Air Force To Unleash 'Gorgon Stare' On Squirting Insurgents


From The Danger Room:

The award for best -- and creepiest -- military name of the week? No contest, that's "Gorgon Stare," the Air Force's $150 million project to outfit its latest spy drones with super high-powered cameras.

By next year, 10 Reaper unmanned aircraft should have a Gorgon Stare sensor, which will film an area, two-and-a-half miles around, from 12 different angles.

"Gorgon Stare will allow a combat controller on the ground, a commander at headquarters and an intelligence officer back in the U.S. all to choose a different angle from the same Reaper," according to Air Force Times' Michael Hoffman.

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My Comment: Talk about owning the high ground.

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