[ExI] Drone Wars?

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Taser is considering a flying, autonomous police drone armed with a stun gun
By Jack Smith IV   October 21, 2016

<https://mic.com/articles/157330/taser-is-considering-a-flying-autonomous-police-drone-armed-with-a-stun-gun>

Quotes:
Taser representatives met with police officials this week at a
conference of police chiefs to discuss the possibility of mounting
stun guns on small, quadcopter-style drones for police to deploy for
potential use-of-force scenarios, the Wall Street Journal reports.

"One can certainly imagine high-risk scenarios such as terrorist
barricades where such a capability could allow public safety officers
to more rapidly incapacitate a threat and save many lives," Taser
spokesman Steve Tuttle told the Journal.

Police officials in attendance were understandably worried that the
presentation could cause some nervousness among the public.
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The obvious next step (not mentioned in the article) is for
individuals to have personal defence drones ready to attack drones or
other attackers. Not flying all the time due to power restrictions,
but perhaps perched on shoulders ready to leap into action.


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