>> ^Payback:
All's fun in UAV combat until a 16 yr old kid of a Russian Mafioso hacks the satellite...


No it was an Muslim kid, but he was just a fall guy for some rich white bastard. (NCIS Los Angeles)

All's fun in UAV combat until a 16 yr old kid of a Russian Mafioso hacks the satellite...

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Manned helicopters? That's crazy talk...

I can't wrap my brain around the concept of a military reporter who treats UAVs as something new...

Nice...

but really... this probably end up automated.

A UAV drone could probably fly in, drop a bot with this system, calculate all the factors, adjust the aim, take the shot, and be picked up and flown out again.

If you could manufacture perfect snipers by the hundred on a factory line - the world would be a scarier place.

>> ^dag:
Hmmm, well an arial shot of buildings from 5,000 feet doesn't qualify as "explicit" for me. We should also consider the broader context - are these really being displayed for entertainment or to bring war atrocities to light? For me it would be the latter.


Ah we are getting somewhere... 5000 feet death from above is OK.
500 feet of a freeway accident is NO NO.

Clearly the UAV war porn is NOT WAR CRIME footage as it is release by the US military or IDF and fills a certain niche in war porn circles. It is a kill all them muslim type entertainment and you are completely daft if you don't realize that is what it is.

What about Blackwater soldiers driving down the street shooting people? Maybe we only see cars swerve of the road and do not see pederstrians biting it, but hey, they deserved it right, they were probably setting up IADs. (did this video stick??)

So the limit is...
BUILDINGS DAMAGED -- YES
CARS DAMAGED -- NO

Please update the FAQ

UAV laser guided bomb videos are only on this site as "explicit depiction of loss of human life displayed for entertainment"

At the very least they are military propaganda. Much is true of IDF footage bombing schools and UN bldgs.

Is there an exception for war footage?

All the Iraqi UAV war porn has to go if the highway wreck from 500 ft away can't stay. I'm just going to dead it or send it all to discuss. I guess I'm going to have to be banned over this, so you might as well start a preemptive siftquistion if you can't follow you own guidelines.

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>> ^joedirt:
>> ^StukaFox:
Also, Americans, World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?

How about the internet and modern computing you ungrateful twat (and UAVs and cluster bombs and MOAB and GPS)


The internet eh? O Rly?

From Wikipedia:

'Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee OM KBE FRS FREng FRSA (born 8 June 1955) is an English computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web. On 25 December 1990 he implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet with the help of Robert Cailliau and a young student staff at CERN. He was ranked Joint First alongside Albert Hofmann in The Telegraph's list of 100 greatest living geniuses. Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development, the founder of the World Wide Web Foundation and he is a senior researcher and holder of the 3Com Founders Chair at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).'

Sure, the concept of packet switching was first documented in New York, and I'm not about to claim the internet for Britain. But that does mean you can't claim the entierty for the US either. The long and the short of it is that it's a joint effort. No one nation can claim the internet. Which is kinda cool, as it emphasises the point of the thing.

On other matters, such as comedy, there's no point in arguing it seeing as its a matter of personal preference, its like arguing what is the best colour or the best number, fucking pointless. I might think that Michael Mcintyre is one of the most promising comedians I've seen in a long time, alot of other people will find him annoying, personal preference is what makes things interesting, arguing your point on it however is like being one of those dipshit hecklers in the crowd. Sit down, shut your mouth and wait for the next act.

>> ^StukaFox:
Also, Americans, World War 2 was over 60 years ago. The Moon landing was almost 40 years ago. What the hell have you done in the near half-century since then to justify your unbridled and grating arrogance?


How about the internet and modern computing you ungrateful twat (and UAVs and cluster bombs and MOAB and GPS)

US is now all of the sudden doing full time Canadian border patrol with UAVs.

I would wonder why they wait until winter.. Maybe it is more effective with no tree cover and IR spotting. Maybe there is a big drug trade or something. But you'd think UAVs would be better served in Iraq or Mexico border.

Of course the simpler explanation is that DHS has insanely large budget and probably have to spend it on something.

does this "the Army unit may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control" translate to disaster assistance?

Also, why is it acceptable to you that active duty are being used for domestic duty? Isn't that what the reserves are for? Isn't 1st BCT active duty? Why are all of the reserves overseas and have no equipment to respond to disasters?

You tell me if there is training with rescue vehicles and bulldozers and bridge repair, or if you training is with UAVs, urban theater, and with usage of tasers. WTF are they doing all the taser stuff for if it is to deliver supplies to disaster areas??

Let me guess, you skipped over the part about "new modular package of nonlethal capabilities" and tasers and all the fun toys that came from Iraq.

Tell me where in the chain of command "locals" fit in for active policing or assistance. You do know about National Guard and their role? How about their command structure. Tell me again how an active duty brigade isn't receiving orders under the revised Insurrection Act and how the Governor and/ot ANY LOCALS fit into this?!

You might want to read up on the Constitution about how active duty soldiers are not allow to "help out locals". There was once explicit barring of active duty soldiers running around this country with tasers. Even in a disaster. That's what the National Guard is for.

Someone like MG please tell me how you are taking orders from Mayor Bubblebutt. Tell me how you are allowed to march around downtown Detroit with tasers. To answer the question about soldiers going along willingly with this, here is your proof.

>> ^FrstSecThird:
Now he can call in an Airstrike!


He obviously didn't have time to call in his UAV. Fucking spawn camper.

Unfortunately it looks like not. I tried a couple things to see if I could get it to work, but no luck.

As far as pressuring them, I guess the most you could do is send an email, but who knows how much that'll help. Sorry!

In reply to this comment by eric3579:
I just found this site, but they have some funky embed. Any way to fix it or pressure them to get us usable embeds?
http://engineeringtv.com/blogs/etv/archive/2008/06/24/berkeley-aerobotics-uav-fleet.aspx