Tag: drones
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Drone Tech: Nano Drones And Switchblade
The Young Turks (TYT) webcast reports latest in drone tech. TYT host Cenk Uygur reveals 50 countries have drones and adds, “they are cheap!”
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Ban ‘Killer Robots’ Before It’s Too Late
We must ban killer drones and other robotic systems before it’s too late! Human Rights Watch (HRW) recommended recently that governments, “…should pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons [picture, UK Taranis drone] because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said…” A 50 page HRW report, “’Losing Humanity: The Case…
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DHS Wants To Double US Predator Drone Fleet
It’s in your face fascism! Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to Trevor Timm at Activist Post, “…signed a contract that could be worth as much as $443 million with General Atomics for the purchase up to fourteen additional Predator drones to fly near the border of Mexico and Canada. Congress would still need to…
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October #DataDump: Info, Tech, Prophets and More
Capture Your Entire Life in 30-Second Snaps // Apple rejects app for tracking U.S. drone strikes // Trying – and failing – to regulate the Internet // Battle at the top for UFO disclosure // Philip K Dick: Science Fiction Prophet
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DHS Starts Testing Domestic Drones
DHS domestic drones (video) are coming soon to your local skies! Domestic use of “surveillance” drones, will likely, take us further into a control matrix nightmare! Infowars.com informs DHS to begin testing drones at Fort Sill Oklahoma. The program called “Robotic Aircraft For Public Safety” will employ small drones to keep an eye on Americans…
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New Iran Drone = Old US Drone?
New Iranian drone Shahed 129 (Shahed means witness), the most recent entry into proliferating drone wars “… can hit targets at up to 2,000 kilometers away [1250 miles] and can be equipped with electronic and communication systems which can transmit live feeds.”
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Israeli’s Drone Dominance
Israel’s dominance of drone industry dates back decades, first country to make widespread use of surveillance drones in 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Jefferson Morley writes in Salon article, “Israeli’s Drone Dominance,” Israel creates subsidiaries of state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries to produce drones in client countries to increase sales. Stark Aerospace of Mississippi was set up…
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Drones fly through privacy law loophole
from ap-perspective.blogspot.com: Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has warned it may be impossible to use Australia’s privacy laws to prevent someone from being filmed secretly in their own home by a drone. He says he is confident the Federal Privacy Act would control the actions of government agencies or businesses operating a drone for surveillance.…
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#DataDump: Airspace, Appeals, Algorithms and More
Unblinking surveillance stare: Army’s 7-story flying football field-sized blimp // FAA Documents Raise Questions About Safety of Drones in U.S. Airspace // Google Pays Record $22.5 Million Fine for Privacy Violations // George Soros ‘likes’ Facebook with $10m investment
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Clinton Wants New Drones To Hunt Kony
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Friday, endorsed the advancement of drone surveillance technology to aid the US in capturing fabled enemy Joseph Kony.
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US Air Force Testing Drone Lasers Above North Dakota
from slate.com: It’s fair to say North Dakota has a fraught relationship with drones. First there was the strange and historic arrest of a farmer in the state involving an unmanned aircraft. Now military-grade Predator drones are set to test “non-eye safe” lasers flying near Devils Lake in specially restricted airspace, prompting complaints from civilian…
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#Newspurge: Summer Circuit
Secret Obama Trade Pact Would Let Foreign Corps Avoid US Laws // Balkanizing Syria: Russia Sending Missile Systems to Shield Syria // Obama Polls Strong Among Latinos Since Changing Deportation Rules // SCOTUS Rejects Appeal of Man Convicted Without Knowledge of Trial // Spying the Friendly Skies – Drone aircraft used for recon in Afghanistan…


