Amazon Promises 30-Minute Delivery By Drone

The company hopes to establish the new delivery system in the next four or five years.....And if you don't like what's being delivered, you can shoot it down !!

By Marcus Harun |  Monday, Dec 2, 2013  |  Updated 3:05 PM

Overnight shipping too slow? Soon, you may be able to get your online purchases delivered in 30 minutes -- by drone.

Amazon’s new Prime Air service hopes to deliver packages via unmanned “Octocopter” drones, CEO Jeff Bezos said on CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday. 

The drones can carry packages up to five pounds, which covers 86 percent of the items that Amazon delivers, Bezos said. The drones fly themselves using GPS coordinates.

The half-hour delivery service would likely be offered to customers living near large metropolitan areas, as the “Octocopters” will fly about 10 miles from company warehouses.                 REST OF STORY