Drug Cartels Now Using UAVs

Re:Drug Cartels Now Using UAVs by csense on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @05:14AM (#4416598)

> The agency can’t legally shoot down ultralight planes just for carrying weed and blow.

How do they know what they're carrying? I sure hope some US government agency (DoD springs to mind) has the authority to shoot down sketchy aerial vehicles flying into the US from foreign territory and dropping stuff without radio contact or filed flight plans.

Think for a bit what terrorists or foreign powers could do to us if we let our airspace turn into a free-for-all.

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Re:Drug Cartels Now Using UAVs by FuzzyDunlop on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @05:50AM (#4416655)

Honestly? I think it makes a change to read an article that isn't full of fearmongering about terrorism.

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Re:Drug Cartels Now Using UAVs by pavel_lishin on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @12:40PM (#4418228)

They aren't dropping packages off on the White House lawn, or flying up the Hudson.

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