Posted on 05/17/2012 3:43:34 AM PDT by Kaslin
Too late already done, who cares if it is in the US or Yemen. It is still an assassination of a US citizen, not engaged with arms against the US, without a trial nor in an act to capture or arrest him. If the drone had not worked they were going to us the US military to kill him. These drones are just the next step here at home.
We have already lost the argument.
Plenty of plans. Scarcity of backbones.
“... I may want to stop running around in my back yard with just undies on”
Dang, Hoosiermama... you are WILD!!
Well.... sounds like you don’t have to worry about tan lines! LOL! Your property must be beautiful... even with some helicopters and “cultivated plants”. If I step on my front porch, I have eyes on me. In my backyard... eyes. One day... I want to live somewhere where I can walk outside and not have human eyes on me.
Sadly agree. We're all owned. We don't own our property, even if we have deed to it.
Hold muh beer.
LOL... Though they might be out of shotgun range, I'm thinking a .308 could take one down. Or at least leave a mark! :-)
Well....
One --->could<--- rig up a model airplane with a nose camara, and suitable armament, for strafing runs, or even kamakaze attacks.
It is my theory that drones are now in the front-line of anti-drone defense as part of the protective envelope surrounding VIPs, such as POTUS and summits of leaders. Drones, including hobby UAVs can be used in a variety of ways as offensive weapons.
These drones in IL can be part of a NOTAM enforcement screen putting teeth into FAA no-fly orders near VIPs.
For example, if a DHS drone detects an individual attempting to launch a potentially deadly UAV near POTUS, such as near Air Force One or an outdoor speaking engagement, deadly force could be pre-authorized to take out the persons attempting such a launch, especially if intelligence already had the launcher on a watch list...kind of like the Israelis preemptively taking out Palestinian rocket launching teams.
Our pre teen grandson wanted a remote controlled plane with a camera. That model was sold out, and we bought him a remote helicopter with a camera from ToysRUs.
After seeing some of the pictures our grandson took in his neighborhood, his parents no longer allow him to fly it in town.
Rumors about hunters and fishers using similiar devices to find game or fish are filtering in.
The future may find our wars being fought by guys and gals who grew up flying these so called toys.
As, our govt turns overtly tyrannical, they have tools at their disposal to find and eliminate “enemies of the state” that Hitler, Stalin and Mao could only have dreamed of.
Just a little editing my friend.
I hope we miss all the excitement.
Spy Drone Almost Causes Mid Air Collision With Jet Over Denver
FYI Post #54
Thanks, I was wondering how long before a drone and a commercial jet had a close call, now how long before they actually collide?
Exactly. The problem is they don’t show up on radar. So you have a 3-400 mile an hour plane full of people and expect the pilot to be operating on VFR for a small hard to see drone?
Well if they are going to put up 30,000 or so drones like they say. It WILL happen.
When the Denver mid air near misshap story was posted here, some of us brought up drones.
Apparently that was/is a real probable.
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