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FAA under pressure to open US skies to drones
By The Associated Press
Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure's on to allow them in the skies over the United States.
The Obama Administration has stepped up the use of drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing hundreds, but concern to date about their use in the United States has focused on their potential collision threat to civilian aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to issue flying rights for a range of pilotless planes to carry out civilian and law-enforcement functions but has been hesitant to act. Officials are worried that they might plow into airliners, cargo planes and corporate jets that zoom around at high altitudes, or helicopters and hot air balloons that fly as low as a few hundred feet off the ground.
On top of that, these pilotless aircraft come in a variety of sizes. Some are as big as a small airliner, others the size of a backpack. The tiniest are small enough to fly through a house window.
The obvious risks have not deterred the civilian demand for pilotless planes. Tornado researchers want to send them into storms to gather data. Energy companies want to use them to monitor pipelines. State police hope to send them up to capture images of speeding cars' license plates. Local police envision using them to track fleeing suspects.
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Like many robots, the planes have advantages over humans for jobs that are dirty, dangerous or dull. And the planes often cost less than piloted aircraft and can stay aloft far longer.
"There is a tremendous pressure and need to fly unmanned aircraft in (civilian) airspace," Hank Krakowski, FAA's head of air traffic operations, told European aviation officials recently. "We are having constant conversations and discussions, particularly with the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, to figure out how we can do this safely with all these different sizes of vehicles."
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Good luck to all of you. mark my words... if this occurs... it will not bode well for the people of the US.
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skynet alert....
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Good luck to all of you. mark my words... if this occurs... it will not bode well for the people of the US.
More than likely those drones are already flying over america..crazy thing is governments no matter what country one lives in will say we are thinking of using this thing or that thing for so an so reason...what do you think? By the time the government or some agency says they are thinking of doing something...THEY ARE ALREADY DOING IT!!!
Expect to see events unfold and news reporters say 'Oh btw, the film footage was provided by eagle eyes'. They will not say they have drones flying over head, but they will let you know that the footage is provided by a means other than the usual cameraman, helicopter or private video. What will frighten the crap out of americans is these drones can shoot everything from bullets to missiles...so it may become a way of attacking people, communities, rounding up masses, demolishing areas etc all without the population really knowing who did it or where it came from.