Malfunctioning Drone Hits Navy Ship While Training in SoCal

[joebloggs]

:doh

The Navy says an aerial target drone malfunctioned and struck a guided missile cruiser during training off Southern California, causing two minor injuries.



http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Drone-Navy-Yard-Los-Angeles-232248661.html

[RickyR]

So many problems with drones, not least the possibilities of signal interuptions. When people talk about commercial airliners being totally automatic and moving towards pilotless, it seems that we still have a long way to go.

[grahamw48]

Nothing compared to planes crash-landing on carriers in WW2.

How many people are killed in motor vehicles in the USA every day ?

[joebloggs]

243 million cars registered in America, population of America 315 (from googling) with them numbers your going to expect some deaths :NoNo:

[Dedworth]

Misleading pic - the photo is of a Reaper armed with bombs and missiles which is proving highly successful destroying islamic militants. The article text refers to a aerial target drone.