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Re:FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE o... by UncleEntity on Sunday January 25, 2026 @02:53PM (#46757541)
IDK, it's probably more a matter where they don't want people to be flying RPGs into their windscreens and this is the first step for them to carry around frequency jammers. The last time I was in Iraq they used them to stop the cellphone detonated IEDs and all the convoys has one or two.

Coincidentally, folks won't be able to live stream their encounters but I'm sure that's totally unrelated...

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Re:FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE o... by jacquesm on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:12PM (#46757695)
Yes, because the USA is totally undistinguishable from an active war zone...
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Re:FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE o... by twelvedogs on Sunday January 25, 2026 @04:59PM (#46758820)
I'm not sure what your point is, are you saying ice will draw a line because that tech was used in war?

Trump has ordered troops to be ready deploy, pretending lines exist is silly

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