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Drone with radioactive sign found on Japanese PM’s office roof
New York Post ^ | April 22, 2015 | Reuters

Posted on 04/22/2015 8:22:44 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom

A drone marked with a radioactive sign was found on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office on Wednesday and media said it tested positive for a “minuscule” amount of radiation.

The radiation was so low it was not harmful to humans, media quoted police as saying.

Public broadcaster NHK said the bomb squad was called in to take away the drone, which was carrying a small camera and a water bottle.

Police would investigate, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said, adding that the country may need to consider regulating the devices. [...]

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1 posted on 04/22/2015 8:22:44 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
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To: ConservingFreedom

When did RC models become “drones”?


2 posted on 04/22/2015 8:28:49 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Regulation. Seems to be the solution to every problem.


3 posted on 04/22/2015 8:32:35 AM PDT by chrisser (Silly Wabbit. Trix are for kids. And Cheetos are for Rinos.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Once camera’s were attached to feed real time flight data to the operator.


4 posted on 04/22/2015 8:32:40 AM PDT by drunknsage
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5 posted on 04/22/2015 8:35:48 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: drunknsage

I think it was when the media decided that “drone” sounded more menacing than remote controlled toy.


6 posted on 04/22/2015 8:37:09 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Ditto.
7 posted on 04/22/2015 8:39:25 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“When did RC models become “drones”?”

Since they let lazy idiots graduate from “journalism” school.


8 posted on 04/22/2015 8:59:24 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: ConservingFreedom

“carrying a small camera and a water bottle.”

Contaminated water from Fukushima? Sounds like a protest over that to me.


9 posted on 04/22/2015 9:48:47 AM PDT by Boogieman
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"Contaminated water from Fukushima? Sounds like a protest over that to me."

Best explanation, yet...

10 posted on 04/22/2015 1:54:09 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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