A miniature "kamikaze" drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the U.S. military arsenal, officials say. Dubbed the "Switchblade," the robotic aircraft represents the latest attempt by the United States to refine how it takes out suspected militants. The US Army in June approved a $4.9 million contract for AeroVironment to supply the new drones as soon as
possible. Officials have not said how many Switchblade drones were ordered or when the robotic weapons would make into the hands of US forces. Human rights groups have raised concerns that the use of drones by the CIA has allowed the conduct of a secret assassination campaign abroad without public scrutiny and little oversight by lawmakers in Congress.
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