French UAVs Protect Pope From Above

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 22 of September , 2008 at 1:23 am

These days, even the Pope needs a little more than just the standard amount of protection from the heavens. And he’s got it, in France anyway, courtesy of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company Eagle I MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) UAVs. The Eagle 1s were on station when the Pope visited Lourdes last week, ready to intervene in case of emergency. The robotic surveillance aircraft aren’t currently equipped to toss lightning bolts, but they can use their laser designators to call down some slightly less dramatic but (if I may say so) potentially more effective punishments, such as air to ground missiles. Sinners beware.

[ Ares ] VIA [ io9 ]

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