Errant drone near DC almost met by fighter jets.

[elleng]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090904200.html?hpid=sec-nation

"It certainly doesn't help our case any time there's a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that wanders around a little bit outside of its controlled airspace."

I guess not!!!!

[SpiralHawk]

1. Send out the Droids to thwart the Drones !

Do whatever is necessary to protect the Clones.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. why is the military flying uav missions inside the us?

[yellowcanine]

5. It was on a test flight from Patuxent Naval Air Base. Very close to restricted air space so it is

surprising that it doesn't happen more often. OTOH maybe it does and we just don't usually hear about it.

[elleng]

6. 'defense officials campaign

to use them more often during natural disasters and for homeland security.'

[fascisthunter]

3. I Feel Safer in the Homeland Already

:crazy:

[RKP5637]

4. Yeah, same here.

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
:hide: :hide: :hide: :hide: :hide:

[old mark]

7. I wonder where they test the OTHER unmanned/robotic/android war thingies

they have now, like the land war robot recon vehicle that can stay out for months, like these:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_Tactical_Unmanned_Ground_Vehicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripsaw_MS1

And I'm still wondering about the application for these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyqQ9B8_jIs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XMHI8ItcYc&feature=related

Oh, boy! Giant metal things that work on their own to kill us....could be there's a movie in there somewhere...


mark

[RandiFan1290]

11. Don't forget the creepy Big Dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJZVZFRFJc

;)

[old mark]

12. That's funny! (I think half that dog is wearing flip flops....) nt

[RandiFan1290]

13. Hehe

Here is the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ

That parody always cracks me up though :)

[guardian]

8. Ohhh. When I saw "errant drone" I thought

you were talking about some rethug. :-)

[elleng]

9. Might have been!

p.s., you ok in Boulder?

[guardian]

10. Thanks for asking.

My house is not close to the fire.