Many companies use drones to do their work, thus streamlining many processes and saving money. Although its use is not only for work purposes, since anyone can buy one and use it. It is a revolutionary product since there are many types of drones.
One of the fields where drones are most used is in the military field, both for attack tasks and for reconnaissance and inspection of an area. However, the US military is now testing a new function for its drones: using them as fragmentation grenades.
This type of drone has been developed by an Australian company but it has been the United States soldiers who have tested it in several practice missions. The objective of these tests was to test their operation to corroborate whether these drones could be used in different military missions.
A drone like this has never been seen
When we think of the shape of a drone, generally the image that comes to mind is a fairly large horizontal ship, but this type of drone is vertical , although it still maintains four small propellers to maintain flight.
One of the most curious facts about this new type of drone is that it can take off differently from the rest, since the entire structure is inserted into a grenade launcher and it is fired into the air, causing the drone to start flying. It must be handled with care as its interior is full of explosive ammunition.
Therefore, to make it take off you can choose both to launch it into the air and to shoot it with a grenade launcher , although if necessary, it can also be used directly as an explosive weapon instead of making it fly.
Can go solo or piloted by someone
To drive it, it is enough for a soldier to pilot it from anywhere using a ground device, although it can also be driven automatically. You can choose to make it explode to harm the enemy or simply make it come back and use it in the future.
It can also be used for search or supervision missions, since it allows to record images. It can even be used as a smoke bomb or have a laser attached.
Its weight does not exceed 200 grams , which makes it very comfortable when piloting it. Its battery has a range of up to approximately one hour and can be more than 15 kilometers away from the pilot.
These drones have been manufactured with a fairly cheap material and their production goes very fast . In addition to this company from Australia, there are already other companies in other continents that are also thinking of similar ideas to this drone that can be a grenade.