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charlesoakwood

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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #60 on: June 12, 2012, 10:27:14 AM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on June 12, 2012, 08:30:29 AM
Why aren't Bachmann and some others screaming to the high heavens about drones over US airspace?

I have got to believe that the vast majority of Americans have no idea, and if they did, they would be extremely alarmed.

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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #61 on: June 12, 2012, 11:13:45 AM »
The political calculus hasn't been completed yet I guess...the sucky part of election years is everything takes a back seat to politics...

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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #62 on: June 13, 2012, 03:22:56 PM »
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday introduced the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act, which would require the government to get a warrant before using aerial drones to surveil U.S. citizens.

More broadly, Paul's bill is aimed at preventing "unwarranted governmental intrusion" through the use of drones, according to the lawmaker.
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #63 on: June 14, 2012, 07:07:48 AM »
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday introduced the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act, which would require the government to get a warrant before using aerial drones to surveil U.S. citizens.

More broadly, Paul's bill is aimed at preventing "unwarranted governmental intrusion" through the use of drones, according to the lawmaker.

Could be fun watching the Dem's squirm between going for or against their kinsman in the ACLU!
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« Reply #64 on: July 05, 2012, 05:17:10 PM »

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/maple-seed-drones-will-swarm-the-future.php

Lockheed Martin, envisions a future in which swarms of the new drones can be deployed at a fraction of the cost and with greater capabilities than drones being used today by the military and other agencies.

“Think about dropping a thousand of these out of an aircraft,”... “Think about the wide area over which one collect imagery. Instead of sending one or two expensive, highly valuable aircraft like we do today, you could send thousands of these inexpensive aircraft, and they are almost expendable.”


Samarai - A Maple Seed-inspired UAV



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« Reply #65 on: July 05, 2012, 07:26:14 PM »
Yes, and they would constitute  a swarming network, each one gathering limited data but communicating to the adjacent nodes in the swarm. Collectively they could harvest enormous amount of information of virtually any kind -- photographic, audio, thermal, signals. I'm sure they intend this to reach the point where there is continuous swarming surveillance.
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« Reply #66 on: July 06, 2012, 01:39:02 PM »
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World Net Daily editor and prominent Obama administration critic Joseph Farah revealed how his secluded property was buzzed by a spy drone – part of what Farah fears is a “war” being waged by the administration against its political adversaries.
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #67 on: July 06, 2012, 01:55:19 PM »
I swear, some days I don't know who I hate more - the putrid Leftists who are destroying this country, or their enablers who supposedly reside somewhere on the "Right" side of the spectrum.

Useless tool Rich Lowry: Nothing to see here with the use of domestic drones, you wacky conspiracy theorists
The Great Drone Panic
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« Reply #68 on: July 06, 2012, 02:05:55 PM »

No doubt they are after Farah.  As for that tool Lowery, he's with
the cops, 'if you don't have anything to hide there's no reason for
you stop me from checking out your car', flipping tool he is.

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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #69 on: July 06, 2012, 02:18:30 PM »
Quote from: Charles Oakwood on July 06, 2012, 02:05:55 PM

No doubt they are after Farah.  As for that tool Lowery, he's with
the cops, 'if you don't have anything to hide there's no reason for
you stop me from checking out your car', flipping tool he is.

And there are many more, who walk among us, holding the same ignorant opinion.  "If you're not doing anything wrong ...", except so many things have been made "wrong", no one can possibly know now what is and what isn't.

I've the long extension-handle from a broken socket in my truck.  According to the law, it is not supposed to be in my possession as it can be considered a weapon.
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #70 on: July 12, 2012, 10:18:05 AM »
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Faculty and students at the University of Texas at Austin have proven that a sophisticated surveillance drone can be hacked mid-flight via its GPS. The same could be done with virtually any type of drone, or even with a commercial airliner.

What could possibly go wrong?
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #71 on: July 12, 2012, 08:24:32 PM »
Quote from: Charles Oakwood on July 06, 2012, 02:05:55 PM

No doubt they are after Farah.  As for that tool Lowery, he's with
the cops, 'if you don't have anything to hide there's no reason for
you stop me from checking out your car', flipping tool he is.



I'd like to see how this jerk reacts when he is in the crosshairs.
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #72 on: July 12, 2012, 08:26:24 PM »
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Faculty and students at the University of Texas at Austin have proven that a sophisticated surveillance drone can be hacked mid-flight via its GPS. The same could be done with virtually any type of drone, or even with a commercial airliner.

What could possibly go wrong?

Nothing to me, but I don't fly.  Perhaps a horrific accident is the only thing that could end this insanity.  And letting it get to that point fully illustrates the kind of maniacs we are up against.
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« Reply #73 on: July 13, 2012, 02:49:22 PM »

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/small-drone-missile-soon/
The drone war could be shrinking faster than anyone expected. Raytheon’s teeny, tiny drone missile might be ready to arm a small drone within months, the defense giant says.


Raytheon STM small UAV weapon flight tests

Drone wingspan looks about six foot,  put a two foot heat seeking
missile on it and it's perfect for urban warfare.
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #74 on: July 13, 2012, 03:47:06 PM »
I dunno, might be closer to eight feet.  Anyway, guess we may need some of our own protection, eh?  How about some Sea Whiz?! 
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #75 on: July 20, 2012, 10:44:23 PM »
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Since Jan. 1 of this year, according to congressional testimony presented Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized 106 federal, state and local government “entities” to fly “unmanned aircraft systems,” also known as drones, within U.S. airspace.
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #76 on: July 21, 2012, 08:26:16 AM »
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Since Jan. 1 of this year, according to congressional testimony presented Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized 106 federal, state and local government “entities” to fly “unmanned aircraft systems,” also known as drones, within U.S. airspace.

Absolutely terrible in that these assholes cannot see the dangerous potential that a government can foist upon it's citizens. The only thing they care about is $
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #77 on: July 21, 2012, 11:30:22 AM »
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Since Jan. 1 of this year, according to congressional testimony presented Thursday by the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized 106 federal, state and local government “entities” to fly “unmanned aircraft systems,” also known as drones, within U.S. airspace.

Absolutely terrible in that these assholes cannot see the dangerous potential that a government can foist upon it's citizens. The only thing they care about is $

Don't forget power, it's all about power, money and intimidation are just means to their end.
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Re: Drones over the U.S.
« Reply #78 on: July 29, 2012, 07:15:46 PM »
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« Reply #79 on: August 10, 2012, 07:24:57 PM »

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/08/10/domestic-spying-mini-drone-can-watch-neighbors-from-above/

http://cbswashington.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/108728771.jpg?w=300
$300 mini-drone enables civilians to keep an eye – and two HD cameras – on the locals. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (CBS) – Your neighbors’ fences are no longer tall enough.

While President Obama takes flack for the US’s use of unmanned drone attacks abroad, there is a smaller, smartphone-controlled drone hovering above urban rooftops and suburban backyards: The Parrot AR Drone 2.0.
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Boeing Demonstrates Drones That Perform Like ‘Swarm Of Insects’

The press release states the Boeing and Johns Hopkins conducted tests in 2011 in which dissimilar drones across air, land and sea collaborated autonomously to conduct searches and communicate information.

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