1. “The Drone Arms Race
AT the Zhuhai air show in southeastern China last November, Chinese companies startled some Americans by unveiling 25 different models of remotely controlled aircraft and showing video animation of a missile-armed drone taking out an armored vehicle and attacking a United States aircraft carrier. “
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/sunday-review/coming-soon-the-drone-arms-race.html
2. “Giant Spy Blimp Dwarfs an 18-Wheeler
If the thing works as planned, it’ll park itself in the air for five days at a time, at a height of 20,000 feet or more. Wide-area cameras and advanced eavesdropping gear will be able to watch (and listen) to militant suspects for miles around. Information on their location will be beamed down to U.S. forces with a laser. Like everything else in this project, that laser will be gigantic.”
http://http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/giant-blimp-dwarfs-truck/
