Modified MRAP Designed To Zap Unexploded Bombs With Laser
July 08 2015
The U.S. Air Force has been developing a mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle to clear airfields of explosives, reports the Military Times.
The RABDO (an acronym for recovery of airbase denied by ordnance) is equipped with a robotic arm and a 3-kilowatt laser, which is operated using a video game-type controller.
Fifteen of the modified Cougar vehicles, including the prototype, could be ready by early fiscal 2017, according to program officials.
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