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Post by Michael Downing on Jan 9, 2013 7:14:45 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Jan 17, 2013 11:37:54 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Jan 29, 2013 5:53:26 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Feb 4, 2013 6:09:40 GMT -5
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Post by hefferman1 on Feb 4, 2013 11:39:40 GMT -5
What is needed is to get one and find their frequencies and return some extras to them with C4 bodies that go off when near a power source. Those drones need a base to fly from.
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Post by avordvet on Feb 5, 2013 17:05:18 GMT -5
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Post by roamingjeanz on Feb 5, 2013 21:12:03 GMT -5
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Post by dixieconvert on Feb 5, 2013 21:53:14 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Feb 6, 2013 4:09:45 GMT -5
States step up fight against use of surveillance drones by law enforcementFoxNews.com, Published February 06, 2013 Lawmakers in at least 11 states are proposing various restrictions on the use of drones over their skies amid concerns the unmanned aerial vehicles could be exploited by local authorities to spy on Americans. www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/06/states-propose-limiting-use-drones-by-police/
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Post by brocktownsend on Feb 6, 2013 17:40:05 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Feb 8, 2013 4:50:18 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Feb 9, 2013 4:33:50 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Feb 10, 2013 6:11:35 GMT -5
FAA Releases New Drone Authorization List -- See Who Applied to Have ThemFeb. 8, 2013 2:33pm Liz Klimas Last year, alarm was raised among some Americans regarding the Federal Aviation Administration's expanding legislation for drone use over U.S. soil and the list of 63 authorized drone sites in the country. With more recent news that the Obama administration has approved drone strikes on some U.S. citizens, which some have said is "chilling" and the government saying "we can kill you," the FAA has recently released an updated list of domestic drone authorization applicants. www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/08/faa-releases-new-drone-authorization-list-see-who-applied-to-have-them/
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 11, 2013 7:39:20 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Downing on Feb 18, 2013 7:15:45 GMT -5
Who Is The Most Active User Of Drones Over The United States? ncrenegade.com/editorial/who-is-the-most-active-user-of-drones-over-the-united-states/At this point everyone in the world knows what a drone is: some have been bombarded by one, others, thousands of miles away, have done the bombardment, and everyone else is split whether or not this remote-controlled form of international retribution and global Pax Americna should be allowed over the territory of the US – either for purely peaceful, or outright military, as was the case with the Chris Dorner manhunt, purposes. And as with most issues that polarize US society, the approach is one of form opinion first, and investigate the underlying facts later. To that end on Friday, the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, issued testimony on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, or also Drones), titled “Continued Coordination, Operational Data, and Performance Standards Needed to Guide Research and Development” which while full of largely useless information, does have an informative section detailing which entities received Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COA) or said otherwise “permissions to drone” for a period , from the FAA, which is the ultimate authority granting UAS flyovers in the US. Among the agencies seeking and being granted such permissions are all domestic military; public (academic institutions, federal, state, and local governments including law enforcement organizations); and civil (private sector entities). So which entity engaged most actively in US-based droning in 2012? It will come as no surprise that of the 391 COAs issued in the past year, the Department of Defense accounted for 201 or, well over half of all authorized droning operations. One can rest assured that America is truly well defended, if mostly from enemies domestic.
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Post by avordvet on Feb 19, 2013 5:14:03 GMT -5
DHS Advances Plan For "Public Safety" DronesMore incarnations of spy technology to undergo testingPaul Joseph Watson, Infowars.com, February 18, 2013 The Department of Homeland Security is advancing its plan to use surveillance drones for "public safety" applications, announcing last week that it had received a deluge of "excellent" responses from potential vendors and was set to carry out more tests of the technology. www.infowars.com/dhs-advances-plan-for-public-safety-drones/
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Post by avordvet on Feb 20, 2013 4:27:58 GMT -5
U.S. Air Force developing terrifying swarms of tiny unmanned drones that can hover, crawl and even kill targets - Air Vehicles Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, is already developing prototypes of tiny drones that can hover
- The Micro Air Vehicles will work in swarms to provide complex surveillance of a battlefield
- They can also be armed with incapacitating chemicals, combustible payloads or even explosives 'for precision targeting capability'
By Michael Zennie, PUBLISHED: 19:11 EST, 19 February 2013 | UPDATED: 19:29 EST, 19 February 2013 The U.S. Air Force is developing tiny unmanned drones that will fly in swarms, hover like bees, crawl like spiders and even sneak up on unsuspecting targets and execute them with lethal precision. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281403/U-S-Air-Force-developing-terrifying-swarms-tiny-unmanned-drones-hover-crawl-kill-targets.html
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Post by brocktownsend on Feb 21, 2013 18:15:43 GMT -5
A skillful writer.
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Post by avordvet on Feb 23, 2013 7:06:37 GMT -5
Government plans for drastic expansion of domestic mini-dronesBy Catherine Herridge, Published February 23, 2013, FoxNews.com When most Americans think of drones, they think of the government's targeted killing of Al Qaeda operatives overseas. Lately, the debate in Washington has been over the killing of Americans, like U.S-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was taken out by the CIA in September 2011. Pressed on the program by Congress, CIA director nominee John Brennan recently told lawmakers "this administration has not carried out drone strikes inside the United States and has no intention of doing so." But despite that pledge, there is every intention to expand the use of so-called mini-drones inside the U.S. Used mostly by local police and first responders, the Federal Aviation Administration has already granted 327 licenses, and it projects as many as 10,000 licensed systems by 2017. www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/23/government-plans-for-drastic-expansion-domestic-mini-drones/
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Post by avordvet on Feb 27, 2013 19:07:00 GMT -5
Look up in the sky! Lawmakers buzzing about dronesby Doug Miller / KHOU 11 NEWS, Posted on February 26, 2013 at 10:16 PM "That is the darnedest thing I've ever seen," Gallegos says. The drone rotates gracefully, panning its camera to peek over the balcony of the family's home. "Right now, it's able to look in my second floor, no problem," Gallegos says. "Kinda feel a little vulnerable now, I guess." www.khou.com/news/local/Look-up-in-the-sky-Lawmakers-buzzing-about-drones--193448631.html
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Post by avordvet on Mar 2, 2013 6:46:25 GMT -5
Boeing Phantom Eye completes 2nd flightBy Allison Barrie, Published March 01, 2013, FoxNews.com If eventually deployed, this unmanned aerial system would give the United States state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with its cutting-edge capabilities: The drone can fly a whopping four days without refueling. www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/03/01/boeing-phantom-eye-completes-2nd-flight/?intcmp=featuresWe're Droned: The Unintended Consequences of Aerial Drones
Written by: Voluntaryist on February 3, 2013. Last revised by: Michael Caldwell, our reviewer, on February 4, 2013. More frightening for us back in the US is that drone use is no longer reserved to theaters of war and anti-terror campaigns. A provision of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 allows domestic government agencies to acquire and use drones for various purposes, including surveillance and law-enforcement. theallegiant.com/aerial-drones-unmanned-aerial-vehicles/
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Post by ruusso on Mar 2, 2013 21:58:52 GMT -5
DHS built domestic surveillance tech into Predator drones Homeland Security's specifications say drones must be able to detect whether a civilian is armed. Also specified: "signals interception" and "direction finding" for electronic surveillance. news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57572207-38/dhs-built-domestic-surveillance-tech-into-The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has customized its Predator drones, originally built for overseas military operations, to carry out at-home surveillance tasks that have civil libertarians worried: identifying civilians carrying guns and tracking their cell phones, government documents show. The documents provide more details about the surveillance capabilities of the department's unmanned Predator B drones, which are primarily used to patrol the United States' northern and southern borders but have been pressed into service on behalf of a growing number of law enforcement agencies including the FBI, the Secret Service, the Texas Rangers, and local police. Homeland Security's specifications for its drones, built by San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, say they "shall be capable of identifying a standing human being at night as likely armed or not," meaning carrying a shotgun or rifle. They also specify "signals interception" technology that can capture communications in the frequency ranges used by mobile phones, and "direction finding" technology that can identify the locations of mobile devices or two-way radios. The Electronic Privacy Information Center obtained a partially redacted copy of Homeland Security's requirements for its drone fleet through the Freedom of Information Act and published it this week. CNET unearthed an unredacted copy of the requirements that provides additional information about the aircraft's surveillance capabilities. Concern about domestic use of drones is growing, with federal legislation introduced last month that would establish legal safeguards, in addition to parallel efforts underway from state and local lawmakers. The Federal Aviation Administration recently said that it will "address privacy-related data collection" by drones. The prospect of identifying armed Americans concerns Second Amendment advocates, who say that technology billed as securing the United States' land and maritime borders should not be used domestically. Michael Kostelnik, the Homeland Security official who created the program, told Congress that the drone fleet would be available to "respond to emergency missions across the country," and a Predator drone was dispatched to the tiny town of Lakota, N.D., to aid local police in a dispute that began with reimbursement for feeding six cows. The defendant, arrested with the help of Predator surveillance, lost a preliminary bid to dismiss the charges. "I am very concerned that this technology will be used against law-abiding American firearms owners," says Alan Gottlieb, founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation. "This could violate Fourth Amendment rights as well as Second Amendment rights." Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection agency declined to answer questions about whether direction-finding technology is currently in use on its drone fleet. A representative provided CNET with a statement about the agency's unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that said signals interception capability is not currently used: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is not deploying signals interception capabilities on its UAS fleet. Any potential deployment of such technology in the future would be implemented in full consideration of civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy interests and in a manner consistent with the law and long-standing law enforcement practices. CBP's UAS program is a vital border security asset. Equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and day-and-night cameras, the UAS provides real-time images to frontline agents to more effectively and efficiently secure the nation's borders. As a force multiplier, the UAS operates for extended periods of time and allows CBP to safely conduct missions over tough-to-reach terrain. The UAS also provides agents on the ground with added situational awareness to more safely resolve dangerous situations. During his appearance before the House Homeland Security committee, Kostelnik, a retired Air Force major general who recently left the agency, testified that the drones' direction-finding ability is part of a set of "DOD capabilities that are being tested or adopted by CBP to enhance UAS performance for homeland security." CBP currently has 10 Predator drones and is considering buying up to 14 more. If the Predator drones were used only to identify smugglers or illegal immigrants crossing the Mexican and Canadian borders, or for disaster relief, they might not be especially controversial. But their use domestically by other government agencies has become routine enough -- and expensive enough -- that Homeland Security's inspector general said (PDF) last year that CBP needs to sign agreements "for reimbursement of expenses incurred fulfilling mission requests." "The documents clearly evidence that the Department of Homeland Security is developing drones with signals interception technology and the capability to identify people on the ground," says Ginger McCall, director of the Open Government Project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "This allows for invasive surveillance, including potential communications surveillance, that could run afoul of federal privacy laws." A Homeland Security official, who did not want to be identified by name, said the drones are able to identify whether movement on the ground comes from a human or an animal, but that they do not perform facial recognition. The official also said that because the unarmed drones have a long anticipated life span, the department tries to plan ahead for future uses to support its border security mission, and that aerial surveillance would comply with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and other applicable federal laws. The documents show that CBP specified that the "tracking accuracy should be sufficient to allow target designation," and the agency notes on its Web site that its Predator B series is capable of "targeting and weapons delivery" (the military version carries multiple 100-pound Hellfire missiles). CBP says, however, that its Predator aircraft are unarmed. Gene Hoffman, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who's the chairman of the Calguns Foundation, said CBP "needs to be very careful with attempts to identify armed individuals in the border area" when aerial surveillance touches on a constitutional right. "In the border area of California and Arizona, it may be actively dangerous for the law-abiding to not carry firearms precisely due to the illegal flow of drugs and immigrants across the border in those areas," Hoffman says. CBP's specifications say that signals interception and direction-finding technology must work from 30MHz to 3GHz in the radio spectrum. That sweeps in the GSM and CDMA frequencies used by mobile phones, which are in the 300MHz to 2.7GHz range, as well as many two-way radios. The specifications say: "The system shall provide automatic and manual DF of multiple signals simultaneously. Automatic DF should be able to separate out individual communication links." Automated direction-finding for cell phones has become an off-the-shelf technology: one company sells a unit that its literature says is "capable of taking the bearing of every mobile phone active in a channel." Although CBP's unmanned Predator aircraft are commonly called drones, they're remotely piloted by FAA-licensed operators on the ground. They can fly for up to 20 hours and carry a payload of about 500 lbs. news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57572207-38/dhs-built-domestic-surveillance-tech-into-
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Post by avordvet on Mar 5, 2013 16:35:43 GMT -5
Something to keep in mind for FreeFor units, Camoflage! For aerial units Gray is the way to go, it cannot be hammered enough, Black is uncommon in nature and the eye will jump to it. Pilot reports mystery black 'drone' at JFKBy PHILIP MESSING, Last Updated: 7:18 AM, March 5, 2013, Posted: 1:33 AM, March 5, 2013 The pilot told investigators the object was flying at about 1,800 feet and looked like "a black drone about a meter square, with helicopter rotors on the corners." www.nypost.com/p/news/local/pilot_reports_mystery_black_drone_Tnp57ufZY3NToa47SuCIKL
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Post by avordvet on Mar 6, 2013 5:01:20 GMT -5
Revealed: Holder Says President Could Authorize Military Drone Strikes Inside U.S.Mar. 5, 2013 3:59pm Billy Hallowell "The question you have posed is therefore entirely hypothetical, unlikely to occur, and one we hope no President will ever have to confront," the letter continues. "It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States." www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/05/revealed-holder-letter-leaves-open-possibility-of-drone-strikes-on-u-s-soil/
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Post by avordvet on Mar 9, 2013 8:51:47 GMT -5
Why Is the Air Force Suddenly Removing Drone Strike Data?Mar. 8, 2013 10:39pm Jason Howerton As the debate over the federal government's drone strike program is climaxing in Washington, the Air Force has quietly erased previously published drone strike data from its website. Additionally, the Air Force has now changed its policy of publishing statistics of drone strikes in Afghanistan each month. www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/08/why-is-the-air-force-quietly-scrubbing-drone-strike-data/
Here's Why...
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Post by Michael Downing on Mar 9, 2013 13:07:28 GMT -5
ncrenegade.com/editorial/we-must-have-our-drones/The city of Monroe, North Carolina has approved the expenditure of $44,000 to buy a mini drone for their police department. I have to wonder why they did not wait until September and spend $399 for a surveillance drone that has a HD camera: Get the Wi-Fi GAMMA DRAGONFLY. ALL inclusive in YOUR choice of color + 1 Extended Battery Pack + 1 on-the-go battery charger + FOUR variety wing pairs + SDK + 1 FREE upgrade to HD Camera. (Add $30 Canada and $45 Int’l shipping) Estimated delivery: September 2013 But then again, government thinks our money is just another asset to be taxed to go to its rightful owners. David DeGerolamo
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Post by avordvet on Mar 14, 2013 5:34:40 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Downing on Mar 14, 2013 5:59:14 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on Mar 14, 2013 14:49:16 GMT -5
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Post by hefferman1 on Mar 14, 2013 18:18:28 GMT -5
They can do this now they have outlawed all weapons that could be used to shoot down drones! Trying to shoot one of those drones at 20,000 feet is almost impossible for me to do. Hunting down the people that make them, fix them, and the places they do their evil work is not so hard. Thermite is rust and aluminum grindings and will do a number on fuel farms, and drones. I can make explosives out of household items. I can build long range weapons out of junk, and scrap metal. One of their drones may get me, but I will do my best to get a few of them first, and that few will include the people behind them. If you can not tell, I have had enough today, and their toes are on the line set in stone. Any movement "Forward" in their agenda and it is war.
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