Reported 64 Drone Bases on US Soil

[Kirk Freeman]

Of interest to INGO:

64 Drone Bases Located On American Soil - Slashdot

As cost efficient as UAVs can be I cannot believe there are only 64. Let's hope that there are others that are not disclosed.

 

[Rookie]

How soon before one gets shot down?

 

[steveh_131]

Listen, and understand. Those drones are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

 

[Rookie]

Listen, and understand. Those drones are out there. They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.

 

[steveh_131]

Protect and Serve

 

[redneckmedic]

US Soil or continental US (and or AK/HI)... there's a big difference.

 

[eldirector]

Here is the map quoted in the OP's article (sorry, can't seem to embed just the map):
DoD Current and Future U.S. Drone Activities Map | Public Intelligence

Looks like "American Soil" == "The 50 States" in this case.

 

[rambone]

As cost efficient as UAVs can be I cannot believe there are only 64. Let's hope that there are others that are not disclosed.

I'm sure Romney will help fulfill all your Orwellian dreams.

Surveillance is strength!
Privacy is slavery!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I'm sure Romney will help fulfill all your Orwellian dreams.

Yes, a Pat Boone Orwellian dream, where Ned Flanders is the ideal.

No beer, no coffee, and we all are mandated by HHS to go to bed by 9PM. *Shudder* No doubt Mittens Romney is the antichrist.

Surveillance is strength!

Why do you think people are watching you? Where do you bank? Do you think your bank does not watch you? Or the Kwik E Mart?

To use UAVs to kill our enemies one has to practice with them just like the Indiana Air National Guard flying over your house now. Drones are cost effective and all the alphabet has them now, not just USAF and the USN.

 

[Citizen711]

Someone please explain to me why anyone should be freaked out about this? They've been able to surveil in a similar manner from satellites for decades.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Someone please explain to me why anyone should be freaked out about this?

We shouldn't be.

 

[steveh_131]

I wonder how many OWS'ers they have to shoot in a killstreak to order in a UAV drone.

It's probably still 5 for an air strike.

 

[Vic_Mackey]

Satellites are one thing. You have no idea what these things can do. I really don't like the thought of thermal imaging recording me reload ammo or leave/enter my house/car with weapons. I was in a recon unit in the army, and worked with alphabets. We used those tactics for pinpoint raids and recon on HVT's. They can use that same stuff here and know more about you than your wife ever would. That's going to far.

Napolitano said that the first person that shoots one down will be an American hero. I believe he will be correct in that assumption.

 

[jbombelli]

PULL!

 

[Vic_Mackey]

PULL!

 

[chraland51]

Hey, we really are not too far from Skynet becoming self-aware. Have you ever used the Bluetooth capability on your cell phone to hook up with the Bluetooth capability of your Tom Tom on your vehicle dashboard? It was kinda eerie when they would carry on a back and forth conversation lighting up and going dim and then lighting up again. It was almost like being in a movie where I was the idiot scientist who just realized that he had made a very serious mistake. Satellite surveillance is not as efficient as drone capabilities as I think that satellites still have to targeted. Drones can home in and shoot you down much more quickly. I have no doubts that they will be used on citizens before they will be used on the illegals who have taken over parts of the southwest and Texas.

 

[Citizen711]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure these drones are still operated remotely. It's not like they are completely automated, subjecting us to the "whims" of binary logic.

 

[Vic_Mackey]

They aren't autonomous. Yet.

 

[miguel]

Can they be ****ed with using green lasers?

Can we tail them with RC aircraft? If so, I call dibs on the Stuka: Extreme Detail 5-CH AirField RC Stuka 1400MM Warbird Plane *Super Scale* EPO Foam Plane Airframe KIT Version (Camo)

 

[rugertoter]

Someone please explain to me why anyone should be freaked out about this? They've been able to surveil in a similar manner from satellites for decades.

I agree. This is just the newest in a long line of spying techniques used by the government. If I see one, I will moon it as it goes by. At least the pilot will get a laugh out of it.