Remote-controlled planes to spy on British homes

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Remote-controlled planes could spy on British homes

Police could soon use unmanned spyplanes like those used to track enemy troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for surveillance operations on British homes.

By Murray Wardrop
Last Updated: 9:25AM GMT 24 Feb 2009

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The miniature aircraft could be fitted with cameras and heat-seeking equipment
Photo: 2007 Robert Nickelsberg




Drones are used over Afghanistan to track militants
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The Home Office has suggested that the remote-controlled drones
could be used to help police gather evidence and track criminals
without putting officers at risk.The miniature aircraft could be
fitted with cameras and heat-seeking equipment, allowing police to
carry out aerial reconnaissance from a control room.They also
have the benefit of being quieter than conventional helicopters or
spotter planes and are much cheaper to run due to their fuel economy.However,
their use is likely to provoke opposition from people sceptical of
Britain's increasing use of surveillance equipment, who fear they
represent yet another example of the expansion of a Big Brother state.Plans to introduce the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is outlined in the Home Office's Science and Innovation Strategy.It
states: "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are likely to become an increasingly
useful tool for police in the future, potentially reducing the number
of dangerous situations the police may have to enter and also providing
evidence for prosecutions and support police operations in 'real time'."It
adds: "We need to investigate how such vehicles could be used, and
their ability to provide high quality evidence for convictions."Ministers are speaking to the Civil Aviation Authority about the introduction of UAVs, some of which measure just 2ft across.There are safety concerns over the devices, some of which have been prone to crashing in use in battlefield situations.



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Plus, they will be flying at very low altitudes. I'd be pissed.
It would be like a free trap & Skeet club if those little fuckers showed up around here .

Loner wrote:Plus, they will be flying at very low altitudes. I'd be pissed.
It would be like a free trap & Skeet club if those little fuckers showed up around here .

There are also ways to jam the radio controls:twisted:

iluvfreebeer wrote:

Loner wrote:Plus, they will be flying at very low altitudes. I'd be pissed.
It would be like a free trap & Skeet club if those little fuckers showed up around here .

There are also ways to jam the radio controls:twisted:

Yep, TT Goose shot.

Loner wrote:

iluvfreebeer wrote:

Loner wrote:Plus, they will be flying at very low altitudes. I'd be pissed.
It would be like a free trap & Skeet club if those little fuckers showed up around here .

There are also ways to jam the radio controls:twisted:

Yep, TT Goose shot.

I have some No. 2 tungsten I've never tried. Think that will work?

iluvfreebeer wrote:

Loner wrote:

iluvfreebeer wrote:

Loner wrote:Plus, they will be flying at very low altitudes. I'd be pissed.
It would be like a free trap & Skeet club if those little fuckers showed up around here .

There are also ways to jam the radio controls:twisted:

Yep, TT Goose shot.

I have some No. 2 tungsten I've never tried. Think that will work?

I think that may take care of things

I think instead of a duck blind, I'd build a cardbord roof top airconditioner unit with a flip top lid! LMAO.

I like how you think Loner

Thanks, but I found that sometimes I shouldnt think out loud.

not a bad idea considering the Muslim population and their ties to islamic terrorists. that's what it should be used for.

namvet wrote:not a bad idea considering the Muslim population and their ties to islamic terrorists. that's what it should be used for.

But you know it wont. It will be used to keep tabs on their other citizens who dare to think maybe they are headed the wrong way and other non-stateists

NonConformist wrote:

namvet wrote:not a bad idea considering the Muslim population and their ties to islamic terrorists. that's what it should be used for.

But you know it wont. It will be used to keep tabs on their other citizens who dare to think maybe they are headed the wrong way and other non-stateists

and Osama is paying attention

namvet wrote:not a bad idea considering the Muslim population and their ties to islamic terrorists. that's what it should be used for.

How many Muslims have attacked us since 9/11? ZERO.

Which is a miracle considering how we've invaded their countries and murdered them by the hundreds of thousands!

People, Islam is not the enemy. Right wing fascism is the true enemy of freedom.

Obama Rulz wrote:

namvet wrote:not a bad idea considering the Muslim population and their ties to islamic terrorists. that's what it should be used for.

How many Muslims have attacked us since 9/11? ZERO.

Which is a miracle considering how we've invaded their countries and murdered them by the hundreds of thousands!

People, Islam is not the enemy. Right wing fascism is the true enemy of freedom.

liberals are the true American terrorists. and its left wing marxists that's responsible for this economic crisis.

How many Muslims have attacked us since 9/11? ZERO.

thank you GWB

Obama Rulz wrote:

namvet wrote:not a bad idea considering the Muslim population and their ties to islamic terrorists. that's what it should be used for.

How many Muslims have attacked us since 9/11? ZERO.

Which is a miracle considering how we've invaded their countries and murdered them by the hundreds of thousands!

People, Islam is not the enemy. Right wing fascism is the true enemy of freedom.

Fascism is a leftist idea more often than not

But you wouldnt know freedom or reckognize others anyway, you're already on record here for being anti gun which violates the 2A and my right to excercise it

I made good money renting my motor home to the feds after Katrina. It was even returned clean and with plenty of gas in the tank.

I'm lucky the two legged rats that infest New Orleans didn't get it.

iluvfreebeer wrote:I made good money renting my motor home to the feds after Katrina. It was even returned clean and with plenty of gas in the tank.

I'm lucky the two legged rats that infest New Orleans didn't get it.

im surprised they didn't bitch because it didn't come with an HDTV

namvet wrote:

iluvfreebeer wrote:I made good money renting my motor home to the feds after Katrina. It was even returned clean and with plenty of gas in the tank.

I'm lucky the two legged rats that infest New Orleans didn't get it.

im surprised they didn't bitch because it didn't come with an HDTV

I got lucky. You didn't know who was going to get it when you leased it through the local company. The US Coast Guard got mine, and took good care of it. I've always been a big fan of the USCG. They just re-affirmend my point. I'd buy a beer for Coasties any time.

If FEMA had gotten it, it would have been ruined by ghetto trash.

It just so happens I'm into model rockets and RC planes. If they send one of these things over my house, I could take it down in a dog fight or with my own little SAM

Remo wrote:It just so happens I'm into model rockets and RC planes. If they send one of these things over my house, I could take it down in a dog fight or with my own little SAM

Sounds like a great You Tube moment!

I think there are a lot of uses for UASs in the civilian world (counter drug, border patrol, search and rescue, etc). I don't think they should be used directly against citizens as a constant watch, that is too much Big Brother.

There are a lot regulations within the US UAS (aka UAVs) community that prohibit the recon and surveillance of US citizens by the military who is the predominant user of UASs.

iluvfreebeer wrote:There are also ways to jam the radio controls:twisted:

RF jamming won't bring down a UAS, it will just change the flight mode (from man controlled to automated). If anything it goes back to a predesignated spot.

I'm some what of an expert on UAVs/UASs.

I'll bet their are thousands of nerds who could make a jammer. And if it did just go back to a spot and circle, it probably wouldn't be over my house anymore.

But shooting it down would be a lot more fun