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Airships to Patrol Venezuela's Skies

Posted by Zonk on from the shadowrun-is-now dept.

bprime writes "The BBC reports that officials in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, have bought three airship UAVs to keep tabs on the local populace. From the article: 'The 15 metre (49 foot) long air ships are emblazoned with government slogans. Written in bright red are the words, We watch over you for your security.' They're not exactly black helicopters, but how long do you think until we see similar measures in high-crime American cities?"

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  1. Re:What's this gotta do with America? by flyingfsck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Venezuela *is* in America, so it has gotten everything to do with it. I guess you are mumbling about the USA, which is only a small part of North America, never mind South America...

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  2. Re:Damn! by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The same sort of thing happened with corruption and monopolies; he largely disregarded the law in his quest to take down the Peruvian equivalent of our 19th century robber barons. Imagine where, if you wanted to buy a bar of soap, it was not only ridiculously priced, but you had to buy it as part of a "bundle" with other, less popular products that weren't selling.
    Wow. Can we hire Fujimori to take down Microsoft?
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