New Generation of Military Gadgets Coming, From Large Spy Systems to Tiny Drones -- FOX News
What you might have only expected to see in a James Bond movie has now become mission possible, as the Pentagon is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones and large unmanned aerial systems that take military surveillance and even military offense into the next millennium.
Take, for example, the nano-hummingbird.
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