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Fox News Analyst: First American To Shoot Down A Domestic Spy Drone 'Will Become A Folk Hero'
Business Insider ^
| 5/15/2012
| Michael Brendan Dougherty
Posted on 05/15/2012 1:38:34 PM PDT by JohnKinAK
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To: ProfoundMan
Perhaps I should have added reliable. :)
Now, if I wanted to shoot down a flying barn...
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:35:10 PM PDT
by
Pox
(Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
To: Steely Tom
Cant wait to hear what RC Collins has to say about this tonight on the Phil Hendrie Radio Show
To: Charles Martel
Food for thought...
I don't know if that's real. I just put 200 rounds out of my Kahr CW45 this morning at the range. You'd think that that itty-bitty copter would show a bit more recoil effect. At LEAST a bit of rifling twist when fired.
Ever fly one of those in a slight wind?
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:35:53 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Look for the union label, then buy elsewhere.)
To: JohnKinAK
>It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys but not in America.<
.
Hell, there are enough bad Somalis, Yemenis and muslim terrorists living in the US under the guise of being American citizens to warrant the use of a drone.
Looking at the multicultural landscape, one has to ask oneself: “Where does America start and where does it end?”
It is certain that the Founders would not recognize the country if they visited it today.
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:37:07 PM PDT
by
353FMG
To: elcid1970
Can you imagine losing a ten thousand dollar drone to a thirty dollar “air hog” with a few fish hooks on stainless leaders!
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:37:43 PM PDT
by
papertyger
("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))
To: JohnKinAK
I’d love to be the first person in the U.S. To shoot one out of the
Sky but I lost ALL my guns in a boating accident I’n lake Okeechobee
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:37:53 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
To: JohnKinAK
The government using drones is conducting war on Americans. Resist. Resist. Resist.
47
posted on
05/15/2012 2:40:34 PM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Obama's favorite tactic is scapegoating successful Americans.)
To: doorgunner69
You mean the ones that General Wesley Clark swears were not the cause of the fire?
-PJ
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:40:37 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
To: ProfoundMan
I forgot to make sure that you know I was only joking, that is a reliable and cheap rifle, and accurate depending upon a few factors.
Unfortunately, unless a drone is flying awfully low, it's not going to be susceptible to a rifle.
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:42:55 PM PDT
by
Pox
(Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
To: Bob Buchholz
I assume that they are radio controlled.
If you find what frequency they are using and throw up a jamming signal, it should lose contact with the pilot and return to base.
Or fly to Iran. You can never be sure.
To: Tallguy
Bonus points for hacking the data stream & taking control of it! If this were another country the clown on the joystick spying on his countrymen would come to an ill end.
To: RandallFlagg
Ever fly one of those in a slight wind? I've flown a three-axis helicopter in 15 mph gusts. A little one.
There are big ones, with nitromethane/methanol burning engines, that'll fly in much higher winds than that. Of course, the pilot needs to practice.
There are electric helicopters with motors that generate close to three horsepower. There may even be some that exceed that power level.
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:47:50 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
To: Bob Buchholz
A shot with an EMP generator will bring it down.
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posted on
05/15/2012 2:47:53 PM PDT
by
Renegade
To: JohnKinAK
Who would think of such a thing?
To: Political Junkie Too
Yep.
The Posse Comitatus thing seems to be little more than a feel good sop to throw out when some citizens get concerned. A speed bump, nothing more.
To: Bob Buchholz
“I assume that they are radio controlled. I also assume that if it impossible to come up with a video key that cannot be broken it is also impossible to come up with a radio code that cannot be broken. Therefore I also assume that someone will be able to take control of the drone and do whatever with it.”
The military grade encryptions and RF techniques are for all practical purposes jam-proof. However, those drones are controlled from someplace by some human that isn’t jam-proof.
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posted on
05/15/2012 3:03:01 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Homosexuals are homophobes. They insist on being called “gay” instead.)
To: Renegade
A shot with an EMP generator will bring it down.
Or...
Burns through stuff. (Click the pic)
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posted on
05/15/2012 3:03:15 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Look for the union label, then buy elsewhere.)
To: KoRn
“If I had a .50 cal, and knew Id get away with it, I wouldnt hesitate.”
The drones fly on average 13,000 to 23,000 feet.
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posted on
05/15/2012 3:04:23 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Homosexuals are homophobes. They insist on being called “gay” instead.)
To: JohnKinAK
connect your microwave oven to your old satellite dish yup
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posted on
05/15/2012 3:09:00 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(fried drone??`?? Who knew?)
To: JohnKinAK
connect your microwave oven to your old satellite dish yup
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posted on
05/15/2012 3:12:28 PM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(fried drone??`?? Who knew?)
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