Killer Drones…How Long until U.S. Enemies Own Their Own?

[The Straight Story]

Killer Drones…How Long until U.S. Enemies Own Their Own?

It may not be long before the United States’ supremacy in drone warfare is mitigated by other countries—and terrorist organizations—possessing the same technology.

It is estimated that as many as 50 countries are developing or purchasing unmanned aircraft (UAVs), including China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran. Those interested in the technology include Hezbollah, which may already have drones built by Iran, which has developed one with a range of more than 600 miles.

“These systems are used mostly for surveillance, but it is not difficult to equip the aircraft with missiles and bombs,” writes David Cortright, director of policy studies for the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

“The virtue of most U.A.V.’s is that they have long wings and you can strap anything to them,” Dennis M. Gormley, author of Missile Contagion: Cruise Missile Proliferation and the Threat to International Security, told The New York Times.

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Killer_Drones__How_Long_until_US_Enemies_Own_Their_Own_111130

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1. Hummingbird-sized drones with lethal darts

are just around the corner. Great for keeping a lid on dissent.

[zbdent]

2. nah, just confiscating all non-allegiance cameras and camcorders ...

then you have no evidence of brutality or the person "slipping" ...

[ladjf]

3. Any of those drones could be deck launched right off the shores of the U.S.

We wouldn't even know who owned them. After doing some sabotage over the U.S. mainland the drones could either be ditched and destroyed at sea.

[dembotoz]

4. i remember a movie where the hero(clint eastwood??) was chased around by a remote control car

this would be worse.

Maybe in a future Popular Mechanics magazine --is that still around?

Winged bringers of death--you can make at home for under 200 dollars.

[gratuitous]

5. Then they'll be terrorists

Imagine using our own tactics against us! And harming or killing innocent civilians! You think we overreacted and went mad after 9/11? Wait until the first missile piles into a gated community somewhere.