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on Saturday May 17 2014, @12:51AM
from the computerized-capers-create-cautious-cops dept.
from the computerized-capers-create-cautious-cops dept.
Russian border guards near Kaliningrad "detained" a low-flying drone entering the country from Lithuania last week. According to a spokesperson for Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), it wasn't on a spy mission-it was smuggling cigarettes. The autonomous aircraft, which had a four-meter (13-foot) wingspan, flew close to the ground following GPS waypoints and released cigarette cartons from its cargo bay at designated drop zones. When captured, it was carrying 10 kilograms (about 22 pounds) of illicit cargo.
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(Score: 2) by etherscythe on Saturday May 17 2014, @09:34PM
Sounds to me more like a great way to bait your rivals/criminal targets. Down the craft, and wait for them to come collect - until somebody comes to claim it, you don't really know who's running the thing. Replace the cargo with an IED (or a disguised tracking module, if you're the gov't) and you're set to profit nice and tidy.
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(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday May 17 2014, @10:05PM
Haha, yes, sounds like a great way to bait the trap...
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.