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India Has Pepper Spray Drones for Riot-Control

posted by mrcoolbp on Friday April 10 2015, @03:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the because-drones dept.

tonyPick writes:

Over at Crazy Engineers is a report that Police in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, plan to use pepperspray-equipped drones for riot control:

The Lucknow Police Senior Superintendent has informed the media that they have acquired five drones that are able to pepper spray unruly crowds. These drones cost Rs 6 lakh each and have a range of one kilometre. These drones are able to carry payloads of two kilograms and can fly up to a height of 600 meters. This isn’t the first time the authorities have deployed drones in the state. Previously the state government had hired surveillance drones during important religious and national festivals. The authorities were impressed by their capabilities and decided to buy them instead of hiring them for a fee.

The cost quoted is 600,000 Rupees, or about $9,600 (USD) per drone.

Additional coverage at engadget, Yahoo News and The Telegraph.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by islisis on Friday April 10 2015, @06:20AM

    by islisis (2901) on Friday April 10 2015, @06:20AM (#168649) Homepage

    Welcome to 21st century cowardice

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