Using Drones

to Rapidly Set up Networks
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Here's a new drone (warning, acronym creep) called the CICADA, or Close-In Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft.
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It's tiny and weighs only 65 grams. It is meant to be dropped by an aircraft in a swarm (dozens at a time). Once released, each drone flies/glides to its target location and takes up residence.

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OPINION
Like the author states in the article...a method to rapidly emplace a widely distributed network...
....communicate SIDEWAYS _instead of thru fiber, satellites, or hubs..