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Monday, May 12, 2014 9:01 PM

CHRISISALL


https://news.yahoo.com/nightmare-becoming-reality-iran-unveils-america
n-drone-replica-200251022.html


SO... Iran has a drone... based off a one of ours got splashed.
Huh.
Is it just me, or am I smellin' advertising here.
What can Iran use a DRONE for? Antagonize Israel & get themselves all melted?

Anyone know or have a theory as to what's goin' on?

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Monday, May 12, 2014 9:33 PM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:

What can Iran use a DRONE for?


The same thing Obama uses 'em for.

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Monday, May 12, 2014 9:55 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

The same thing Obama uses 'em for.

But not HERE. They have no delivery platform. Obama can okay such fucked-up shit with near impunity. If Iran deploys them (which I am highly doubtful they have the technical capability to do) they just make themselves a SERIOUS target for Israel to blast on IMO. Which is why I think it's for show & bluster rather than real utilization.
Am I being naïve here ya think?

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Monday, May 12, 2014 10:47 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


Anyone seen it fly?

Hell, Chris, based on the models you've shown here I bet you could make something that looked like a drone given some foam blocks and a set of wheels.


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Monday, May 12, 2014 10:54 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by GEEZER:
Anyone seen it fly?

Hell, Chris, based on the models you've shown here I bet you could make something that looked like a drone given some foam blocks and a set of wheels.



I could. Easily. Full size, half size.... as long as I had some Rustoleum paint (product plug).

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:10 AM

FREMDFIRMA



Well, there's drones and drones - for pure recon purposes, you can bag a Walkera LBV2 for under $200 retail, and buy that bastard right off the shelf - and once you have the Devo F4 control box, replacing a lost or fragged drone is even cheaper.
http://www.helipal.com/walkera-qr-ladybird-fpv-2-4ghz-green-edition.ht
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Mind you, they're lying about that "easy to fly" part, the learning curve's a bitch.

Here's a demo vid of someone testing one.



In the hands of someone clever, surprisingly useful in both a conventional and a military sense, and badguys can be every bit as clever, like casing a theft target with it, or even terrorists plotting a strike - there's also that the damn thing is TINY, doesn't make much noise, and if you land it a position to observe something, like a building corner or car roof, it makes NONE.
And that's the el-cheapo commercial product, unmodified.

On the homebrew front, you have drones like the VF Sumo Quad, designed to be damn near indestructible and capable of even soaking up shotgun blasts.



And the same team has already rigged paintball marker "armed" drones.
Ain't no harder to rig real weapons, particularly unguided rockets.



Or if you don't care if you get the drone back, half a pound of C-4 and a servo trigger is simple enough for any amateur to rig up even in a hurry, just sweep the drone in close and kerblamm - and with an FPV rig, the "pilot" could be anywhere within about a 1/4 mile, or more with a range booster... and if you wanna amp the paranoia into real horror ?
Multiple bomb drones.
After the first one goes boom, switch on the next, mate it to the controller and send it on it's way - hell, with pre placed stocks of rigged drones in multiple locations, ONE GUY could hold down a fucking batallion with such a setup.

Yeah, sure, yon multimillion dollar, super huge Predator class drones get all the noise and attention, but the tech *itself* is far, far, FAR more dangerous in potential than any use of it so far, from the big bad bogeys down to potential poison dart drones no bigger than a fly.

But every sword has two edges, the tech can be used to benefit mankind too, everything from search and rescue, to the downright mundane.



The FAA threw a hissy about this at first, but the tantrum throwing control freaks lack the authority (so far, and thankfully) to meddle with commercial use drones - which is a DAMN good thing given the absolute ruin they've made of the whole light aircraft/ultralite thing, long story short, they prettymuch obliterated it by making rules lists hundreds of pages long no human could ever comply with, and demanding so much mandatory equipment while limiting engine power, to the point where nothing with that equipment could even lift off the ground with the allowable engine power....
So no, you don't want them "regulating" drones.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304732804579423631
819054164


Anyways, if a foreign power wants to build or use drones, ain't no stopping it, THAT genie has well and truly fled the bottle, so it's better to acknowledge and deal with this reality instead of ignoring it and pretending they can make it go away - which is what our lawmakers are currently doing... remember, these are the same morons who gave us the "War on (some) Drugs", and how's *THAT* been workin out, neh ?

-Frem

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 2:27 PM

CHRISISALL


Somehow, drones seem scarier to me now than before I read your post, Frem...

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:44 PM

OONJERAH



They could be anywhere.
They "see" everything.

They're going everywhere, even as we speak.



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I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:05 PM

FREMDFIRMA


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Somehow, drones seem scarier to me now than before I read your post, Frem...


My work here is done...



-F

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Friday, May 16, 2014 3:22 AM

OONJERAH



Drones & Jetpacks Take Center Stage at Futuristic Festival

http://www.livescience.com/45640-future-is-here-festival-2014.html?goo
gle_editors_picks=true


"A slew of sci-fi celebs and all-star scientists will descend on Washington, D.C.,
this weekend ...

"The event, produced by Smithsonian magazine, features talks on everything from
robots to human evolution, as well as a live jetpack demonstration. The cast of
speakers includes theoretical physicist Brian Greene, Google innovator Rich DeVaul
and "Star Trek" star George Takei.

"The theme of this year's festival is Science Meets Science Fiction. The event's
name comes from a quote by sci-fi author William Gibson, who said, "The future is
already here, it's just unevenly distributed."


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I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.

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Sunday, January 22, 2023 7:10 PM

JAYNEZTOWN


Investigation cannot say whether Russia uses Iranian-made drones

https://news.yahoo.com/investigation-cannot-whether-russia-uses-194909
703.html

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Sunday, June 2, 2024 3:16 AM

JAYNEZTOWN

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 8:48 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


Unmanned Surface Vehicle

The Ukrainian crew of a freighter repelled an UAV attack by terrorist Houthis in the Red Sea using just small arms fire.

https://x.com/Tendar/status/1815696101632024655

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 4:40 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


2 Canadians being 'sent home immediately,' removed from Olympic team after drone incident
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/2-canadians-being-sent-home-immediately-
removed-from-olympic-team-after-drone-incident-1.6975458

Canada in trouble? COC announced Joseph Lombardi, whom they called "An unaccredited analyst with Soccer Canada," and assistant coach Jasmine Mander, have been "Removed from the Canadian Olympic Team and will be sent home immediately." Canadians very bad "The staff member is believed to have been using a drone to record the New Zealand women's football team during practice," the earlier statement reads, acknowledging that the competing team lodged a complaint two days earlier

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Saturday, August 3, 2024 7:16 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


Mexican Army acknowledges some of its soldiers have been killed by cartel bomb-dropping drones

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexican-army-acknowledg
es-soldiers-killed-cartel-bomb-dropping-112518619

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