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avebury

(10,952 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:51 AM Jul 2012

Oklahoma chosen as test site for drones

I heard our local TV station talking about this on the news this morning. Of course they were talking about how ranchers will be able to use drones to check their crops.

Oklahoma is the first state to be chosen as a testing site for small unmanned aircraft systems, commonly called drones, to be used to help first responders, state and federal officials announced Thursday.

Read more: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-chosen-as-test-site-for-drones/article/3688386#ixzz20P7Es9QP

http://www.newson6.com/story/19004992/oklahoma-chosen-to-text-unmanned-aircraft

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Oklahoma chosen as test site for drones (Original Post) avebury Jul 2012 OP

It's starrrrtinggggg Ship of Fools Jul 2012 #1

Hello United Police States of America ZM90 Jul 2012 #2

Any science fiction fan could tell you this was bound to happen lunatica Jul 2012 #3

Yep. The future is happening now. Arkansas Granny Jul 2012 #8

States & localities - the New Market for Merchants of War. Nt xchrom Jul 2012 #4

How appropriate pipoman Jul 2012 #5

Appropriate, too, that Oklahoma is one of the most conservative... a la izquierda Jul 2012 #9

Sounds like Oklahoma is now the top gun sport market in the country, MadHound Jul 2012 #6

Just imagine if people started to buy their avebury Jul 2012 #7

Ship of Fools

(1,453 posts)

1. It's starrrrtinggggg

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 06:56 AM

Jul 2012

ZM90

(706 posts)

2. Hello United Police States of America

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:09 AM

Jul 2012

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

3. Any science fiction fan could tell you this was bound to happen

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:21 AM

Jul 2012

And that some of the uses of drones will actually be beneficial to the populace. Some of them.

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)

8. Yep. The future is happening now.

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Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:43 AM

Jul 2012

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

4. States & localities - the New Market for Merchants of War. Nt

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:26 AM

Jul 2012

pipoman

(16,038 posts)

5. How appropriate

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:13 AM

Jul 2012

that they pick the state which was a prison for so many years, until 1890, to experiment with covertly stripping of civil liberties...the state has so much sadness in it's past, it seems appropriate place to start for the tyrants wishing to circumvent the Constitution...Orwell is just spinning and laughing at the same time..

a la izquierda

(11,794 posts)

9. Appropriate, too, that Oklahoma is one of the most conservative...

Reply to pipoman (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:03 AM

Jul 2012

states in the nation.
The comments after the article are interesting...
I lived there for 8 years, and though I love the place, the people play serious mental gymnastics on a daily basis.

MadHound

(34,179 posts)

6. Sounds like Oklahoma is now the top gun sport market in the country,

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:42 AM

Jul 2012

Better than skeet shooting!

avebury

(10,952 posts)

7. Just imagine if people started to buy their

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:40 AM

Jul 2012

own drones. Who would need security companies. You are home alone at night, you hear something outside, you activate your drone to find out what is going on.

Or imagine an Occupy Wall Street or some other type of protest. The protesters could get their own drone to monitor the police. After all there are no laws governing out the Government uses drones so there would not be any laws on how the public uses them.

It could put a whole new meaning to taking back our government if there were more ways to document government entity wrong doing.

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