Tag: drone

  • Drone Warfare Is Getting Less Expensive

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    VICE takes a look: 1:08 – “The Chinese military hasn’t used their drone in real warfare, but over the past decade the country has exported over 200 drones to 16 countries”. I love the idea of not putting our human solider’s lives at risk.. but yea, occasionally misidentifying targets is terrible. 5:04 – WHuT IN…

  • Firing Warning Shots At Birds To Save Their Lives

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    Scaring migrating birds off a toxic lake in Montana: Interesting video.  They are using so many different methods.. Initially I thought it seemed like an easy enough problem that could be taken care of by more drones with some AI.  They mention at around 5:28 though, that each bird responds differently to different scaring methods…

  • Intense Drone Filming Of Firearms Training Scenarios

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    Yoooooo: Big 🤝 link between Viridian, Springfield, Federal, and Gunsite. Holy, whoever is flying the drone is a pro.  They got pretty damn close to both of the shoot house shooter’s faces a few times, but it was all good. They got some really cool footage, and the editing was on point too. Thoughts?

  • Gamer Who Flew Drones For The US Army

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    I knew this wasn’t going to be “positive” since it’s a VICE video: Tough jobs requiring tough decisions when you’re dealing with war.  I’ve seen similar pieces on drone operators, and it always surprises me that it’s almost like they initially assumed they would be exempt from PTSD since they’re not up close to the…

  • Flying Kalashnikov Drone Gets Cool Points If Nothing Else

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    haha PULL UP (pull down? 🤔) from the friendly skies 🛩💨💨💨.  Russia’s largest defense contractor did this: The Almaz-Antey company filed a patent for the armed drone with the Federal Service for Intellectual Property in 2018. Described as “a fully functioning [gun] inside a set of wings,” the 23-kilogram drone is capable of flying for 40 minutes…

  • Shooting Playing Cards In Half On A Moving Drone

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    2018 is wild, man: Yes I know it’s a qUaDcOpTeR not a drone.  I imagine that irritates the quadcopter crowd as much as the clip vs magazine things irritates the gun crowd (or just me anyways). Trust 22Plinkster to be able to pull this off. Thoughts?