Engineers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China's Xi'an made these birdlike drones. (Picture: Northwestern Polytechnical University) Engineers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China's Xi'an made these birdlike drones. (Picture: Northwestern Polytechnical University)
Engineers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China's Xi'an made these birdlike drones. (Picture: Northwestern Polytechnical University)

Surveillance

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Flock of birdlike drones on mission to spy across China

The program, code-named ‘Dove’, makes use of hi-tech drones that look and move like real birds

Topic |   Surveillance
Josh Ye
Josh Ye

Updated: 8:29am, 20 Sep, 2019

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Engineers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China's Xi'an made these birdlike drones. (Picture: Northwestern Polytechnical University) Engineers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China's Xi'an made these birdlike drones. (Picture: Northwestern Polytechnical University)
Engineers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in China's Xi'an made these birdlike drones. (Picture: Northwestern Polytechnical University)
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