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2011-04-29 --Tech & Moderator Notes

Air Force Wants Tiny Drones That Squirt Trackable Goo

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Posted by Sherry 2011-04-29 13:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Screw the smart dust idea. Just develop a drone in the shape of a European House Sparrow designator that shines a laser on a target that a Hellfire missile in the form of a Sparrow can home in on and blow to Kingdom Come.

Posted by gorb 2011-04-29 14:10|| 2011-04-29 14:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Tired, read that as tobacco goo, which I would suggest bchnut.

Clearly has never happened across a Mississippi Kite nest.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-04-29 14:27|| 2011-04-29 14:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Personally, I've long hoped that the military would develop a powder that could be mixed with water, and sprayed from an ordinary crop duster over roads frequented by IED teams.

The idea is that once the water had dried, the residue on the roadway would be invisible to the naked eye, but would reflect to say, invisible UV light, in a unique but still invisible "color" that could be picked up by a special camera mounted on a UAV.

The roadway would look fairly homogeneous, except for the tire stripes where vehicles had driven. Yet a large, round patch in the paint would indicate that somebody dug up a lot of pavement right there, then covered it up to look normal.

Granted, far more useful in a developed place like Iraq, instead of Afghanistan, it would still be worth some investigation.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-29 14:53|| 2011-04-29 14:53|| Front Page Top

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