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Jul-15-2009 » Filed Under: 56th SBCT

Stars & Stripes describes a new unmanned aerial vehicle soldiers from the 56th SBCT are testing out.

CAMP TAJI, Iraq — It starts with a pull cord, sounds like a high-powered weed whacker and looks like a motorized bucket with legs.

Soldiers in the field have already given it a nickname — the "flying beer keg."

But this keg dispenses something more valuable than frosty ale, even for thirsty troops in Iraq. The Gas Micro Air Vehicle gives an individual soldier a view around corners and on the roofs of buildings without having to call back to headquarters for help.


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