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Fumesucker

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14. Every block will have a drone-hive with armed drones that can be commanded from HQ at need..
Fri Feb 3, 2012, 08:40 PM
Feb 2012

Something like these perhaps, quantity has a quality all its own.

http://www.golem.de/news/drohne-quadcopter-schwaermen-in-formation-1202-89515.html

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #1
They're not talking about ARMED drones. nt TheWraith Feb 2012 #3
Oh, give 'em time. MadHound Feb 2012 #6
Ratchet down the paranoia. TheWraith Feb 2012 #19
For now... Stay tuned. eom Purveyor Feb 2012 #7
Exactly, they're talking about civilian drones n/t arcane1 Feb 2012 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #11
Congress calls for accelerated RULES ON SAFE use of drones in US. TheWraith Feb 2012 #2
So what's your opinion on the use of drones in general? Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #4
hang on I have to go check in with my boss to see what he tells me to think. limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #13
Federal, state, and local governments already conduct constant surveillance flights. TheWraith Feb 2012 #18
I know that. We also already have them on the border. Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #23
thanks, were you able to get the OP link to work? SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #5
“catastrophic failure of the unmanned aircraft that would endanger other aircraft"...... IDemo Feb 2012 #9
How can someone support drones which will eventually be armed and oppose the right jody Feb 2012 #10
Every block will have a drone-hive with armed drones that can be commanded from HQ at need.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #14
Why not go Green and train killer bees? nt jody Feb 2012 #15
There are some things even killer bees won't do? Fumesucker Feb 2012 #16
I concede! nt jody Feb 2012 #17
This is my opinions on the use of drones for surveillance or otherwise in the US: It stinks! limpyhobbler Feb 2012 #12
I agree. We ran this country just fine for two hundred years without Cleita Feb 2012 #21
They're a right, like the Internet. I want mine. saras Feb 2012 #20
I always thought it was awful when gun enthusiasts would shoot birds out of the sky. Cleita Feb 2012 #22
"In the national airspace system" What about the fucking rest of us, not to mention further lonestarnot Feb 2012 #24
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