The US Pentagon is working a new ‘weapon of mass destruction’ that involves thousands of drones that strike by air, land and water to destroy enemy defenses. Stock photo
* Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms is the new project
* DARPA has been collecting bids from suppliers for the $78 million contract
* The US military previously tested drones to deliver medical supplies
The US Pentagon is planning a new ‘weapon of mass destruction’ that involves thousands of drones that strike by air, land and water to destroy enemy defenses – but experts fear humans could lose control of the ‘swarms.’
The top-secret project, dubbed AMASS (Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms), would represent automated warfare on an unprecedented scale. AMASS is still in the planning stages, but DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) has been collecting bids from suppliers for the $78 million contract.
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WNU Editor: The US has some catching-up to do …. Has China Mastered The Ability To Launch Kamikaze Swarm Drones? (December 29, 2022).
In the movie “Angel Has Fallen” we see what a hypothetical drone swarm attack can do (see video below).
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