Unmanned Drones to 'Sniff Out' Enemy IED's...
The Sciebel S-100 Copter is being outfitted to become an unmanned drone that will provide protection from enemy IED's (Improvised Explosive Devices) that are killing and crippling soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan...
Codenamed "Yellow Jacket" the drones will be ideal for flying over areas that may contain the IED's and "sniffing out" electronic energy from wireless receivers used to trigger them...
Centauri Solutions has been awarded an 11.7 million dollar contract to install the equipment necessary to turn the unmanned copters into the drones that will do the job...
Several alternatives were considered, including ray guns and virtual simulators, but the copters are considered to be the best option. The drones will be able to fly for 6 hours at a stretch with up to 75 pound payloads at altitudes of up to 18,000 feet (which will work out very well in countries with high mountains like Afghanistan...)
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By: jedicist
The cloak of secrecy and mendacity that covers the shadow war the United States is waging in Pakistan undermines democratic values both in the battle against the Taliban and back home. Our strategy relies on backroom deals, on proxy warriors and private mercenaries, on the complicity of a corrupt Pakistani government, on ...
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