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64 Drone Bases Located On American Soil
MikeatWired writes "We like to think of the drone war as something far away, fought in the deserts of Yemen or the mountains of Afghanistan. But we now know it's closer than we thought, writes Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai at Danger Room. There are 64 drone bases on American soil. That includes 12 locations housing Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, which can be armed. Public Intelligence, a non-profit that advocates for free access to information, released a map of military UAV activities in the United States on Tuesday. Assembled from military sources — especially this little-known June 2011 Air Force presentation (.pdf) — it is arguably the most comprehensive map so far of the spread of the Pentagon's unmanned fleet. What exact missions are performed at those locations, however, is not clear. Some bases might be used as remote cockpits to control the robotic aircraft overseas, some for drone pilot training. Others may also serve as imagery analysis depots."
If someone overlaid a map of UFO sightings over the top of this...
Thankfully, the weapons are inaccessible until someone obtains at least a 5 point streak.
The drones are staying in people's houses?
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
So, one has to assume that a drone is being quartered in your home without your consent, AC? Want a tip on how to defeat it? Watch the Terminator movies. They are probably the most informative, and action-filled set of documentary movies (I assume documentary, time-travel and all) that you will ever see.
[kent brockman] ... The Killbot Factory.
Just miles from your doorstep, hundreds of men are given weapons and trained to kill. The government calls it the Army, but a more alarmist name would be
[/kent brockman]
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
Our republic has lost almost all pretense of democracy, and now there's a massive build up of drones?
What's next, buying an army of clones from North Korea?
And people questioned just how visionary George Lucas is.
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. --Aldous Huxley
If someone overlaid a map of UFO sightings over the top of this...
Anyone who hasn't seen a drone in flight - most people in the continental US for example - wouldn't be able to identify it, I mean consider a Predator drone. Its a weird-looking fucker at the best of times, now imagine seeing it lit up by a setting sun, flitting through low cloud... The Martians are coming, the Martians are coming!!!!!!! Definitely an "Unidentified Flying Object".
And for gods same, don't try to take a photo of it with a long lens, while wearing arab dress.
KABOOIEEEE!!!!!!
Interesting times, I tell ya.....