*Pepper-spray drone offered to South African mines for strike control* Desert Wolf, maker of Skunk Riot Control Copter, says aim is to 'prevent another Marikana' -- the strike when 34 workers killed * David Smith <http://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidsmith>in Johannesburg * * The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian>,Friday 20 June 2014 18.57 BST A South African company has built a drone designed to shower pepper spray on unruly crowds and says it has begun supplying units to an internationalmining <http://www.theguardian.com/business/mining>company. Desert Wolf claims it wants to help in "preventing another Marikana" -- a reference to aprotest <http://www.theguardian.com/world/protest>in August 2012 at which34 striking mineworkers were shot and killed during clashes with the police <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/17/south-african-police-shot-miner...>. But the "Skunk Riot Control Copter" was condemned by labour activists as "absolutely outrageous" and compared with deadly US militarydrones <http://www.theguardian.com/world/drones>in Pakistan. Desert Wolf is marketing the 500,000 rand (£27,400) machine, unveiled at a recent trade show, as"designed to control unruly crowds without endangering the lives of the protesters or the security staff" <http://www.desert-wolf.com/dw/products/unmanned-aerial-systems/skunk-riot-co...>. [...] Continua qui: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/20/pepper-spray-drone-offered-sout...