While it may sound like the plot of a Black Mirror show, Americans can now purchase a flamethrower-wielding robot dog online.
Ohio-based Throwflame opened sales for its ‘Thermonator’ Tuesday, selling its 37-pound quadruped machine for $9,420 that is legal in all US states except Maryland.
A demonstration video shows a Thermonator creeping and jumping through a forest before torching its surroundings with a 30-foot jet of fire spewing from a flame thrower on its back.
The company did not describe its as a new-aged weapon, but touts the flame throwing robot as being used in wildfire control, agricultural management, entertainment and ice removal.
Throwflame, based in Cleveland, claims to be the oldest flamethrower manufacturer in the US.
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