Explosive Projectile-laden Drones to Navigate Small Spaces
I’ll never forget being briefed by a US Army General about the redesign of South Korea in ways that would force invading Chinese tanks into tight “killing zones”.
Take the humans out of those tanks and you’ve got explosive projectile-laden drones on land, similar to the evolution of torpedoes flying in water and smart missiles flying through the air.
South Korean problem spaces certainly sat on my mind when I was working at NASA back in the early 2000s. Researchers and colleagues there ostensibly were trying to find a way for large mechanized robot swarms to navigate complex valleys on Mars.
In 2014 I actually gave several talks (including a private one to the future head of Facebook security) revealing a bit of the state of art at that time on research in drone swarm countermeasures.
That’s why I was proposing swarm countermeasures way back then, much to the chagrin of lawyers who ALWAYS told me that anyone trying to stop an attacking drone would be charged with property damage. Ah, lawyers.
Anyway, fast forward to today and here are two important updates that we all should have seen coming:
First, “Agility of bees could inspire drones that squeeze through tight spaces”
Second, “Taliban Rigging Drones to Drop Bombs, Afghan Spy Chief Says“
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from flyingpenguin authored by Davi Ottenheimer. Read the original post at: https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=30518
