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more about #reaper dimsum4u: this is a bad ass shot, to bad missiles aren't on it. more » quim barreiros: all day playing video games.... best job ever...unless you crash.... more » ripfire: Now it's just waiting for Google Wave to turn sentient and destroy us all. more » RenfredClymene: I work on the Predator program (which also includes the Reaper) and I can tell you that there's no way the Reaper would have continued it's "mission t... more » Nick: just as long as john travolta doesn't make a movie about this -- it will be fine more » J_Frank_Parnell: gives new meaning to BSOD, huh? more » MaQ: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! I am panicking!! What will happen when it starts fighting back? more » Munch the BanNail: Have you confirmed that this wasn't just a publicity stunt for Short Circuit 3? more » Coolmodo: Am I wrong in assuming that these drones cannot really do anything on their own? I mean this thing is not designed to autonomously select and attack ... more » SugouriWendy: @ shenanigans61 I'm an exUSAF airman who worked with support personnel for the Predator. The UAV's do not replace a pilot, seeing as how an actual C... more » Bombear: Calling these Drones is very wrong. the only thing they can do by themselves is fly home....and only if ive told them how to get there. they are the... more » VerdaHizay: I see you quoted "pilots" through the article. All MQ-9 pilots have gone through Air Force flight school. Most have flown manned aircraft prior to fly... more » Gators15: I'm in the USAF. It would have run until it ran out of fuel and crashed in some random place. It won't fire it's ordinances without user input, the sa... more » PaintTheSkyGrey: Just a friendly reminder to commenters to keep OPSEC intact. :) more » Pope John Peeps II: I wonder what would've happened if the Reaper hadn't been shot down. It is typically used for "hunter-killer" missions and targets enemies on the grou... more » AqueousBeef: Sounds like the beginnings of a shitty Jamie Foxx film, oh wait... more » met2art: Excuse me? A what kind of drone? more » Hilo: It's not the drone's fault... Beyonce's video was just so good. more » BK88: Rosa, per the article, the Reaper was in Afghani airspace and about to depart it. The article didn't say which way it was headed out though. Again, ... more » Blake380: So now there are starting to become self-aware? more » -
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The Eye of Death
Esquire has the Nth feature on unmanned air vehicles changing the face of war. The opening photo, however, is a sleek, quite unique view on the dome that houses all the sensors is a Reaper UAV. Cool, deathly design. [Esquire] -
#uavs
Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
An MQ-9 Reaper drone's fail-safe programming failed and it rushed through Afghanistan's airspace on Sunday. The US Air Force simply responded by sending a manned plane to shoot it down. Turns out this isn't all that uncommon. More » -
#manvsmachine
Five Reasons Why Humanoid Robots Will Someday Fight Our Wars
Robots are officially on the battlefield—UAVs like the Predator and Reaper patrol the skies while militarized bomb-disposal robots like the Talon detonate explosives on the ground. But where are the humanoids? Roboticist and author Daniel H. Wilson makes the case for a humanoid robot army. More » -
#wargadgets
First Fully-Unmanned Machine Combat in History Heralds Robotic Apocalypse
For the first time in history, an unmanned machine has engaged and destroyed another unmanned machine in real combat. It sounds like science fiction, but it happened a week ago in Iraq, when a MQ-9 Reaper killed a remote controlled vehicle carrying a bomb. More »
