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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-pilots-ufo-reports-confirmed-new-york-times-military-unidentified-flying-object/

According to the report, the pilots who reported the aerial phenomena "speculated that the objects were part of some classified and extremely advanced drone program." In another instance, one pilot told Lt. Graves that he "almost hit one of those things" and that he described it as looking "like a sphere encasing a cube."Lt. Graves and his fellow pilots told the newspaper that "the video showed objects accelerating to hypersonic speed, making sudden stops and instantaneous turns — something beyond the physical limits of a human crew."

 
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Unfortunately, this stuff is too easy to do as it advances. Think about how effective kamikaze pilots were. They only needed to focus on a one way path, which made hitting the target easier, but the problem is you had to have living people sacrifice themselves. Now you just make a computer do everything, and can simplify it's build by finding and hitting the target only and not worrying about defense. China can also build this stuff cheap and fast, and doesn't need to last long like most of their cheap products.

 
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@ryanator got me thinking about this. I wonder how long till someone attaches a bomb to a drone and flies it into the Statue of Liberty or another crowded place like the superbowl etc. They have advanced so much for personal use as well. China could mass produce these on a large scale and send a "swarm" over all at once and since there would be so many and so small, the U.S. might have a hard time knocking them all down at once. It's coming I'm sure.
 
Russia has developed a new combat surveillance drone disguised as a bird of prey, in this case an owl, The Moscow Times reported Tuesday.The drone, a Technopolis Era project resembling a snowy owl choking on a mouthful of electronic equipment, appeared at the defense ministry's annual military expo. The unmanned aerial vehicle is reportedly equipped with a laser that gives it the ability to guide artillery and laser-guided bombs.

 
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