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Unmanned Aerial Drones Coming Soon Above U.S.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-eye-in-the-sky dept.

cnet-declan writes "Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been flying over Iraq and Afghanistan, but now the Bush administration wants to use them for domestic surveillance. A top Homeland Security official told Congress today, according to this CNET News.com article, that: "We need additional technology to supplement manned aircraft surveillance and current ground assets to ensure more effective monitoring of United States territory." One county in North Carolina is already using UAVs to monitor public gatherings. But what happens when lots of relatively dumb drones have to share airspace with aircraft carrying passengers? A pilot's association is worried."

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  1. Re:Totally agree, and there's more... by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ALL demolitions of tall buildings will look similar, regardless of how they are initiated

    What about these? http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7_fi les/image008.jpg http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7_fi les/image010.jpg

    Btw, I fail to see how these 3 buildings didn't fit into their footprints. WTC1 and WTC2 just look spilled all over the ground, but WTC7 fits.

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  2. Re:Israel does this already... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > Now, is it a crime to defend one's self?

    It's so funny to see criminals claim self-defense when their victims hit back.

  3. Re:"Security" makes it all OK? by packeteer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    drugs (the war on drugs can be won, all pot smokers are criminals, drug abuse is a disease (for crying out loud)), etc., etc.),

    Are you saying that drug abuse is not a disease? If you are then i think most scientists around the world would disagree with you. Correct me if i am wrong but i interpreted your words as saying that you think pot smokers are not criminals (technically they are since they are commiting a crime) but you disagree with all reasonable peer reviewed science about addiction and claim its not a disease?

    Maybe its too late at night for me to read so much into your words but please clarify.

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  4. Re:Israel does this already... by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's so funny to see criminals claim self-defense when their victims hit back.
    A agree, it is funny to watch Israel claim self-defense when they are attacked by people whose land they've been occupying.