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88 wrote:This drone thing is going to get uglier, much quicker than you think. The drones the US is launching willy-nilly these days are expensive and deliver a nasty payload, no doubt. Other nations/organizations will quickly close the technology gap (Iran has one of our most sophisticated ones right now).

But that isn't what worries me. I worry about the use of much lower tech drones in the near future. Right now, a bad guy could build a fully functioning "done" out of parts from a typical hobby store. Such a person could easily arm one of the little fuckers with a couple sticks of dynamite or something else that goes boom and then zip the little bastard up a few hundred feet, and drop it on a car or a gathering of people or some other thing. Remotely. And that is just the low-tech shit.

State supported bad guys will be able to get more sophisticated drones that are controllable using other than jammable radio waves or can be pre-programmed to do their little bit of nastiness and need only to be launched, with no further commands to carry out their mission. You do not need to be a Boeing engineer to design and deliver one of these fuckers where you want it.

Imagine attending a baseball/football game in a packed stadium and seeing one of these little bastards drop down into the crowd. Then try to imagine what the government reaction to that kind of thing will be. The hobby shop biz will be fubared immediately. And so will more of our personal freedoms. Our effective use of drones portends the use of drones by others against us. Not a particularly pretty picture.

ChargerMike wrote:^^^^^^^^^ looks like the guy in the foreground is loosing his rug.

88 wrote:and drop it on a car or a gathering of people or some other thing. Remotely. And that is just the low-tech shit.

Imagine attending a baseball/football game in a packed stadium and seeing one of these little bastards drop down into the crowd.