[Bumbatar]

These are very dangerous times we live in !!!!!!!!!

https://gizmodo.com/power-company-sen...-of-1792482517




Power Company Sends Fire-Spewing Drone to Burn Trash Off High-Voltage Wires

What happens when your power lines get all kinds of trash hanging from them and it’s not safe to send up a human? In Xiangyang, China, you send in the drones. Specifically, the drones that shoot fire.

Just in case you were worried that the robot uprising was delayed, fear no more. It appears to be right on time, as these fire-spewing drones are sent to burn off trash that gets stuck on high-voltage wires.

The drones are being used by an electric power maintenance company in China to get rid of plastic bags and other debris that get caught in places that are hard to reach with a human in a cherrypicker.

Now, before you get all worried about drones like these being used to kill humans, just remember that drones are already being used to kill humans practically every day. Targeted US military strikes against suspected terrorists occur on a regular basis, and terrorists themselves have gotten into the drone game.

Some reports indicate that terrorist groups such as ISIS are trying to figure out how to deliver chemical weapons via drone. Flame-shooting drones would be tame by comparison.

So when you see headlines like “It’s only a matter of time before a drone kills someone,” it’s important to remember that that time has already come. Let’s not sugarcoat it. We haven’t heard reports about anyone burned to death by this particular style of drone, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened yet.

Don’t live in fear about the future. The future is already here.

Have a good Friday, everybody!

[MicroRoy]

I hope they dont use it for crowd control.

[troutman]

Wait until somebody uses that for trouble.

[Dog Star]

To me more impressive is a quadcopter with ak-47 mounted...

with these kind of weapons shit really hits a vent in most perfid way..
now killings will get another dimension where you can be miles positioned
from your pray playing a real FPS game with guys you dont like.. and coming
totaly unnoted,quiet.. just over tips of a tree,like a cruise missle..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU

[Gry]

Slay the beast and free that poor corporation

[VonBudí]

the shit going on in syria, Ukraine with drones is crazy.

[Dog Star]

Yep,on Youtoube vids on ISIL that hits mini bombs from drones,they already killed who
knows how much folks with this new menace..

Originally Posted by troutman

Wait until somebody uses that for trouble.

We'll be waiting for them with our $1.3B(ea) All American Made Stealth Titanium plated RoboSaurus's

[Stan G.]

Some times I wish I had a fire breathing drone for "trash on wires"

[TanzanianMagic]

Originally Posted by Bumbatar

Power Company Sends Fire-Spewing Drone to Burn Trash Off High-Voltage Wires

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