In lieu of bettering riots management, an undisclosed mining company has ordered 25 Desert Wolf Skunk drones.

A South African company Desert Wolf has disclosed that it has just received an order for 25 of its unmanned aerial vehicles. These drones, which are provided with a blinding laser and pepper spray, can bombard a crowd with 80 doses of pepper spray in one single second.

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The company likes to refer their drones as "riot controlling copters". Multiple such drones can be easily controlled by one single operator from a distance. Every drone weights about 45 kg, and carries 4,000 pepper spray paintballs. They can also carry any other type of ammunition which is not hazardous to life.

The drones have four high pressure paintball guns, each. These guns can fire 20 balls per second. They also have in-built speakers which can be used to warn crowds, and powerful strobe lights which can be used to confuse and disperse riot groups.

"These weapons cannot be sufficiently well controlled to avoid causing serious injury, especially to eyes," asserts Mark Gubrud of campaign group ICRAC. "Many existing "non-lethal" crowd-control weapons can and often do kill."

History has shown that mines in South Africa have been common spots for clashes between general public and authorities or the police. One of the most intense riots was witnessed in 2012 in Marikana, which had 34 people killed and 78 wounded in one day only. 

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