Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance...
by jki275 on Saturday May 30, 2020 @09:17AM
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I think it’s unlikely that CBP has armed aircraft. Might be the same model numbers as things the military uses, but they likely don’t have any reason to have them weapons capable and probably don’t have the weapons even if they weren’t actually demilitarized prior to them obtaining the aircraft.
Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance...
by cinquemb on Friday May 29, 2020 @10:50PM
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> Missiles would be a whole new level of messed up, though.
Of course they'll eventually call them "non lethal payloads" :P
The interesting things that could be done when you have a line of sight to these things, a little bit of knowledge of RF modulation and have nothing left to lose…
Re:US customs and border protection is flying a surveillance...
by asldfhasdf2 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @09:29AM
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from the wikipedia article linked above:
> Philadelphia Police Department Lt. Frank Powell proceeded to drop two one-pound bombs (which the police referred to as "entry devices"[31]) made of FBI-supplied Tovex
I guess it’s not too surprising that you would want to keep an eye out for rioting.
Missiles would be a whole new level of messed up, though.