US Special Ops using 'Kamikaze Drones' to take on ISIS

US Special Forces battling ISIS have taken delivery of hundreds of'kamikaze drones' that can be launched from bazooka-like launchers. Earlier this year leaders with U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, requested 325 'Miniature Aerial Missile Systems,' or LMAMS. Known as Switchblades, they are'miniature flying lethal missiles' that feature inbuilt GPS and even object recognition cameras to ensure they hit their targets. Known as Switchblades, they are'miniature flying lethal missiles' that feature inbuilt GPS and cameras to ensure they hit their targets, and military bosses have unveiled a new'hacker lab' for weapons designed to blow up even bigger targets The weapons led military bosses to set up a new'hacker lab' for weapons designed to blow up even bigger targets. 'The threat is really changing -- this explosion of commercial technology, of super-empowered commercial technology, of each individual technology path on an accelerated schedule,' James'Hondo' Geurts, who leads SOCOM's acquisitions, technology and logistics efforts, said Tuesday at a National Defense Industry Association event, according to Defense One. AeroVironment's combat proven Switchblade offers special operations forces'a back-packable, rapidly deployable, loitering precision strike munition for use against beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) targets' the firm says.