US army may soon use Israeli-designed ‘suicide drones’

[Kuwaiti Girl]

US army may soon use Israeli-designed ‘suicide drones’

Israeli and American companies offer US military new loitering munitions.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-army-may-use-soon-Israeli-designed-suicide-drones-455572

Yair Dubester, Director of UVision, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that the Hero 30, if acquired by the US, would appear in potential future combat zones around the globe.

Unlike larger suicide drones, the Hero 30 is designed for individual soldier use. Each soldier can carry up to three.

The Hero 30 is the lightest member of its loitering munition family, and weighs just three kilograms. It carries a half kilogram warhead.

Launched from a canister using air pressure alone, it can fly on its electrical engine and wings for up to 30 minutes, before attacking a target like a missile.

During its launch, the munition does not leave behind a thermal or acoustic signature, Dubester said, adding that it sounds “like a champagne bottle being opened.”

The US realized the need for such weapons in Afghanistan and Iraq, Dubester said. “They concluded that without this, they don’t go to war,” he said.

 

[Tea addict]

Sucide drone? doesnt that means guided missiles?

 

[C130]

I have been a long time advocate of kamikaze drones.

 

[Pakistani E]

Sucide drone? doesnt that means guided missiles?

They fly around till they find an opportune time and target. Quite dissimilar to guided missiles.

 

[TheNoob]

Well... Good tactical weapon but a waste of money at that too. lol

 

[Emperor_of_Mankind]

Thats a great concept.