You don’t typically associate the word “Pickle” with things that go boom, but it’s actually the nickname for a little red button that U.S. military aviators push to drop ordnance.

In sufficient numbers, those drones can spy on friendly bases, destroy infrastructure and attack personnel, explained the Air Force Research Laboratory in a recent video. How? Because machine guns ...

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The Air Cruiser was designed with that fact in mind, as it goes up without much more than a single button-push. Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Air Cruiser is the result of a ...