This doesn't look like scientific research for military application to me. It looks like a bunch of NRA members with money to burn.

At anyrate, this doesn't even really fall into the realm of RC helicopters, these are UAV's, they essentially fly them selves with minimal human input, much like the Yamaha RMAX.

Besides, small helicopters make a poor choice for carrying ordinance, to be effective with something like a shotgun they'd need to be too close to the ground, which means they'd be too vulnerable to small arms fire. And if you bring in high powered rifles, you can forget about it. Even assuming bullet proof protection could be found to cover the entire helicopter without exceeding it's overall weight limit, the inpact of bullets from high powered rifles would probably be enough to make the helicopter difficult to fly, let alone target, anthing.

RC Helis can be great for military use, but not for weapon use. A UAV like that would be much better suited for scouting and surveillance with video equipment attached.

Also, nobody has made a redneck comment except for in the actual news posting, so theres no sense in starting the argument here.