"Weapons: Flying Sniper Rifle" Topic

"January 29, 2022: An Israeli arms firm, Smart Shooter, has developed SMASH Dragon, an armed hexacopter that carries a stabilized gun platform that can be armed with a 5.56mm assault rifle or a 7.62mm sniper rifle. SMASH Dragon uses the same SMASH 2000 computerized rifle scope Smart Shooter introduced in 2018, but with addition of a new digital camera with zoom that enables the operator to search for and identify targets at longer ranges day or night, or set the system to automatically scan for certain types of targets. Armed with the 7.62mm rifle, SMASH Dragon can hit stationary targets over 300 meters distant with the first shot. Against moving quadcopters or fixed wing UAVs that range is closer to 200 meters. The hexacopter (six rotor motors instead of four on a quadcopter) can carry a payload of up to 10 kg (22 pounds). The rifles are equipped with larger magazines to reduce the frequency of landing the hexacopter to reload. Both the weapons system and hexacopter are battery operated, which limits flight time to under 60 minutes before a recharge is needed. There is also SMASH Hopper, a 15 kg (33 pound) version that can be mounted on vehicles or stationary platforms…."

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Armand

I imagine helo drones with miniguns will be next, like I saw in some SciFi movie not too long ago on the TV, with a mirror version of Earth.

I forget the title, but the premise was that Earth had detected another planet/energy source and was draining it for power. Apparently, only some were aware that there were people living on the planet they were stealing energy from as well.

(smile)

Armand

Drones with automatic weapons are actually a bad idea. Precision munitions are much more efficient. Coming soon to a killer AI drone near you.

- Ix