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2018-08-05 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro survives assassination bid using drones packed with explosives during live TV speech

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-05 02:46|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Next time

Posted by Frank G 2018-08-05 09:06|| 2018-08-05 09:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Some are saying this was staged by Maduro.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-08-05 11:20|| 2018-08-05 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 First thing I thought.... staged.

Gotta do something to distract the peasants!

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-08-05 11:21|| 2018-08-05 11:21|| Front Page Top

#4 If I was a Secret Service agent, this is the sort of thing that would keep me up at night. With the right tech, an assassin could be sitting halfway around the globe and take out Trump, or anyone else. That said, this "attempt", if it was one, looks pretty half-assed.

Posted by PBMcL 2018-08-05 11:45|| 2018-08-05 11:45|| Front Page Top

#5 A digitally stabilized gun on a UAV or quad-copter would be much more useful.
The best might be just a metal-storm electric fire gun tube and a video sighting keyed into AI Facial recognition on a smartphone with gps. The level and compass built into the smartphone would be great.
I would do a prone smartphone with a 45 degree mirror over the camera facing down a lens on the gun barrel. Use the other side camera with another mirror for general view. Have a USB dongle on the camera control the quadcopter and the electric fired disposable MetalStorm tube (No mechanical problems or weight with this solution). Once target is ID'ed software on the phone should be able to line up the quad-copter and autofire. The whole experience could be viewed by the controller using the FaceTime app on the I-Phone.

MetalStorm

Posted by 3dc 2018-08-05 14:48|| 2018-08-05 14:48|| Front Page Top

#6 These are not the drones you are looking for...
It's quite amazing how sharp shooters managed to shoot down two drones (quite a feat btw.) without a shot being heard.

Posted by European Conservative 2018-08-05 14:55|| 2018-08-05 14:55|| Front Page Top

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