Memorial Day v2.0

“Joey, have you ever been in an autonomous Turkish drone’s crosshairs?”

Oh, good. … Paging James Cameron … James Cameron, please come to the white courtesy target zone … er, the white courtesy phone. …

Tags: Airplane!, autonomous drone

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9 Responses to “Memorial Day v2.0”

khal spencer Says:
June 1, 2021 at 10:58 am | Reply
Cool. Speaking of “What payload does an autonomous weapon have?” does anyone remember those automatically triggered Cobalt-Thorium G bombs in Dr. Strangelove? Set your watches, ladies, gentlemen…
Pat O’Brien Says:
June 1, 2021 at 11:21 am | Reply
Maybe Ron Popeil designed it. Here’s the latest thing for the modern battlefield.
Jeff Cozad Says:
June 1, 2021 at 11:39 am | Reply
I guess SkyNet is already here
- Patrick O'Grady Says:
  June 1, 2021 at 11:45 am | Reply
  Harlan Ellison be all like, “Told you.”
khal spencer Says:
June 1, 2021 at 12:20 pm | Reply
I have seen a few of those drones flying high over the Santa Fe estate up here. Its crossed my mind a few times that if these become ubiquitous, I think there will be a new use for those goose guns and 3″ 12 gauge magnums loaded up with BB shot.
- Patrick O'Grady Says:
  June 1, 2021 at 12:43 pm | Reply
  I really dislike ’em. I get it, how much fun they must be to play with, the photography and videography you can do with one, but still, damn. One more aural annoyance in a town full to bursting with ’em.
- Pat O’Brien Says:
  June 1, 2021 at 4:52 pm | Reply
  Those Libyan guys need to buy a shitload of shotguns.
  - khal spencer Says:
    June 2, 2021 at 7:56 am | Reply
    Seems to be a low tech way of last ditch defense. Kinda like those big, nasty, CIWS systems.
- Patrick O'Grady Says:
  June 1, 2021 at 7:07 pm | Reply
  Flying claymores. I wonder how much they cost per unit.