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Gorgon Stare To Provide Powerful Surveillance Tool

January 03 2011

USA

The U.S. Air Force expects to deploy a new intelligence drone in Afghanistan within months, Agence France-Presse reports.

The remote-controlled aircraft called Gorgon Stare will be able to transmit live video images of physical movement across an entire city, U.S. military officials said.

The aircraft is said to feature nine mounted video cameras that can transmit up to 65 live images to soldiers on the ground.

The craft's capabilities will allow the monitoring of much...

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