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Coming To A Protest Near You... A Drone That Blasts Pepper Spray
Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
What’s a crony status quo to do when it is ultimately confronted with an unruly mob of plebs frustrated with the fact median wages haven’t increased in forty five years, while the 0.01% has stolen everything in sight with the help of the Federal Reserve and corrupt Washington D.C. politicians?
Well, naturally you’d launch the South African made Skunk Riot Control Copter, fully equipped with a suite of high-definition and thermal imagine cameras, strobe lights, speakers and a pepper spray firing paint ball gun which can fire 80 shots per second!
We learn from The Verge that:
Crowds of protesters could soon come under attack from riot control drones outfitted with paintball guns, strobe lights, and speakers. The Skunk Riot Control Copter, built by South African company Desert Wolf, has a suite of cameras and four paintball guns strapped to its chassis to help its operators monitor and control unruly crowds. The guns can fire ammunition from four different hoppers, meaning the drone operators can shoot protesters with dye markers, solid plastic pellets, or small capsules of pepper spray.
The first batch of drones will reportedly be deployed to mines in South Africa later this month, where lengthy strikes at some of the country’s biggest facilities have resulted in violence. Mine owners hope that the drones will be able to control and subdue their workers by blasting them with flashing lights, blaring messages of control, and shooting them from the sky. Kieser says he hopes its success in the country will lead to more orders for the gun-toting drone.
Oh you silly little miners want higher wages? You may want to think twice about going on strike, unless you want a couple pepper spray pellets to the dome.
Sky News adds that:
The drone has a payload capacity of around 40kg; it can carry up to 4,000 projectiles and fires up to 80 shots each second.
The eight-rotor aircraft also has high-definition and thermal imaging cameras.
It needs two people to control it; one to maneuver the aircraft, and one to control the array of tools and weapons on board.
Complete with a ground control station, it will cost around 500,000 South African Rand (£27,400).
A spokesman for Desert Wolf said more orders were in the pipeline from customers around the world.
These include security companies, police units and businesses.
Only two people needed to control it. Just imagine how many protesting slaves you can blast at one time. So efficient! Unfortunately, for pepper spray happy cops like John Pike, who received a $38,000 settlement for pepper spraying seated, peaceful protesters at the University of California Davis, the easy money may be gone. Yes, this guy:
My only question at this point is; can drones collect pensions?
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Reaction to the eye in the sky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR39DErszRE
Tennis racket?
long fire extinguishers
That thing wont last 5 seconds.
If you're within pepper ball range, it's well within lead range. And yes, should this technology show up here, I do advocate shooting the chingadas down.
Exactly - bullish for shotguns.
Maybe keeping it intact would be better. Capture, redeploy. Probably be the only time you'll ever get to pepper spray cops without ever being caught.
You'd need to capture the controls in order to make it useful, or find some way of making your own. Too much trouble, IMO. Just wreck them.
PEPPER SPRAY = BASICALLY A VEGETABLE
SKY = HEAVEN
VEGETABLE = FOOD = MANNA
So this drone delivers manna from heaven. I don't see how anyone could object to that.
At 50k or so per drone, ain't gonna take too many of these dropping to bust a budget.
Tons of ways to bring these things down. Shotgun probably being the funnest. I could take one down with a fishing rod. Hell a cast net or slingshot. All it would take is for one of the 8 rotors to be damaged to bring it down. BB gun would be tough to track and they make some nice .22 cal single cock ones now.
Hell a couple of golf balls strung together will work.
Basically this is as useful as an MRAP.
pods
just remember ... these drones are/will be operated by PEOPLE who have ADDRESSES and FAMILY ....
Can't wait for someone hack the controls and retarget it.
if I owned the drone.. (cool kanguage device)
and was an evil .gov bastard
maybe napalm would be in the spray vessel.
I can see it now. Some jackboot hopped up on Red Bull is ready to pull the hot sauce trigger on some commie protestors and sees..................his daughter.
(I know what you meant, but that made me think about other conundrums)
pods
I have an octocopter and it works fine with several rotors inactive. Having said that maybe the easiest (and cheapest) weapon to bring these down is a slingshot.
Since you have a octocopter, you could always turn it into a peoples pepper sprayer and fly it over the boys in blue, seeing how they like it in their face.
50K?, you can keep it simple and kamikaze a $50 toy RC drone right into the fucker.
Bolo. Bonus points for bolo gun. Double bonus points if bolo gun is powered by non-gunpowder (crossbow, surgical tubing, compressed air, ...).
Update: I see this is mentioned below.
As this company is open for business with businesses, why not funding some phony company in Panama or Belize, and go at it...?
Let them eat their medicine for a change?
The PETA idiots already experienced that. I wish I were one of the hunters.
http://thetandd.com/animal-rights-group-says-drone-shot-down/article_017...
Miffed;-)
As the crowd sings
"And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A."
Lee Greenwood could not be reached for comment.
easy to take these down. just convert one of those water balloon launchers to throw up nets with small weights around the edges (to carry the net through the air). problem solved.
Or, el bolos.
Net Gun, FTMFW!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Net-Gun/
Dang .. Is this the Gunboards.com forum??
BTW.. Still no fucking 22lr out there.. anywhere!
It's out there but pricey. $60/500 brick yesterday, 38gr, Remington hollow pts. I remember when it was half that price.
Try Palmetto state armory,just got .45 at 17.50 for a box of 50 and .223 55g for 6.49 box of 20.
How about blasting its cameras and sensors with a paintball gun? Potato cannon, crossbow, small arms...
I'm writing a poem but can't think what rhymes with skeet
http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=skeet&typeofrhyme=perfect&org1...
"Only two people needed to control it."
Only one tee-shirt needed to bring it down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR39DErszRE
Technology is best defeated with technology. This is an easy target. Frequency jam those whores while they are flying right above a crowd. They will fall and likely cut someone, law suits against the state and company, then they will never be used again. Or you can just hijack it then fly it into the crowd or police yourself.
See jammer here
Escalation bitches. You got beef!...you got beef!....
Potato Cannon... Just passing out Free Food Sir.. Didn't see your Drone...
So when you get sprayed, how do you sue the drone?
This is way too confusing
You sue the John Doe operators and the police department, then get the names of the John Doe operators in the discovery process. Then you publicize the hell out of their names.
It's just so adorable to see a fuzzy little penguin that believes the legal system works that way! Oh you are SO CUTE! I just want to take you home and hug you and cuddle you my fuzzy-wuzzy little penguilawyer.
It would work that way where I am. The local courts hate the local PD. I can even point you to a very recent decision where the chief justice overturned a jury verdict in favor of APD for its use of excessive force. I can also point you to a couple of decisions that are within the past 5 or so years where he ruled that cops do not have qualified immunity, one of which was because a guy was detained, not arrested, but detained because he was merely open carrying, and the other was where two guys were arrested for concealing their identity when the cops lacked even reasonable suspicion to detain them. I've also been through the legal system here, so you can think that you can tell me how it works, but I'll disregard it for my real life experience. But if you're in a different state, YMMV. A lot.
I'm jaded. And legal systems vary a lot from one location to another. Sounds like your location might actually still work the way it was intended to. If so, that's just awesome. Most of us (at least, those of us in the USA, which is most of the ZH readership) aren't in places where that is a reasonable expectation.
It's hard not to be jaded. I've heard some horror stories out of other locations. And our location doesn't work how its supposed to all the time. We're just lucky to have a chief justice who thinks that a lot of what is going on is bullshit in the federal court, and some scathing decisions at the state level against the cops. We even have a few judges that have dismissed a shitload of cases when banks sick their lawsuit mill law firms on people. But you get into the criminal side of things, there are two things you need to remember: 1) If it's a DWI (DUI in other states,) you'll either get lost in the system and your case will be dismissed, or you are most likely fucked and 2) The cops and the DA's office most certainly do not work how they're supposed to. I'm sure you saw the video of James Boyd getting shot, and, if the DA doesn't have enough evidence to convict you, she'll throw several felonies at you and use that as a bargaining chip to get you to plea to lesser charges. Most of the corruption with the judges here revolves around how they got on the bench, hookers and blow. Metro court is hit and miss, however, but it's across the street from district court, and they can't stop you from appealing their decisions.
Then again, while I think the reasons are bullshit, my dad and my grandfather did go to see the aftermath of the courthouse getting shot up in Tierra Amarillia 40 or so years ago, so there is that factor here.
dbl
Mongo like target practice!:-)
Or maybe drones that entice you to start a new life offworld........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ow78NdvQ0
Slingshotz, bitchez!
My only question at this point is; can drones collect pensions?
Sure! Lots of drones collecting pensions right now. As for the mechanical variety, they aren't bulletproof, are they?
This is outrageous, those drones are stealing jobs from hardworking jackboots!
Is there no compassion for fascist sociopaths who just want a fair wage for subjugating their fellow citizens?
Just a sign that the jackboots are seeing that their aura is not quite as bright as it used to be.
Rememeber the Chinese cops?
pods
LOL good thing I'd put my coffee down, I'd need a new keyboard.
speechless
Nazi police state.
All you need is a shitgum.
I've also already come up with a designed product which can bring down a drone without using a firearm. Slingshot is all you need. It could also be loaded within a shotgun shell too. Even a basic design could be used via bow and arrow.
Yeah... But can I please use one of my SKS that has a grenade launcher on it.. And shoot golf balls at these fuckers??
Pleeeezz..
For those who haven't yet lost their ARs in boating accidents. http://americanspecialtyammo.com/novelty-items.html
Potato gun
That's the sad part Klink. They actually think they have invented the Death Star. Idiocy and hubris shouldn't mix.
Miffed;-)
We got Deathstars!
Agreed, those who wish to control fail to realize the creative nature of the human spirt to overcome once resolved.
Well at least it's better than what these "officers of the law" did to this guy handcuffs behind his back (fast forward to 18:20)
http://12160.info/video/police-commit-murder-caught-on-video-daniel-saen...
The drones do not collect pensions, which will make it easier for them to blast the pensioners when theirs is corzined.
South Africa: The friendly country that brought Apartheid to the world and now this.
Who fears drones? Underground guerrilla warfare - don't go to protests to get hurt. Sabotage & Guerrilla activities BITCHEZ!
Someone, somewhere has to groom a South African mine lord. Keep the razors sharp...
Pepper spray is a chemical weapon with an area of effect. It causes blindness by irritating tear ducts and forcing eyes shut while at the same time causing airways to constrict, which causes difficulty to breathe and can lead to death through oxygen deprivation.
It matters not what the State does to its serfs.
It matters to the serfs.
I aim to misbehave.
It will be fun to capture a few of those and send them back.
Get 'em while they last:
http://www.luckygunner.com/t-shirt-luckygunner-drone-hunter
Goggles and respirator masks (the ones you can buy in packs of 10 at home depot) anyone?
And in a pinch a tampon works quite well, just try not use a used one. People underestimate the multi-faceted usefullness of a tampon.
....or marbles and a sling shot.
These things are remote controlled wirelessly. Hack em or jam em once in range.
All good until somebody makes a portable EMP.
All good until somebody makes a directionally fireable portable EMP.
FTFY
I can do that, but I need somewhere handy to plug it in. Batteries not strong enough or are too heavy & expensive.
Speak softly, but carry a big net...one of those things came near me i would just have to appropriate it. Throw a ball of wool at it and its fucked, either that or cover it in piss and shit and send it back to the sadist operating it.
Sounds like fun. I was getting bored with shooting little orange clay targets on Wednesday night.
A dozen eggs and a slingshot should handle the cameras on those POS in that hot S.African sun...
Ever notice drones more and more instill paranoia into the flesh, like a god?
“God is watching.”
People need to learn to do protests within a court of law. Governments are expressly limited.
tell that to the guy that filmed "Gasland".
One word:
PULL!
Trap and skeet shooters will understand
See boys, it's not the size of your Howitzer, it's what you do with it.
You beat me to it.
Two thumbs up!
Exactly what I was thinking.
Probably need a heavy load but I am sure I could get it.....
That could get spendy for ammo but it would sure be fun......
Thanks for the heads up - I'll have to remember to bring my fishing rod, safety goggles, and respirator to the next protest.
I want one. Then put my unruly neighbors on notice - on second thot a stealth attack would probably be most effective.
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Drones, killer robots, and ugly possibilities is a continuation of a subject I have written about before. Blame it on an imagination gone wild or a distrust of those with too much power. Unfortunately more recent revelations about the American government spying on us, our friends, and the leaders of our allies across the world does little to calm my concerns.
We must take note that technology is quickly blurring the line between drones and robots at the same time that the killing power of these machines is being ramped up, we should be afraid! To say these machines have the potential to become formidable and a danger in the wrong hands is an understatement. The article below is a reminder that what they have planned is not limited to what we have seen.
http://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2013/11/drones-killer-robots-and-ugly.htm...
Interesting article. It seems inevitable given who has the power now.
It looks like it's time for a trip to Mexico for a few cases of bottle rockets...Roman candles would probably be effective as well.
There is a fireworks stand about 40 or 50 miles east of me that, while it doesn't sell bottle rockets due to a statewide ban on them, it still sells things like roman candles, Saturn missile batteries and artillery shells. Lead and t-shirts are still cheaper though.
Just go to the airdrome where-
They Live... That's what Rowdy Roddy Piper did.
Spy Drones Over America Foreseen In 1988 "They LiveThey Live was tinfoil hat conspiracy theory stuff before it was cool.
Substitute aliens with yamakas/elites/lizard people and it all the same shit just framed slightly differently.
"Unfortunately, for pepper spray happy cops like John Pike, who received a $38,000 settlement for pepper spraying seated, peaceful protesters at the University of California Davis, the easy money may be gone."
He now spray paints houses for a living.
Good link! Hopefully he has stayed fired. And it was 38K... not 380K or 3.8mil.
Citizens won’t be doing anything about attack drones monitoring every move.
Recall the so-called “Minuteman Project” which was going to protect the citizenry from the Mexican Invaders (illegals). How did that turn out?
Dems want those votes soooooo bad their willing to sell us all out to get them.
Keep your dem-nonsense in a Free Speech Zone as Bush intended.
Just bring your own interseptor drone....entertainment for the crowd.
Drone-R-Derby
12 gauge, #1 buck
Great crowd! My first thought upon reading the headline was to make a post about about how to bring the damn thing down.
And dozens had already expressed the same sentiment.
I swear, everytime I see a story on gov interference from above (anything in the air intruding on my freedom, such as even LOOKING), I long to add a shoulder fired thig-a-ma-jig to the inventory.
Call 1-800-DRONE-B-GONE
I'm long gas masks.
Not to worry... Apple is coming out with an iPhone mounted surface to air anti-drone rocket!
This is why Hillary and SkyNet don't want you to own guns... too expensive to keep replacing downed drones...
Remember - it's just a clay pigeon with rotors . . . . BOOM!
Duck Dynasty boys would knock that thing out the sky in 3 seconds.
Long air cannon fired fishing nets.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Net-Gun/
Invent Clam Chowder Grenades, Throw them at people, and instantly they smell like wet socks and 3 day old clam chowder.
Forget drones, it's the 'scanners' with bombs to go up against:
http://www.modreactor.com/_projects/_govedo/half_life_2_-_city_scanner_m...
Half-Life 2 'scanner':
https://www.google.com/search?q=Half-Life+2+%27scanner%27&client=firefox...
Won't be long before they deploy nerve gas 'by accident' instead of pepperspray, mark my words.
Chemical Weapon . . . not good . . . not in America . . . .