WTF Woke Up This Morning To A Drone Flying Overhead

[orenbus]

WTF drone woke me up this morning, I didn't even know these were being tested in NJ until I heard it overhead. :mad:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/08/army-spy-blimp/


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1G-L7qvTKI

There's always some idiot yelling the same thing over and over

This is why I didn't want NDAA to pass (among the obvious reasons) with the military now being able to fly shit in civilian airspace, they can test and fly drones all they want in military airspace but I don't want to hear those loud engines annoying the shit out of me 24/7 flying over our skies. :mad:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCeLIRn5tc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CTBYp5vUIs

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

I wonder how much that slow ugly piece of shit cost.

[shane77m]

How would something that loud and big be beneficial over a foreign country? Especially one with the capability to shoot it down? Could it be for more domestic use?

[dannno]

This is getting out of hand.

[presence]

Is there a chip-in started for the legal defence of the first man to down one yet?







“This morning I woke up in a curfew;
O God, I was a prisoner, too - yeah!
Could not recognize the faces standing over me;
They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality…”

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Burnin’ and Lootin’”

[Indy Vidual]

Wasn't that design proven to be dangerous?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7j02pz0Et4/SqBM-t_-OuI/AAAAAAAACfQ/8gnf8MDfB7o/s400/Faith_crossroads_crashing_zeppelin_final.jpg


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We are lucky the Ron Paul blimp worked out as well as it did.

[Anti Federalist]

"Free Country"

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[BAllen]

Wasn't that design proven to be dangerous?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7j02pz0Et4/SqBM-t_-OuI/AAAAAAAACfQ/8gnf8MDfB7o/s400/Faith_crossroads_crashing_zeppelin_final.jpg


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We are lucky the Ron Paul blimp worked out as well as it did.

I believe that was because sanctions prevented Germany from getting helium, forcing them to use the more dangerous hydrogen.

[Dr.3D]

Wasn't that design proven to be dangerous?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7j02pz0Et4/SqBM-t_-OuI/AAAAAAAACfQ/8gnf8MDfB7o/s400/Faith_crossroads_crashing_zeppelin_final.jpg



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We are lucky the Ron Paul blimp worked out as well as it did.
Na... that old thing used hydrogen... they are wasting helium to keep this one up.

[TomtheTinker]

Im telling you..everyday I become more entrenched in my belief in my right to exists as a free sovereign man and everyday the government increasingly infringes on that belief. Soon enough our paths will cross..

[Anti Federalist]

Wasn't that design proven to be dangerous?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_O7j02pz0Et4/SqBM-t_-OuI/AAAAAAAACfQ/8gnf8MDfB7o/s400/Faith_crossroads_crashing_zeppelin_final.jpg


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We are lucky the Ron Paul blimp worked out as well as it did.

That was a rigid airframe dirigible with hydrogen "cells" filled for lift, covered in lightweight silk and cotton that was treated with extremely flammable, aluminum infused lacquer "dope" for sealing and weatherproofing.

Essentially, the whole thing was a flying bomb waiting to go off.

A blimp is basically an inert helium filled balloon.

Two very different animals.

[John F Kennedy III]

Silly conspiracy theorist :rolleyes:

There aren't any drone planes flying over Mesa, AZ either.

[BAllen]

Silly conspiracy theorist :rolleyes:

There aren't any drone planes flying over Mesa, AZ either.

http://lisamorguess.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/istockphoto_11748739-the-sky-is-falling-newspaper-headline1.jpg

[Henry Rogue]

How would something that loud and big be beneficial over a foreign country? Especially one with the capability to shoot it down? Could it be for more domestic use?
That was my first thought too, but then I realised it probably can fly at an extremely high altitude. Making it difficult to shoot down. Although they may not fly it that high in the US if they don't fear it being attacked.

[Tod]

That was my first thought too, but then I realised it probably can fly at an extremely high altitude. Making it difficult to shoot down. Although they may not fly it that high in the US if they don't fear it being attacked.

I think a lot of these military drones fly at altitudes too high for civilian guns to reach, and the ones that don't are probably going to be so small that people will have a very difficult time even knowing they are there.

My guess is that the two best ways to deal with them would be by hacking the control system or by attacking them with your own drone.

[Athan]

I think a lot of these military drones fly at altitudes too high for civilian guns to reach, and the ones that don't are probably going to be so small that people will have a very difficult time even knowing they are there.

My guess is that the two best ways to deal with them would be by hacking the control system or by attacking them with your own drone.
Contract the Iranians out for the job, they are good at that! lol!

[pacelli]

7.62

[JK/SEA]

they live

[sailingaway]

My understanding is that this drone crashed didn't it? Seems to me it was one of the examples (the other being the Romney blimp crashing or not being able to take off) why they should leave blimps to us...

[sailingaway]

Na... that old thing used hydrogen... they are wasting helium to keep this one up.

No wonder party stores had a shortage earlier this year. Not worth it.

[sailingaway]

Here is the thread I was looking for:

Army’s Giant Spy Blimp Plan for Afghanistan Set Adrift http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?393429-Army%92s-Giant-Spy-Blimp-Plan-for-Afghanistan-Set-Adrift&highlight=blimp+afghanistan

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2012/10/LEMV.jpg

Maybe it just drifted over Orenbus's house. Maybe the Army would be grateful for telephone calls letting them know where it wandered off to.

[Cleaner44]

http://russandlaurenhdh.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/german-nazi-airship-color-picture-from-wwii-1.jpg

[Anti Federalist]

How the USS Shenandoah ended up.

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/thisdayintech/2009/09/uss_shenandoah_f.jpg

[Anti Federalist]

How the USS Akron ended up.


USS Akron Crash – Officers and Crew

http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-akron-crash-officers-crew

A list of the officers, crew, and guests aboard USS Akron when the ship crashed at sea April 3-4, 1933. Of the 76 men aboard Akron, only three survived the crash; their names appear in blue.

Six of the men killed in the wreck of the Akron had survived the crash of USS Shenandoah in 1925.

Akron Executive Officer Herbert V. Wiley was in command of USS Macon when the Macon crashed at sea north of San Francisco on February 12, 1935.

[Anti Federalist]

How the USS Macon ended up.


USS Macon Crash – Officers and Crew

http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-macon-officers-crew

A list of the officers, crew, and guests aboard USS Macon when the ship crashed at sea north of San Francisco on February 12, 1935. Of the 76 men aboard Macon, two died in the crash; their names appear in red.

Macon’s commanding officer, Herbert V.Wiley, was one of the three survivors of the USS Akron crash on April 3-4, 1933.

[Anti Federalist]

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[V3n]

Is there a chip-in started for the legal defence of the first man to down one yet?

I'm positive this is the reason for the looming "assault weapon" ban.

[Matt Collins]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fNP51hZtVI

[Ranger29860]

How would something that loud and big be beneficial over a foreign country? Especially one with the capability to shoot it down? Could it be for more domestic use?

Its effective in its own way... you make big brother as obvious and loud as possible so that the mundanes know that they are being watched. They want you to see and hear those things.

[Aeroneous]

How would something that loud and big be beneficial over a foreign country? Especially one with the capability to shoot it down? Could it be for more domestic use?

An old Air Force buddy of mine is now a contractor working on a variant of this blimp in Afghanistan. He has spent the past two years there, and has told me that the local Commanders regard these drone blimps as quite possibly the best protection for their troops that they can get. Apparently they provide much better surveillance of the enemy, and "insurgent" forces will typically run at the sight of them. He claims that countless planned attacks/ambushes/IEDs have been foiled by surveilling the area with these blimps.

[BAllen]

Its effective in its own way... you make big brother as obvious and loud as possible so that the mundanes know that they are being watched. They want you to see and hear those things.

Right. The apperance is enough. Reputation is cheaper than actually buying a shitload of blimps. Government workers are lazy.