British military sends hand-held copter drones to Afghanistan

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British military sends hand-held copter drones to Afghanistan

February 05, 2013

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London - Britain’s military says its soldiers in Afghanistan have been issued with surveillance drones so small they can fit in the palm of your hand. The Scandinavian-designed Black Hornet Nano weighs as little as 16 grams. The four-inch-long (10-centimeter-long) helicopter is fitted with a tiny camera which relays still images and video to a remote terminal.
The military quoted Sgt. Christopher Petherbridge, with Britain’s Brigade Reconnaissance Force, as saying troops used the drone “to look for insurgent firing points and check out exposed areas of the ground before crossing.”
The Ministry said that the Black Hornet was developed by Norway’s Prox Dynamics as part of a 20 million pound ($30 million) contract for 160 units with southern England’s Marlborough Communications Ltd.