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Using consumer drones as target practice, Alex Jones and the Steiner brothers tested out the best way to bring down the drones on the 10,000 acre Steiner ranch as part of filming for Brothers in Arms, a new show which focuses on firearms and the second amendment.
UAVs typically fall into one of six functional categories (although multi-role airframe platforms are becoming more prevalent):
Target and decoy – providing ground and aerial gunnery a target that simulates an enemy aircraft or missile
Reconnaissance – providing battlefield intelligence
Combat – providing attack capability for high-risk missions (see Unmanned combat air vehicle)
Logistics – UAVs specifically designed for cargo and logistics operation
Research and development – used to further develop UAV technologies to be integrated into field deployed UAV aircraft
Civil and Commercial UAVs – UAVs specifically designed for civil and commercial applications
Schiebel S-100 fitted with a Lightweight Multirole Missile
They can also be categorised in terms of range/altitude and the following has been advanced as relevant at such industry events as ParcAberporth Unmanned Systems forum:
Handheld 2,000 ft (600 m) altitude, about 2 km range
Close 5,000 ft (1,500 m) altitude, up to 10 km range
NATO type 10,000 ft (3,000 m) altitude, up to 50 km range
Tactical 18,000 ft (5,500 m) altitude, about 160 km range
MALE (medium altitude, long endurance) up to 30,000 ft (9,000 m) and range over 200 km
HALE (high altitude, long endurance) over 30,000 ft (9,100 m) and indefinite range
HYPERSONIC high-speed, supersonic (Mach 1–5) or hypersonic (Mach 5+) 50,000 ft (15,200 m) or suborbital altitude, range over 200 km
ORBITAL low earth orbit (Mach 25+)
CIS Lunar Earth-Moon transfer
CACGS Computer Assisted Carrier Guidance System for UAVs
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
People are now realizing what is going to happen and people are now using consumer drones for target practice. Drones are a weapon system, no ifs ands or butts about it. It is a way to bypass posse comitus using robotic soldiers instead of human soldiers. No exceptions.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
Weapons of war and nothing else, regardless of the excuses they will use to try to sell us on the idea.
Originally posted by sylent6
this is homegrown domestic terrorism against the government.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
reply to post by THE_PROFESSIONAL
I saw this earlier and got a rush of excitement when I read the headline. Sounds like fun to me, if I can take down 3 doves in a group with a bolt action shotgun I think I might be pretty good at drone hunting too.
You echo my sentiments about drones exactly.
Weapons of war and nothing else, regardless of the excuses they will use to try to sell us on the idea.
The only thing I believe that would convince the public to accept them would be if one were to somehow thwart a major terrorist strike. They know it too so watch for some high-profile story soon about the "benefits" of drones in the skies over the US.
I should add this www.abovetopsecret.com...
The Drones NEW weapon: Public Relationsedit on 29-5-2012 by Asktheanimals because: added link
Originally posted by thehoneycomb
reply to post by Jordan River
The founding fathers were genius and they inserted the militia for a good reason.
I will go no further but there are many police and military in the militia.
As for martial law we have the socialists and communists in OWS to do that. They can throw rocks and give cops flowers but the militia gets down to bullets and should not be used until the timing is necessary.