original article Dec 6, 2006
Defence Tech: Robotic Frisbees of Death: “Robotic Frisbees of Death
It ain’t easy, picking out evil-doers in the urban canyons of the Middle East; there are so many places to hide. Taking ’em out can be even harder, what with all those noncombatants hanging nearby. But the Air Force thinks it might have an answer to this most vexing problem in counter-insurgency: frisbees.
Not just any frisbees, mind you. Robotic frisbees. Heavily armed robotic frisbees.
The Air Force recently tapped Triton Systems, out of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to develop such a ‘Modular Disc-Wing Urban Cruise Munition.’
‘The 3-D manoeuvrability of the Frisbee-UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] will provide revolutionary tactical access and lethality against hostiles hiding in upper story locations and/or defiladed behind obstacles,’ the company promises.”
Update: Defence Tech is offline
https://newatlas.com/adifo-flying-saucer-romanian/58999/
Update: 2026
One wonders what happened to this weaponry in a decade where we’ve seen the mass increase in drone technology. It would be interesting to knowwhat became of this somewhat scary project.
Come on Egg man, update this site, its been 5 days now!