Spider drone

s are small robots which are employed by the Chinese Army.

Their primary method of attack is to approach enemy targets and explode. They are only encountered briefly during the Paving the Way quest and Operation: Anchorage (quest) and thus there is very little information to be gathered on them.

According to a Chinese terminal entry, the model encountered in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation is designated "Spider Drone MKVI Prototype", and they are air dropped via bomber.

A Chinese terminal entry advises their own soldiers to be careful around the drones even though they are configured to only attack Americans. Additionally, you will occasionally see a Chinese Soldier fighting one of these on the way to the Chimera Depot, suggesting that the prototypes might still suffer from problems with friend-or-foe recognition or might even lack it entirely.

Appearances
s appear only in Fallout 3's DLC pack Operation: Anchorage. s also make an appearance in the PC game Red Alert Command and Conquer though they were made for destroying tanks by "eating" the insides (1996). Coincidentally the Spider Mines were used by Communists AKA Russia against the American team