Suicide Drone Designed To Crash Into High Value Targets
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 22 of October , 2009 at 12:14 am
Israel Aerospace Industries’ HAROP loitering munition is sort of like a cross between a surveillance drone and a cruise missile. It has a 1000km range and an endurance of 6 hours, and can carry conventional steerable color or IR cameras. Oh, and it also carries 50 pounds of onboard explosives, which it’ll set off as it crashes itself into a target. Seems like an awfully expensive way to blow something up, but if you absolutely need to get the job done while minimizing collateral damage, HAROP could be the way to go. Somebody thinks so, at least… An unidentified customer has committed to a $100 million contract.
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