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Why Is The US Navy Building A Shiny Drone Base In Sunny Malibu?
Sorry, Sushi/Massage Guru at Google: you no longer have the coolest tech job in America. That honour will belong to the future staff at the planned Point Mugu UAV installation in paradisiacal California. Surfing, sunrays and constant sensor surveillance. And it’s only the beginning.
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Amazon Is Selling Die-Cast Replicas Of Military Vehicles, Everybody Panic
The Amazon product page for Maisto International Inc.’s model Predator drones has been inundated with snarky parody reviews mocking the replica, apparently as a means of “protesting” the government’s controversial practice of targeted drone strikes. But rather than dissuade potential customers, the shrill whine of impotent hippy rage has accomplished precisely the opposite — Amazon…
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Monster Machines: UAVs Know Who Launched The Nuke
During the Cold War, it wasn’t hard to determine who could have been behind an airborne nuclear strike — just check behind the Iron Curtain. But in the modern era of nuclear proliferation, figuring out who set off a bomb would be more akin to crime scene investigation.
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Europe’s Killer Drone Is Alive And Flying
It looks like a furious Cylon, it subsists on croissants and lattes, and now it’s successfully on its way to blowing things up: the European nEUROn drone just made a giant leap.