The Unmanned Air (and other) Systems Thread

[SCcoug]

Yes, true. Also, if it was a drone it would have most likely blown up Cowboy Stadium to kill the one terrorist that may have been inside, AKA. Jerry Jones.

Probably not. Most UAS are for surveillance.

[Uncle Ted]

Kentucky man shoots down drone hovering over his backyard

The way William Merideth sees it, it’s pretty clear-cut: a drone flying over his backyard was a well-defined invasion of privacy, analogous to a physical trespassing.
Not knowing who owned it, the Kentucky man took out his shotgun and fired three blasts of Number 8 birdshot to take the drone out.


"It was just right there," he told Ars. "It was hovering, I would never have shot it if it was flying. When he came down with a video camera right over my back deck, that's not going to work. I know they're neat little vehicles, but one of those uses shouldn’t be flying into people's yards and videotaping."


Minutes later, a car full of four men that he didn’t recognize rolled up, "looking for a fight."


"Are you the son of a bitch that shot my drone?" one said, according to Merideth.


His terse reply to the men, while wearing a 10mm Glock holstered on his hip: "If you cross that sidewalk onto my property, there’s going to be another shooting."


The men backed down, retreated to their car, and waited for the police to arrive.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...-his-backyard/

How long before these defenseless drones start shooting back?

[Uncle Ted]

Of course, this is more like it...

[Sullyute]

Of course, this is more like it...

I am not a gun guy, but that Russian was pretty entertaining.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This stuff needs to be outlawed, ASAP.

[Solon]

I am not a gun guy, but that Russian was pretty entertaining.

I dig his T-shirt. Tacitus is my favorite Roman historian.

Also, these things can be useful for delivering drugs to prison: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/04/us/pri...ne-drugs-ohio/

[YOhio]

This stuff needs to be outlawed, ASAP.

If you outlaw weaponized drones then only the criminals will have weaponized drones.

[Uncle Ted]

If you outlaw weaponized drones then only the criminals will have weaponized drones.

Besides it will not the drones that would be killing people. It will be the guns.

[pellegrino]

I am not a gun guy, but that Russian was pretty entertaining.

I don't think he's really Russian.

[old_gregg]

I don't think he's really Russian.

he's from georgia or something. very popular youtube channel.

[Sullyute]

I don't think he's really Russian.

Yeah, I should have put Russian in quotation marks.