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I can tell when a helicopter is above me, and there is a much greater cost of operation making it impractical to use helicopters for constant surveillance in gi
by hondje 13y ago
I can tell when a helicopter is above me, and there is a much greater cost of operation making it impractical to use helicopters for constant surveillance in giant drag nets of innocents.
- anigbrowl 13y agoHaving spent some time near an army base where they train drone pilots, I assure you that you can tell when a drone is above you too. They're not silent or invisible. Your comments border on delusional, like arguing that the existence of telescopic sights on rifles means that all telescopes are weapons.
- jlgreco 13y agoA 747 at 12km is silent from the ground in every populated area I've ever been in; how could an MQ-9 at 15km possibly not be silent?
- anigbrowl 13y agoYou're right about that, I'm thinking of a different model. OTOH the price of an MQ-9 is a lot higher than that f a helicopter, and it's not the case that you can just throw thousands of them up in the air for a panopticon.
- CamperBob2 13y agoSomebody needs to watch the 'Collateral Murder' video again.