Who Needs UAVs When You've Got Surveillance Munitions?

Who Needs UAVs When You've Got Surveillance Munitions?

The US military has poured millions upon millions of dollars into squad-based tactical UAVs—the kind deployed by troops for close-range ASAP reconnaissance—over the past few years, developing the likes of the Puma AE and Black Hornet. But ST Kinetics has just unveiled a clever surveillance system that uses modified 40 mm rounds—and it could do the job of those micro-UAVs at a fraction of the cost.

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