Obama signs Mexican border measure

hey ya'all - who's with me to sit at the hill to watch for illegals with rifles at our sides? :cool2:
 
I'm curious about the unmanned drones. Does anyone know what kind they are, and what the flying range is? Pics would be appreciated.
 
naisho said:
That's easy. I'm guessing probably the predator drones due to them becoming a standard. They're highly versatile and used in many instances.
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the problem is - it opens a can of worms. If we were to let the federal government to uses predators (a war machine limited for military use) on domestic affair - the border patrol.... how long until law enforcement and FBI will use it to monitor American citizens?

:Ohno:
 
Beowulf said:
I'm curious about the unmanned drones. Does anyone know what kind they are, and what the flying range is? Pics would be appreciated.
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there are many kinds. Different company. different size. One thing for sure - it's helluva expensive and it's invasive.

This common UAV aka predator drone is by Lockheed. Some by Boeing. Some by Northrop Grumman
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Most drones are unarmed and it's usually used for surveillance for special forces on ground. It's still on-going debate within White House on legality for using armed predator drones however Obama Administration has used the armed predator drone program extensively in a ruthless way. Before - it was "identify, verify, and destroy." Now it's just "search and destroy" which was a controversial, touchy issue.
 
There is a much smaller drone... the one where soldier can carry and launch it by hand.

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I believe it's called Dragon Eye.
 
naisho said:
That's easy. I'm guessing probably the predator drones due to them becoming a standard. They're highly versatile and used in many instances.

Edit: Just did a search, more likely than not now:
FOXNews.com - U.S. Predator Drones to Surveil Mexican Border
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Jiro said:
there are many kinds. Different company. different size. One thing for sure - it's helluva expensive and it's invasive.

This common UAV aka predator drone is by Lockheed. Some by Boeing. Some by Northrop Grumman
Predator+Drone.jpg


Most drones are unarmed and it's usually used for surveillance for special forces on ground. It's still on-going debate within White House on legality for using armed predator drones however Obama Administration has used the armed predator drone program extensively in a ruthless way. Before - it was "identify, verify, and destroy." Now it's just "search and destroy" which was a controversial, touchy issue.
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:ty:
I know they are expensive, maybe exorbitantly so for the military-style drones. Perhaps we will use a cheaper scaled-down model, minus the weaponry. I imagine that half a billion would only get us a few of these! We can only wait and see, I guess.
 
Jiro said:
There is a much smaller drone... the one where soldier can carry and launch it by hand.

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falluja_drone_200.jpg


I believe it's called Dragon Eye.
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Whew, finally you show something much more affordable! :lol:
 
Beowulf said:
:ty:
I know they are expensive, maybe exorbitantly so for the military-style drones. Perhaps we will use a cheaper scaled-down model, minus the weaponry. I imagine that half a billion would only get us a few of these! We can only wait and see, I guess.
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FAA has already given us a green thumb to use predator drone. Department of Homeland Security is working with agencies to use it. IMO - I'm not very comfortable with this. I don't like the thought of our government having advanced military surveillance tools for domestic affair :ugh:
 
Beowulf said:
Whew, finally you show something much more affordable! :lol:
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It's a short-range device (i believe 6 miles or so) for a short time (2 hrs???).

With Predator Drone - it flies high for a very very very long period of time and it can cover a very large field of area.
 
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