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US Airspace To Crawl With 7,500 Drones In 5 Years

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The chief of the Federal Aviation Administration predicted Thursday that U.S. airspace could be crowded with as many as 7,500 commercial drones within the next five years. As The Washington Times reports, Michael Huerta said his agency would set up six sites across the country to test drone operators and, in an effort to balance privacy/safety with anarchic airspace drone pollution, he added, "we must fulfill those obligations in a thoughtful, careful manner that ensures safety and promotes economic growth, " as dangerous incidents involving drones have already taken place...

Although they are expected to be used for peaceful purposes such as firefighting and weather tracking - it's causing a lot of concern, as Huerta warns "we need to be responsive to public concerns about privacy." 

You'll never notice it from the ground, but the skies above the US are crowded with roughly five thousand planes at any given moment. The daily total of movements, is up to a whopping 90,000. And dangerous incidents involving drones have already taken place there - as Gayane Chichakyan reveals...


Via Russia Today,

Within the next five years, after appropriate regulations are introduced, whole 7,500 small UAVs will be operating in US airspace, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said at an aerospace news conference in Washington on Thursday.

 

Huerta outlined the ultimate goal of the American drone industry: global leadership that could enable the US to set standards for the industry worldwide.

 

"We recognize that the expanding use of unmanned aircraft presents great opportunities, but it's also true that integrating these aircraft presents significant challenges,"

 

...

 

Huerta shared some interesting statistics on who is using drones in the US the most. He mentioned that apart from synoptics, environmental specialists and educational institutions, there are about 80 law enforcement agencies that operate small size surveillance drones, with the FAA granting each of them public use waivers on a case-by-case basis.

 

“If we’re going to take full advantage of the benefits that we’re talking about from these technologies, we need to be responsive to public concerns about privacy,” Huerta said.

 

Reportedly, not only the FAA, but also Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of justice are taking part in a multi-agency group that has also released a comprehensive plan accelerating integration of UAVs into US national airspace. All data gathered by the six test sites will go straight to that interagency group, Huerta said.

And focused on privacy...
(via The Washington Times)

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, the leading trade group for the nation’s private-sector drone operators, estimated this year that the commercial drone industry will create more than 100,000 jobs and generate more than $82 billion in economic impact over the next 10 years — if the government moves quickly to establish workable operating regulations and safeguards.

 

The impending boom has raised concerns among privacy advocates about how and where drones might be used to collect data. The FAA is requiring future test sites to develop privacy plans and make them available to the public. The policy also requires test site operators to disclose how data will be obtained and used.

 

“Make no mistake about it, privacy is an extremely important issue and it is something that the public has a significant interest and concern over and we need to recognize as an industry that if we are going to take full advantage of the benefits that we are talking about for these technologies we need to be responsive to the public’s concerns about privacy,” Mr. Huerta said.

 

 

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Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:22 | 4139576 fightthepower
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I would feel much safer if they would just put a chip in me!

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:49 | 4139607 lolmao500
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So that they can track everyone... and since the NSA collects everything... if you say something bad against the government or the wonderful drones, they can send a missile your way.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 01:28 | 4139783 markmotive
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NSA

Drones

NDAA

Guantanamo

Crooked cops

Crony capitalists

False flags

Etc, etc.

Does anyone trust this sh!t anymore?

TED talk on how the NSA broke the world's trust:

http://www.planbeconomics.com/2013/11/how-nsa-betrayed-worlds-trust-time...

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 02:47 | 4139872 Yes We Can. But...
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I operate my own drone.  I use it expressly to pull 'Google is Evil' banners whilst buzzing Google camera cars.  Watch for the banner photo-bomb in future Google street view shots.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:23 | 4139961 Skateboarder
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Droney the friendly drone, up in the skies, keepin your streets safe from the evil terriss and their wack plans. The bad part is, the evil terriss is you.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 07:27 | 4140008 negative rates
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Sure privacy important, just not as important as their national security issue, which will trump and use the drone as the next cell phone listening device to be used as he see's fit, if only time were on his side.  

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 08:35 | 4140061 GetZeeGold
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When did we have to turn to RT to hear the real news....when did that happen?

 

I understand it's important worship the supreme leader....but could we please cover other stuff at the same time?

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:36 | 4140124 johnQpublic
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9u2Lf0DdzA

 

threadjack with a vid from krugman on sales tax and death panels

start it 1:45 in if you are impatient

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:54 | 4140149 GetZeeGold
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I didn't buy the whole "you can keep your insurance if you want" too crap.....but I was really hoping the whole death panels thing wasn't going to happen.

 

Looks like I owe Sarah Palin an apology.

 

I should have known better than to question someone from MkUltra.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 10:49 | 4140225 HardAssets
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<delete>  off topic, sorry

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 11:55 | 4140374 rubiconsolutions
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This too shall pass. Americans have the attention span of a Tsetse fly. A couple of years ago people had their panties in a bunch over TSA groping them but you hardly hear a whisper about it today. Already the fact that the NSA is spying on everyone is ancient history and nobody gives a crap. People by in large don't care how much government intrudes into their lives because the mentality is - "I have nothing to hide", an argument that is intellectually hollow.

HL Mencken said -"People don't want freedom. What people want is safety." As long as they feel safe they couldn't care less if their every movement is monitored, recorded and analyzed. This is reflected in their use of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and dozens of other social networking sites. They not only don't care that their privacy is invaded, they do everything in their power to put themselves out there in the public domain for all to see. There's almost an exhibitionist quality about these people. 

If one extrapolates into the not distant future privacy won't exist on any level. Every movement will be monitored not just when you walk the streets but inside your home. And sadly, most folks won't care. 

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:26 | 4140441 moneybots
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"People by in large don't care how much government intrudes into their lives because the mentality is - "I have nothing to hide", an argument that is intellectually hollow"

 

That is an argument that conservatives have used- if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about.  Now the shoe is on the other foot.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 14:51 | 4140831 kchrisc
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"HL Mencken said -"People don't want freedom. What people want is safety.""

 

The irony is that government is the biggest danger of all.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:49 | 4139609 akak
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If you have no privacy and no freedom, you have nothing to hide.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:21 | 4139644 Bangin7GramRocks
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So should I stop my morning coffee and masturbation on the deck routine? It really centers me for the day.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:31 | 4139652 akak
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So are you drinking the coffee in order to avoid falliing asleep after the self-pleasuring?  A little 'cream in the coffee', as it were?

That is actually an excellent strategy.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:53 | 4139970 falak pema
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Cappuccino! 

Goes well with  sugary bread rolls to get your energy back. 

italian sugar bread rolls - Yahoo Image Search Results

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 00:13 | 4139702 Wahooo
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Don't worry. If they only float 7500 you'll probably never see one. There's a lot of airspace up there.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:26 | 4139898 snr-moment
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Except of course, that they have to land somewhere, so yeah, you probably will.  And there will be other aircraft in the near vicinity.

 

Every seen a small plane that has hit a goose?

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:08 | 4139886 Yes We Can. But...
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Holy Shit, I think we're next door neighbors!

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 10:48 | 4140241 HardAssets
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akak:  "If you have no privacy and no freedom, you have nothing to hide."

The drones are up there to protect us . . . the terryists hate us for our freedoms, you know.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 20:22 | 4141553 Race Car Driver
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> ... the terryists hate us for our freedoms, you know.

The guy who said that has serious mental problems. He paints self-portraits of himself in the bath. Rumor has it his brain is turning to mushier mush and he's drinking again. 

I hope he lives forever ... in a 'Groundhog Day' kinda life.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 14:52 | 4140834 kchrisc
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"If you have no privacy and no freedom, you have nothing to hide."

 

Except your thoughts.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 16:16 | 4141000 TORNasunder
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"If you have no privacy and no freedom, you have nothing to hide."

I have new Meme for ya:

USA

Where you're 1000x more likely to be labeled a terrorist than harmed by one.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:52 | 4139614 WillyGroper
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Don't worry, that's next.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 13:24 | 4140589 Exponere Mendaces
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Its all totally fine, I'm sure they're just using it to map gold "deposits" in bodies of water for later reclamation.

 

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:22 | 4139578 surf0766
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They will be shitting out demerits for language violations.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 00:04 | 4139691 smlbizman
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what the fuck are you fucking talking about? that is such a cunty bullshit statement, i may flag the fucking thing as fucking ofuckingfensive....buddy

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:24 | 4139580 superflex
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Target rich environment

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:27 | 4139582 Seasmoke
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HA! 7500.......That should be down to ZERO in 72 hours !

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 10:55 | 4140252 HardAssets
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When you have a population with the attention span of a gerbil, just put up another 'story' and the drone thing will drop from collective memory. Use another 'revealed' scandal for the big stuff.  T&A works for the little stuff.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:28 | 4139583 duo
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when one of these small drones gets sucked into a commercial jet engine and 300 people are killed, it will be a small price to pay for "safety from terror".

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:11 | 4139958 snr-moment
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You think that's how the final report will read??

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 10:56 | 4140254 HardAssets
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Naw . . . just spin it as an attack . . . and 'justification' for even more drones . . . to keep us 'safe'

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:36 | 4139591 Legolas
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Wonder how the drones do in snowstorms?  Wonder how the drones do in power down situations?

Inquiring minds would like to know....

 

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:13 | 4139635 El Hosel
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Wonder how an airplane does when it collides with a drone...

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 01:21 | 4139777 prains
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....it seems smog is the solution, so most of your major metro areas should be drone free......*cough*

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:39 | 4139595 lolmao500
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And that's funny since some drones are as big as airliners.

We all thought we would have flying cars by now... but no, we have flying surveillance drones... ain't that a shitty world? That's what happens when psychopaths run the government.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:43 | 4139600 nmewn
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Its just like skeet shooting.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 06:33 | 4139985 Bearwagon
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So we just need to give Kimberly Rhode a call? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Rhode
I saw her at the Lodnon Oimplycs. She was ... like... a real woman between lots of dolls.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 08:46 | 4140070 nmewn
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We're gonna need anyone who can shoot "straight" ;-)

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:46 | 4139601 Hongcha
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The God-Damned things have to land sometime. 

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:47 | 4139604 lolmao500
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That's why they are working on solar powered drones...

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:52 | 4139615 Legolas
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Yeah, and then they will have to choose between geo-engineering or spying.  My bet is we will see fewer days of whitewashed skies.

 

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 11:49 | 4140360 Urban Roman
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Good idea you've had there, you should patent it.

Dual purpose unmanned aircraft -- they can spy and spew smoke at the same time.!

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:49 | 4139608 icanhasbailout
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Friend of mine went to his window a few days ago to find a drone looking in.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:52 | 4139613 akak
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Are you sure it wasn't just a lost Wal-Mart shopper?

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 02:31 | 4139858 formadesika3
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If you see a drone observing you it is important that you act casual and do not run

If you are at a wedding or a funeral, run.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:51 | 4139611 lolmao500
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The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, the leading trade group for the nation’s private-sector drone operators, estimated this year that the commercial drone industry will create more than 100,000 jobs and generate more than $82 billion in economic impact over the next 10 years

Who gives a fuck? I mean, I bet the Soviet gulag system created a shitload of jobs too!

If the government was truly representing the people, drones would be banned over America.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:29 | 4139900 snr-moment
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Abd Barret rifles will be employing more people too!

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:30 | 4139901 snr-moment
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and

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 07:31 | 4140012 negative rates
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I heard they could spot a muslim from 5000 feet, and a mexican crossing the border underground at 4000 feet.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 08:52 | 4140066 GetZeeGold
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You could just walk down there and see the same thing.

 

When it comes to Mexicans and Muslims on the border....we take their freedom pretty damn seriously.

 

Of course with 50,000 deaths on the border....which totally surpasses Iraq and Afghanistan.....why we don't send some troops down there is totally beyond me.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:43 | 4140134 negative rates
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Cause it's hot as hell down there and what yankee wants go sweat in the desert and wait for armed militia's to battle with. Oh yea, desperate politicians like ours.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 22:54 | 4139618 Atomizer
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It really doesn’t matter if they put 10,000 or 50,000 into the airspace. When the Government cannot pay it’s bill to China. Government Drone repossessions will take place.

How GPS Tracking Devices make US Drone Repo Easy by using Real Time tracking.

Stop living in fear../sarc

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:24 | 4139646 Whoa Dammit
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Just wait until they come out with the personal "Angel On My Shoulder" drones to make sure everyone behaves according to their standards...

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:31 | 4139654 GottaBKiddn
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Drone nemesis = good ole' "Bombs bursting in air".

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:33 | 4139655 A Lunatic
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This is all going to end very badly for millions of innocents. Yes, millions..........

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:00 | 4140079 Bearwagon
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No, billions ...

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:34 | 4139656 Everyman
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Why the hell do we need 7,500 drones in the air all the damn time over the United States?????

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 01:06 | 4139758 nasa
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Because they hate us for our freedom...

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 16:19 | 4141005 TORNasunder
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Just for clarification. Who exactly is the 'they' again??

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:36 | 4139659 pitz
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Yeah, only a matter of time before there's a serious conflict between the drones and civil aviation that ends badly. 

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:50 | 4139672 whoopsing
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Like flight 800 ?

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:58 | 4139682 Atomizer
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Our fearless banking monsters can payload White Phosphorus on the new drones to deploy on US citizens. Do you fuckwits remember what we did in the past? I will bite my tongue on how we used depleted uranium to devise a cheap firecracker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylbuYnd54As

 

Again, go ahead on bombing Iran. You don’t have our support. Show me a spreadsheet that displayed you turning a profit an annualized US taxpayers aid payments made to you for the last 7 years.

Sat, 11/09/2013 - 23:59 | 4139684 the 300000000th...
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Freedom is your enemy, freedom is the opposite of safe. Its just not safe to be free anymore.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 00:00 | 4139686 the 300000000th...
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Privacy is your enemy as well, you just can't be safe if your being private

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 00:25 | 4139712 q99x2
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I hear they have equipment on board that will allow them to fly down and do ObamaCare anal probes. 

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 00:35 | 4139722 Bobportlandor
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WSGI. No eyes on the company has pushed share price down to ridiculously low price even though big news is coming.

This company has been in the making for 5 years.

The CEO invested one mil of his own money.

And chk out their connections to Homeland security, DOD, Navy, Army, NASA.

They own LTAS And GTC

They own pattens on airships that can hover at 65,000 feet for months at a time.

Better then Gold.  

Welcome to World Surveillance Group Inc http://www.wsgi.com/

 

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 01:12 | 4139766 nwcruiser
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This government is going broke and will not be able to fund all this nonsense much longer.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 01:25 | 4139781 prains
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ficticious 1's and 0's are easy to print, so in reality this should continue long into YOUR forseeable future

 

unless you're gonna get off the couch and crack a sweat  but what's the likelyhood of that happenin??? bout as much as Jamie D washing his own balls?

 

come here white nigga, soapy time

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:32 | 4139903 snr-moment
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It's going to be sold as an asset to our new overlords.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 01:35 | 4139800 NickVegas
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It's all part of the plan. Don't panic people. We are simply watching a turn key fascist state being installed in the open. When they turn the key, the pieces needed for total control are already tested and in place. They have been running drills now, well. since 9/11. This is a nice piece to have in place to project power from afar. I can see them spraying the food riots, like Terminator 2.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 01:41 | 4139809 jack stephan
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Maybe me math is off, but my calculator says 150 per state. 7500 over 50 states isn't that hard to figure out. You guys are better than myself at these number crunching missions.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 02:58 | 4139879 ebworthen
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"Although they are expected to be used for peaceful purposes such as firefighting and weather tracking..."

What a crock of bullshit!

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 07:33 | 4140015 negative rates
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Counrty drone, you can't believe it's a drone.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:25 | 4140438 Emergency Ward
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"We promise.  No, really, it's like, you know, your tax dollars at work!"

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:04 | 4139883 nah
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if it bleeds we can kill it bitchez!

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:07 | 4139885 Dre4dwolf
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What a waste of fuel, wtf are these drones going to do? hand-out parking tickets?

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 03:24 | 4139895 Trimmed Hedge
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Okay, which one of you is this?

From the RT comment section...

"All that is needed to bring down these drones is a modified SSK JDJ .950. The militias can have units stationed across wide expanses and mobile since the range of this rifle is very long. They can be home made easily and have suppression to be masked by exhaust noise from a delivery truck or likewise. The rounds don't have to be the full metal jacket type that cost a lot since penetration won't be going up against any armor. Disable the engine and down it goes."

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 04:19 | 4139928 formadesika3
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Surely 7500 is just the beginning of a trend. Try 75,000,000. A few years back, we would often hear the phrase the Next Big Thing. What will be the Next Big Thing to get people excited again? Well this may be it in today's world!!!

A huge growth industry awaits despite the sinister connotations, it won't all be spying on people. But maybe a lot of it will be, so what. Don't you want to know where your alzheimer-afflicted parent wandered off to in the middle of the night? There's a drone for that bro. I sense real opportunities here and as long as it is kept open to private sector innovation, I am optimistic. In the ranching sector for example, herding sheep will be much more efficient using an aerial barking drone.

Drones can be deployed to keep birds from fouling electrical equipment, thus saving millions of dollars in maintenance expenses.

THey will be able to replace expensive helicopter news crews for up to date reporting on local traffic conditions. I would much rather hear the droning voice of a polite yet disinterested drone give me the bad news of a serious traffic snarl up ahead than a live human uninvested in my suffering.  

Drones with non-lethal abilities for crowd control is a certainty of course. Perhaps one model would cast a large net or spray a soporific drug to stem mass panic-reactions at out of control sporting venues or political events.

This may even herald the emergence of a whole new sort of geekish sport, drone races over a marked course with corporate sponsors. Probably this would be introduced in a new reality-tv show format with great advertising potential.

Or you might take a virtual tour using a drone in regions too dangerous or inconvenient to venture in person (true even in America, say you wanted to tour parts of LA.) I can even foresee drone safaris where you could shoot a cape buffalo from the comfort and  convenience of your living room sofa.

One day you might hire a drone to hover nearby, acting as a personal trainer and giving you feedback on bad habits and unproductive activities, thus allowing you to reach your full potential as a human being.

There will certainly be economic bonanzas no one can even dream of today. It will spawn a new crop of billionaires, dont scoff.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:32 | 4139965 Skateboarder
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Save it chief - nothin ever good came out of a drone, not under inappropriate hands anyway. When you have a society functioning with natural laws, drones have a time and a place. Any deviance from the previous sentence indicates state worship.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:23 | 4140105 Everyman
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Pretty sure he was using, sarcasm.  Pretty sure anyway.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 04:23 | 4139931 Apostate2
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Drones R US.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:07 | 4139953 besnook
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any day now there will a report of a small aircraft colliding with a drone, killing the passengers and this will be the first of many accidents.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:10 | 4139957 falak pema
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Will the NSA hire out their Drones to Joe Blow so that he can rat-a-tat a guy that knocks his wifie when he is away on professional trips ?

"Only the NSA offers you this unique service. Take out your worst enemy, an offer we know you won't refuse. The brotherhood comes to your neighbourhood and makes you Kapo of the day. Don't take vengeance into your own hands; use US!"

Drones n Clones and Aliens. The OFFICIAL way. 

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:15 | 4139959 snr-moment
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No, cause there's ,more to gain extorting the wifie and her lover.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 05:48 | 4139968 RubberJohnny
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Privacy?

"If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear."

 

Donald Duck.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 06:37 | 4139990 Bearwagon
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If you have nothing to hide - you already lost everything!

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:36 | 4140123 Winston of Oceania
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What do you do when you have no idea what to hide or to fear in the first place. All former Citizens now known as "consumers" are in violation of one law or another by design.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:19 | 4140426 Emergency Ward
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REPLY:

"I have something to hide and I don't want filthy GOVT slime looking into my shit."

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 06:37 | 4139989 22winmag
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One Chinese EMP and they all fall out of the sky like rain.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 07:31 | 4140014 dognamedabu
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Time to get in the drone business!

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:34 | 4140120 Winston of Oceania
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Sorry too late

 

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 07:51 | 4140027 6th of May
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Who ownes the world.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 08:29 | 4140046 Burticus
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Look on the bright side.  This presents 7,500 opportunities a day for thousands of operatives from the hacker collective Anonymous to hack into drone control systems and send some drones back to their masters.  The gubbermint showed how easy it is to do on 9/11/01.

We just saw how security over the CONgressCare.gov web site is so lax that a lone Ruskie hacker was able to steal personal data for every hapless registrant.  The Iranians have already hacked into and ordered a few drones to land or crash. You can expect that some of the multiple droners, like local coppers, NOAA, USGS, firemen, etc., will have loose cybersecurity over their drones or maybe even a disgruntled or mole/plant employee.

Just think of the target-rich environment, like the NSA data center in Utah.  Does it have good enough air defense systems 24/7?  Just picture the K.U. glancing skyward every few seconds every time he is reading from his teleprompter.  Priceless!

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 08:18 | 4140047 Burticus
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"We do not forgive.  We do not forget.  Expect us."

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:14 | 4140096 Lumberjack
Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:42 | 4140133 kenezen
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The Drones are a continuation of NSA activity of General Warrants widely condemned by our foiunders. GPS in every citizens new car and Cell phone that can hear and track. Smart TV's in the home giving visual and sound for NSA.

BUT! What worrys me more is the ancient axiom going back before Rome's heyday that If a Ruler wanting complete control is about to act, That Ruler makes sure that the Generals of his army are loyal only to him. The general term Used Was "Coup Protection"!    What's the average number of General Changed in the USA in the term of six years for a President?  

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 09:44 | 4140136 max2205
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Sign....freedom enforced by droves overhead....

 

Lovely

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 10:03 | 4140172 the iD
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umbrellas. i win.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 10:27 | 4140213 CitizenPete
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Want to hunt a drone? Go to this Colorado town

http://watchdog.org/96302/want-to-hunt-a-drone-go-to-this-colorado-town/

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 11:12 | 4140274 PowerPlayer
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The Chinese have to be loving the US's reliance on satellites.  In a war they would only have to take out a couple of satellites and the USA would be absolutely impotent.  

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 11:23 | 4140305 ncdirtdigger
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what is the reccommended load for hunting these things? 00 or bird shot?

Fri, 11/15/2013 - 17:07 | 4159088 PrinceDraxx
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OOO 3" Shells - 12 Gauge Goose loads will work if they aren't too high. that's for little ones. Problem is that the military is refurbing older war birds to be flown remotely and those jets can still carry and fire ordinance.

 

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 12:12 | 4140406 Payne
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how many are mistakenly shot by hunters every year ?  I have heard the number is higher than one would think if by accident.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 13:42 | 4140619 Trucker Glock
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Bullish for hail cannons.

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 14:54 | 4140836 kchrisc
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The headline should have been, "In about 5 years, no wedding party or school will be safe from missile strike."

Sun, 11/10/2013 - 15:18 | 4140894 ToNYC
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To find Truth and blast Lies;

out damned drones.

Mon, 11/11/2013 - 14:46 | 4143163 LongPAU
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Wow, total article fail. Total reading comprehension fail, to boot.

This is about the FCC wanting to limit YOUR drones. Not their drones. I guess .gov/.mil drones can't violate privacy rules or some BS like that.

US and Euro private citizens have a lot more drones than their governments do. We invented it and they copied it. Poorly. Governments don't like being late to an important game.

We are not currently limited, see. I can currently remote pilot a craft anywhere as long as I obey FCC regulations (I do) regarding transmitter frequencies, power levels, RF interference, etc. I can park one right outside the governor's office window and there's nothing illegal about that.

So, the FCC is going to "fix" that for me and you.

The subtext here is that the government doesn't want you to pilot drones above, say, a dramatic act of civil disobeidience, and feed reconnaisence / strategic intel to "the disobeidient guys".

This is twice lately that you posted a shocking article (it is) that upset you (it should) for all the wrong reasons.

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