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Yeah, well .. sure .. okay ... :3oops:Uhh.....drones are unmanned.
Yeah, well .. sure .. okay ... :3oops:Uhh.....drones are unmanned.
Yes and it'll be a long time before they make it into your home or your earlobe. Chill son. Slippery slopes aren't your forte.
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Price of a drone: 4-10 million + repairs, operator salaries, mechanics, etc.
www.robinsonheli.com/price_lists_eocs/r44_1_pricelist.pdf
Price of a helicopter: 300-600K + pilot, repairs, mechanics, etc.
It seems as if the cost of purchasing/operating just 1 drone is far higher than that of 1 police helicopter. So "having a ****load of these things" flying around would be unthinkable for any police department unless they plan on downsizing man power considerably.
Not disagreeing here, but there are already cheaper, smaller UAS's out there that the military uses. Hatuey's comparison is specious. Law enforcement couldn't even begin to own a predator class UAS. The Marines have backpack sized UAS's and there are very tiny ones in the works that are powered remotely by microwave. These small one could pose a privacy issue since they could potentially fly at street level undetected. So I modify my previous statement about worrying more about the mission packages to account for this small size class. However, hopefully we would be protected by the 4th Amendment for unreasonable searches if the time came.It will not be a long time before they have these things everywhere. The government should not be allowed at all to spy on the people.
The drones the military use are large, armed,fly long distances and meant to be controlled from thousands of miles away Plus the fact the military is the only customer of drones that means these currently are expensive. A civilian law enforcement application means that these things do not need to be flown from thousands of miles away. They do not need to be large. Nor do they need to fly for thousands of miles. Which means they can be made cheaper for civilian applications and civilian law enforcement use. Its like the difference between a factory grade table saw that may cost thousands of dollars made for a cabinet making company of dollars and a cheap 100 dollar or less table saw made by Skil or Ryobi for the hobbyist carpenter. These drones will become cheaper,smaller,possibly automated and therefore more numerous.
Not disagreeing here, but there are already cheaper, smaller UAS's out there that the military uses. Hatuey's comparison is specious. Law enforcement couldn't even begin to own a predator class UAS. The Marines have backpack sized UAS's and there are very tiny ones in the works that are powered remotely by microwave. These small one could pose a privacy issue since they could potentially fly at street level undetected. So I modify my previous statement about worrying more about the mission packages to account for this small size class. However, hopefully we would be protected by the 4th Amendment for unreasonable searches if the time came.