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Posted on 06/14/2010 2:54:35 AM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
Edited on 06/14/2010 5:18:59 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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That thing is crazy and quick. I wonder how quiet it is
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That is one cool site it sure got my attention.
The possibilities are endless and not to mention inexpensive. A couple of agents patrolling an area can send out one of those things to do a little recon all the while sending back video
no doubt a PC sop to the “world community” “So..how can you fly these things over Afghanistan and Pakistan when you don’t even permit them in your own airspace? Nyah nyah!”
The holdup is that they're debating whether to remove the color cameras and install black and white cameras so the racial profiling card can't be played. /s
Not so much “chains,” as UAVs are no different than manned aircraft. No different (except no man on board).
If you object to UAVs flying in NAS because of concerns about big brother, then you better be concerned about all the U-2/TR-1’s, as well as Rivet Joint and other data-collectors flying in our airspace, and they have far more intelligence collection capability than a UAV.
Issue is how to incorporate UAVs into the NAS. Military ops and training are bound and restricted by FAA rules and regs in our airspace, so, question is how to train our UAV operators before we use those things in war zones. And for border surveillance, how do we ensure safe ops as they fly along the border if we don't address the issue of safe operation and satisfy FAA regulations?
Again, they are no different than other platforms we fly every day in the NAS, they are just unmanned.
Eye in the sky ping.
They just go on and on and on....
Step by step, we march inexorably into a dystopic future of total surveillance with our behavior controlled, monitored and modified by the plethora of diktats, laws and technology all in the name of safety and reducing risk.
Drones, they’re not just for jihadis anymore.
Well, as we will hear, if you don’t have anything to hide...
UAV’s (acutally now called UA’s) have a clear mission for border security —they are ideal. My prediction is that we will NOT permit this.
Do most people know that now satellite tech does permit for tracking indiv car license plates..? No, I don’t mean simply reading the plate (possible decades ago): I mean that technically you could enforce speed limits FROM OUTER SPACE.
Chilling eh? I think this is the dark future.
Short of covering or illegally switching one’s plate, there would be no counter-measure; you’d get no warning chirp or anything. You’d be driving merrily along, and a week later get a ticket mailed to you telling you how much you owe.
Crazy? No.
I predict that will happen before this tech is permitted for use in enforcing borders.
Did you know the “pain ray” is not used overseas..? Because it could raise legal problems.
But it HAS been used against “mere Americans”.
See.....?
A buddy says UA stands for UrinAlysis. /s
And that is the one place they will not be used en-masse.
It's about controlling citizens. Illegals crossing the border aren't citizens and thus are protected.
People with that attitude don't realize how naive they are.
Politicians can make ANYTHING ILLEGAL. As we have seen in the last 6 months, politicians will spit in your face and pass laws that the populace does not want and make no sense.
You could go to bed a perfect angel obeying every law written, and when you wake up you are a felon because you have a leaking faucet.
This is a hypothetical, but I'm not making the premise up. They will make increasingly ridiculous laws as time goes on to collect revenue. We must resist this trend.
So be it.
I almost misinterpreted (I hope) that and your following post and lit into you.
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