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Aww, look! Amazon drones! Aren't they cute? Hey, wait a minute... That's a fucking terrifying class of "drone." You know what really needs to be added to that mix? Autonomy.The end goal is to utilise what Amazon sees as a slice of virgin airspace – above 200ft, where most buildings end, and below 500ft, where general aviation begins. Into that aerial slice the company plans to pour highly autonomous drones of less than 55lbs, flying through corridors 10 miles or longer at 50mph and carrying payloads of up to 5lbs that account for 86% of all the company’s packages.