US Department of Homeland Security Looking For a Few Good Drones

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 27, 2012 @02:16PM from the do-you-have-what-it-takes? dept.

coondoggie writes "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week issued a call for unmanned systems makers to participate in a program that will ultimately determine their safety and performance for use in first responder, law enforcement and border security situations. In a twist that will certainly raise some eyebrows, the results of the program — called the Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety (RAPS) — will remain unavailable to the public, which, considering how involved the actual public may be with these drones is unfortunate."

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Re:The Right to Keep and Bear Arms by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-27 15:34 · Score: 2, Interesting

Drug interdiction helicopters were being shot down in the late 1990s with .50 BMG rifles and other large calibers in Southern Ky, Northern Tn. Drones are a smaller target but if they are low enough and enough lead is flung at them they'll keep them high enough to reduce their effectiveness.