Recently British soldiers located in Afghanistan received small hand-held helicopter drones that serves as surveillance camera. The Scandinavian designers named it the Black Hornet Nano, only weighing sixteen grams, and measured to be four inches, made to fit into a palm of a hand. The tiny camera built into the drone displays not only still images but video. Sargent Christopher Petherbridge, who is with Britain's Brigade Reconnaissance Force, stated that they use it for "insurgent firing points and check out exposed areas of the ground before crossing." The Hornet was reportedly developed by Norway's Prox Dynamics AS with a $31 million contract.
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