-11-17 20:19|| 2006-11-17 20:19|| Front Page Top

#33 Poisons violate the Geneva Conventions, explosives and projectiles do not. So sharp hardened tip with micro plastique charge keeps you out of the ICC.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-17 20:52|| 2006-11-17 20:52|| Front Page Top

#34 However they do it, it gives a new meaning to the killer bee.

Posted by Mike N. 2006-11-17 21:39|| 2006-11-17 21:39|| Front Page Top

#35 The Geneva Conventions deal with Clausewitz Western type armed warfare.

Modern 4G and 3rd world warfare doesn't fit Clausewitz type war and therefore Geneva is obsolete.

Posted by 3dc 2006-11-17 22:44|| 2006-11-17 22:44|| Front Page Top

#36 One more time;

THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS DO NOT APPLY TO TERRORISTS.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-17 23:31|| 2006-11-17 23:31|| Front Page Top

#37 I agree. I doubt you'd find a RBer that disagrees. The law is what it is, and it DOESN'T apply to insurgents/terrorists in uniformed cadres

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-11-17 23:47|| 2006-11-17 23:47|| Front Page Top

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