Weapon Of The Day: The Bionic Hornet

17 Nov, 2006 by John Hawkins

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Imagine what the United States could do with something like this:

“Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper reported on Friday.

The flying robot, nicknamed the “bionic hornet”, would be able to navigate its way down narrow alleyways to target otherwise unreachable enemies such as rocket launchers, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth said.

Prototypes for the new weapons are expected within three years, he said”