Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the skyÂ…

Is it a birdÂ… is it a planeÂ…?

By CNET News.com staff, 17 March 2008 11:53

Like a real bat, the plane will be equipped with radar and a sensitive navigation system to find its way around at night.

Photo credit: Eric Maslowski

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  1. 1. Karen Challinor

    and how is batman going to get in that ?

    it's much too small and there isn't even a seat for robin

  2. 2. MusicFan

    Has anyone seen the Jim Henson film "The Dark Crystal" ?

    I wonder if they got the idea for these from the "Crystal bats" in the film.

    In the film the Skeksis (Evil dictators) use these bats to search and report back information. What the bats could see, the Skeksis also could see.

    Disturbing similarity!

  3. 3. boris

    Where can you buy a big fly swater??

  4. 4. j-mac

    o snap this is hot!!

  5. 5. Maria

    Next step: Search and Rescue "Rats/cats". Attracted by scent/body heat. Communication ear buds/drugs/nutrient/hydration gel packs delivered to trapped victims.

    The mils fund the research so we better well use it.

    Or how about these little critters being applied in campus security solutions? By land owners and ranchers? Forest and wildlife agents or park rangers?
    Interesting ideas already floating around out there.

    One thing though, they will have to make them Hawk/bird of pray proof. :P

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