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2012-01-07 Science & Technology

Navy Balloon Launches Drone, Which Drops Two More Spy Bots

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2012-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Uh, uh, TRANSFORMERS - ALMOST MEETS THE EYE???

gut nuthin.

Nice, but they can do better than that.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-07 00:13|| 2012-01-07 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I know an old lady who swallowed a spy bot.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-07 11:09|| 2012-01-07 11:09|| Front Page Top

#3 I expect the Lawn Dart Mafia to throw a fit because they weren't ivited to build a 'Hornet to launch a balloon to launch a drone that launches drones' version.
/sarc

Posted by USN, Ret. 2012-01-07 15:58|| 2012-01-07 15:58|| Front Page Top

#4 a 'Hornet to launch a balloon to launch a drone that launches drones' version.

You're thinking too small here. Picture a balloon (or maybe a giant war zeppelin!) that launches a Hornet that launches a MicroHornet that launches NanoHornet drones. Yeah, it's Hornets all the way down!

Posted by SteveS 2012-01-07 16:27|| 2012-01-07 16:27|| Front Page Top

#5 You're not too far off, SteveS.

The issue is: how to insert sensors into an area of interest quickly and without drawing notice, at the least expenditure of equipment, fuel and operational interaction.

Dirigibles as platforms for the carrier drones have potential value .... they can remain airborne a whole lot longer than winged craft, can host sensor feed integration/transmission equipment and don't require the degree of manned attention that winged UAVs do.

Posted by lotp 2012-01-07 21:00|| 2012-01-07 21:00|| Front Page Top

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