Tag: drone
-
#BringBackYourDrones: US Drones Search for Kidnapped Nigeria Girls
from time.com: White House officials confirmed that reconnaissance drones are now patrolling an area the size of West Virginia in a search for nearly 300 kidnapped schoolgirls… The United States has deployed drones to Nigeria to help search for more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by militant group Boko Haram, officials confirmed Wednesday.
-
Military Drone Crashes Near Pennsylvania Elementary School
from RT.com: A nearly 400-pound unmanned aerial vehicle crash-landed near an elementary school in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon, irritating members of the community and alarming civil liberties advocates nervous about drones flying over the US. The drone, an RQ-7 Shadow, is 11 feet long with a 14 foot wingspan. Why it was flying…
-
US Said to Curtail Drone Strikes in Pakistan
from washingtonpost.com: The Obama administration has sharply curtailed drone strikes in Pakistan after a request from the government there for restraint as it pursues peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, according to U.S. officials. “That’s what they asked for, and we didn’t tell them no,” one U.S. official said. The administration indicated that it will…
-
US To Use Drones In Chris Dorner Manhunt
from zerohedge.com: We were hoping to evade coverage of the latest mass distraction du jour, that of the former LAPD officer Chris Dorner who recently went rogue following a three man murder spree and who has vowed to kill again as per his 6,000 word manifesto, but the US government had made it impossible following…
-
Iran Reports Capture Of Another US Drone
Reuters news service reports, “Iran said on Tuesday it had captured a U.S. intelligence ScanEagle drone in its airspace over the Gulf in the last few days, but the United States said there was no evidence to support the assertion…The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on its website that the drone had been flying over…
-
Drone Episode 4: Conclusion
Billing for conclusion of Drone series reads, “The thrilling conclusion of the YOMYOMF Network’s sci-fi/action webseries “DR0NE”, Directed by ROBERT GLICKERT and starring LANCE REDDICK (“FRINGE”) and KENNETH CHOI (“CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER”). Captured by black ops soldiers, the situation looks dire for 237. Is there any hope of escaping and bringing Nissen (Lance…
-
Drone: Episode 3 Best Yet
Episode 3 of the ‘Drone’ online series is perhaps its best yet! Production values are a mix of gritty Mad Max world of survival with plenty of hard-ware and a cyber reality almost as riveting. In 2023, Drone unit 237 has already seen too much in war and subject to shutdown.
-
Drone: Second Installment
Second installment of Drone is ready for your viewing pleasure! Viewpoint of autonomous Unit 237’s programmer Jay (Kenneth Choi) plays in current release. Jay finds himself under suspicion from his boss Nissen (Lance Reddick) as he works to help Unit 237 escape from team of black ops soldiers. Second segment is juxtaposed to first six…
-
Drone: Episode 1 Of A New Web Series
You may consider deeper issues, whether “Drone” represents desensitization or predictive programming? Present writer will face human issues, but love of good sci-fi comes first. “By the early 21st century, the nature of warfare had changed. Unmanned drones patrolled the skies about the battleground. In the year 2023, humanoid drones were deployed to the front…
-
Texas Researchers Hack DHS Drone by Invitation at White Sands
A $1,000 worth of available electronics can enable anyone with the savvy to GPS spoof a Department of Homeland Security drone and take over command. While no one suggests trying it, all the present writer can say is: “F-ing Cool!” Erik Seawright writes post at Z6Mag, “Drone Hacked With Spoofing on Approval of DHS by…
-
Drone Shot Down in South Carolina
An animal rights group prevented a planned, live pigeon shoot last weekend, but also lost their drone to an act of revenge. Activist group SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness) dispatched a microkopter (pictured) to document illegal activity, but moments after the launch it was shot down. The incident took place on Broxton Bridge Plantation…