Shoebox-sized drones help elite Special Operations Command officers take down terrorists

A demonstration of how the drone is used as a front scout to complement the Armed Strike Team, at the Home Team Tactical Centre on March 25. - ST

SINGAPORE: Before the eight armed police officers entered the shopping mall, with the bodies of dead shoppers lying across the premises, a drone glided in.

No bigger than a shoebox, it hovered and hummed loudly about 3m off the ground, hunting a lone gunman.