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#1 I had heard the EPA was using drones (Fox news reported this IIRC) in order to do overflights on farms/ranches etc - I'm not a fan of that in the least.
Posted by Broadhead6 2012-12-11 08:28||
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#2 And a hunting group in Pennsylvania has shot down drones run by an animal rights group that were disrupting their events.
#3 Don't need them here are home, but I love the way they are used against Islamists. Yeah, I'm a redneck.
Posted by rel56 2012-12-11 11:33||
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#4 10,000 - I thought I read it was 30,000???
What could possibly go wrong???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-12-11 19:26||
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#5 When drones are outlawed, only outlaws will have drones. And we'll make them in our mom's basement. It's not that hard.
Posted by SteveS 2012-12-11 19:47||
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#6 See also WAFF, TOPIX > NEXT/NEW GENERATION UCAVS TO HAVE "DEATH RAY" LASERS | [Tweaktown.com] NEXT MILITARY DRONES TO SPORT DEATH LASERS, courtesy of DARPA + HELLADS Project.
ARTIC = Laser-armed UCAVS as designed to possess internal equivalent of an "unlimited ammo magzazine".
IIUC, underwing LR Missles + Rockets + Cannons + Gatlings to become the UCAV's secondary armament vee primary Lasers???
DARE THIS MEANS THAT THE FUTURE US-WORLD OF
"SOLYENT GREEN" WON'T BE USING PEOPLE-SCOOPING FRONT-LOADERS, HAUL/DUMP VEHICLES, + COMBINES WHEN ITS TIME TO "HARVEST" THE [Human]CROPS FOR FOOD???
D *** NG. I KNEW IT!
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-12-11 21:29||
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