Reply #5: What makes them not toy airplanes

[sweetheart]

They look like kids toys. Heck, i used to have one of those tiny
petrol-powered remote airplanes you launch with a giant rubber
band... (i crashed it, and we never good enough with balsa wood and
"dope" to repair it)... but that was then.

Now they tape a video camera on the nose and voila - UAV. If you
ever visit a model (remote) airplane show, you'll be blown away at
how many tiny aircraft can be tightly controlled... and how civilians
have had access to this stuff for several decades.

I could probably make you an effective UAV with a model aircraft
and a simple transmitter. THen a kilo of semtex and its a missile.

What a great idea (depending on who you are)! These things will
only get smaller and more plentiful.

We are on the cusp of a post-nuclear dark age. Enjoy electricity
while you have it.