AeroVironment’s tiny robotic murder-suicide weapon has struck a chord. Today it took a trip to the uncanny valley, courtesy of those Taiwan-based animators who make creepy cartoons out of the news.
The video above is courtesy of Next Media Animation. Unlike its previous efforts at explaining thedownfall of Moammar Gadhafi or the Transportation Security Administration’s loving caresses, this one merely animates AeroVironment’s video pitch for the Switchblade kamikaze drone, which Danger Room brought to you on Tuesday.
What they might have added is that the Switchblade is no hypothetical flying knife. After our story ran, Bloomberg’s Tony Capaccio reported that the miniature killer drone was secretly deployed to Afghanistan last year. Elite commandos fired the drone under a dozen times, finding it “enhances the small unit’s ability to quickly identify and precisely engage combatants in rugged terrain,” Capaccio quoted the Combined Forces Special Operations Command as saying in a request for more of ‘em.
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