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Japan Is Building Cardboard Suicide Drones (www.404media.co)

submitted 15 hours ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi posed with a cardboard drone on Monday during a meeting with drone manufacturer AirKamuy. The AirKamuy 150 is a cheap pre-fab cardboard drone meant to die on the battlefield and it comes shipped in a flatpack like an IKEA shelf.

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[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

But why would you use a drone to commit suicide?

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 14 hours ago

Surprise suicide?

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

New Amazon assistance suicide subscription.

[–] jafra@slrpnk.net 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Suicide subscription might not be the most profitable business model.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Could be used as a family plan. Gotta do something about grandma when she becomes a burden.