There's no need to fear, for emergency drone swarms are here.

To combat school shootings, three districts in Florida are set to trial a drone response system that's designed to subdue an assailant and buy time before law enforcement can arrive at the scene, Newsweek reports.

It sounds like something you'd see in a satirical ad in a "Robocop" movie, but no — it's real. The drones can spring into operation within five seconds of a silent alarm being activated, and confront the shooter within fifteen, the Texas-based manufacturer, Campus Guardian Angel, claims. While not in use, they're stored on charging pads across the campus, and once deployed, are piloted remotely by a team of employees in its headquarters in Austin.

CEO Justin Marston ambitiously compared the drones to a modern fire p

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