Aerial drones to begin circling American cities

[rambone]

Camera drones will begin flying around American cities in order to spy on citizens easier from the sky. I like how they work out the kinks on these things by using them in war to spy on enemy troops... then they roll them out on the American public at home. The LRAD also comes to mind.


Drones may be coming to Miami-Dade

 

[vitamink]

I own one... YouTube ar drone... It's awesome

 

[ATOMonkey]

Those little dinky things aren't set up for doing the real good spying.

You need a Global Hawk for that.

 

[Andre46996]

Sweet where do I sign up to pilot them.... I love flying RC planes...

 

[ATOMonkey]

Sweet where do I sign up to pilot them.... I love flying RC planes...

Your local JBT recruiting center should have a form you can fill out.

 

[Leadeye]

I am sure they are working hard to get these things up before spring break. Probably a lottery aleady to see who gets to watch the cameras.

 

[jeremy]

Why?!

We use Drones in Combat because we cannot get access to the Sat Feeds.
I wonder were the Sats are being used at...

 

[Andre46996]

Your local JBT recruiting center should have a form you can fill out.

Sweet nothing like a good shiny pair of boots.... As hard as I try and no matter how much polish I use there is just no substitute for human blood to really keep them suckers shiny..

 

[INGunGuy]

Sounds to me like it is time for long distance target practice...

INGunGuy

 

[Expat]

Why?!

We use Drones in Combat because we cannot get access to the Sat Feeds.
I wonder were the Sats are being used at...

Maybe outward...

 

[ATOMonkey]

It's not easy to shoot them down. They look pretty small up in that big sky, and the wind really changes once you get over a couple hundred feet up in the air.

 

[Ogre]

It would be so great if they started getting shot down...

 

[INGunGuy]

How high do these POS fly? cause if it is within the range of a rifle, then they are FAIR GAME!

INGunGuy

 

[ATOMonkey]

It has a ceiling of 25k feet.

Even half of that is well out of rifle range.

All of the "reports" I get about them is that you can hear them, but you can't see them. Even in a clear sky.

 

[INGunGuy]

It has a ceiling of 25k feet.

Even half of that is well out of rifle range.

True true, but the have to land sometime...

INGunGuy

 

[jeremy]

I am not even a little nervous of the Drones...

Ask someone who has been to the current theaters at how successful they are at stopping Fighters or shipments of weapons...

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

I am not even a little nervous of the Drones...

Ask someone who has been to the current theaters at how successful they are at stopping Fighters or shipments of weapons...

I'm more nervious about some idiot trying to shoot down a drone than the drone itself. The best thing that happens is they miss and a 30 cal bullet hurtles back to earth. The worst thing is they shoot it down and an airplane crashes into a neighborhood.

 

[INGunGuy]

Whoever is ok with these drones spying on us, fine, move to North Korea, or Cuba, remember this everyone:

IT IS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS TO LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY

INGunGuy

 

[ATOMonkey]

I am not even a little nervous of the Drones...

Ask someone who has been to the current theaters at how successful they are at stopping Fighters or shipments of weapons...

Yep, a drone by itself isn't very useful. Especially if they're just randomly looking for something.

It is useful as a tool in support of ground ops though.

 

[jeremy]

I'm more nervious about some idiot trying to shoot down a drone than the drone itself. The best thing that happens is they miss and a 30 cal bullet hurtles back to earth. The worst thing is they shoot it down and an airplane crashes into a neighborhood.

The smaller ones are about the size of a 1/4 scale RC plane with much the same capabilities. The larger ones are slightly smaller than a Cessna with a pretty decent ceiling and speed.

Someone actually shooting one down...
I like to refer to such a shot as a Divine Intervention Shot. Because it is literally an act of God for someone to actually hit one. Minus shooting one down at take-offs or landings anyway.