LATimes: 30,000 Drones that Congress recently OK'd for CONUS? It was ALWAYS meant for You!
Submitted by AnCapMercenary on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 12:34Non-Combat usage my Ass.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-military-drones-201202...
Pentagon working with FAA to open U.S. airspace to combat drones
The military says the nearly 7,500 robotic aircraft it has accrued for use overseas need to come home at some point. But the FAA doesn't allow drones in U.S. airspace without a special certificate. - [Bull F'ng S!]
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
February 13, 2012, 9:57 p.m.
With a growing fleet of combat drones in its arsenal, the Pentagon is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to open U.S. airspace to its robotic aircraft.
As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down, the military says the drones that it has spent the last decade accruing need to return to the United States. When the nation first went to war after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the military had around 50 drones. Now it owns nearly 7,500.
These flying robots need to be shipped home at some point, and the military then hopes to station them at various military bases and use them for many purposes. But the FAA doesn't allow drones in national airspace without a special certificate...
most notable quote from that article?
"The Department of Defense "doesn't want a segregated environment. We want a fully integrated environment."
That's NDAA, the entire world, INCLUDING the CONUS, is the DoD's "battlefield" mentality lingo.
SkyNet alert! SkyNet alert! SkyNet alert! SkyNet alert! SkyNet alert! SkyNet alert! SkyNet alert! SkyNet alert!
Predictions in due Time...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGDisyWkIBM
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." - Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul