Drones Over the US

[BrnCow]

http://www.marketwatch.com/video/as...me-front/1192BA7A-23D0-4FBF-BD0C-DD39AB03F957

Dozens of universities and law-enforcement agencies have been given approval by federal aviation regulators to use unmanned aircraft known as drones. Jennifer Valentino-DeVries reports on digits.

http://www.marketwatch.com/video/as..._tbo2x2#!1192BA7A-23D0-4FBF-BD0C-DD39AB03F957

 

[Mtn. Nectar]

sounds like a fun day shooting clay pigeons..........................



ganj on..............

 

[Don Treadonme]

yup, seen 2 of them over my skies...both times no one believed me, then 2 weeks later it comes out that they are in fact flying them in our area...the last one was low enough to shoot down w/ a rifle I bet. Now I just need to learn to shoot and get a rifle

 

[Skip]

I wonder if it's possible to interfere with their communications/navigation.

Iran didn't seem to have a problem taking over control of the latest US drone techonlogy.

They were able to guide one down into their own hands.

That would make a nice Xmas present, no?

 

[Don Treadonme]

Or you could probably spray them w/ a garden hose if they get low enough, maybe they are like the stealth bomber and forgot to make sure it's water proof! Either way, FUCK THEM. I will get my trophy if it's the last thing I do! How much do you think you could get for that on ebay or CL?

 

[pip313]

remember hearing about the russians watching unencrypted feeds? i wanna do that

come to think about it wtf are we doing, providing recon for the enemy? here iran here is what our country looks like in detail from unencrypted feeds. We will even pay for it. Fucking justice department going after megaupload but doing this.

 

[wantaknow]

clips on u tube ,where houston was using them

 

[AGBeer]

It gets even better - Getting them up in the air is only the beginning.

http://rt.com/usa/news/us-domestic-drones-armed-090/

American police officers may soon be able to use unmanned aircraft not only for surveillance, but also for offensive action. The drones may be equipped to fire rubber rounds and tear gas.
“Those are things that law enforcement utilizes day in and day out, and in certain situations it might be advantageous to have this type of system on the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle),” Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Texas told The Daily news app as he outlined the possible development.
The US military and CIA have used drones armed with lethal weapons to target militants overseas for years. The prospect of having “lite” versions of those remotely controlled killer-machines circling over America gave some second thoughts to rights groups.
“It’s simply not appropriate to use any force, lethal or non-lethal, on a drone,” Catherine Crump, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), told CBSDC.
She explained that an officer operating an armed drone from afar would simply not have the same understanding of a situation that an officer on location would have. So judgment on the use of force would be limited by this narrowness of observation.

“An officer at a remote location far away does not have the same level of access,” she explained.
ACLU is also worried about the general atmosphere of pervasive surveillance that may engulf America as the use of drone technology becomes wider.
“We don’t need a situation where Americans feel there is an invisible eye in the sky,” said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at ACLU.

“The prospect of people out in public being Tased or targeted by force by flying drones where no officer is physically present on the scene,” Crump added, “raises the prospect of unconstitutional force being used on individuals.”
There are other potential threats of a wide fleet of armed drones operating in a country. For instance, their communication is not tamper-proof, as the recent downing of an American spy drone by Iran showed. So malignant hackers may take over control of a police UAV and use it for nefarious ends.
The US Federal Aviation Administration allowed several public safety agencies to use drones domestically with fewer restrictions last week. UAVs weighting up to 11.3 kilos can now be operated by police, fire and similar departments without special approval.
The step moves forward a campaign for broader use of drones in America, which was launched by Congress in mid-February.