[Noisebridge-discuss] predator drone fights cattle rustlers

[Taylor Alexander]

On Dec 12, 2011 6:06 PM, "John Adams" <jna at retina.net> wrote:
>
> <devil's advocate>
> Would it be ok if this was a guy in a helicopter searching for people
instead of remote?
> </devil>

Well, it wouldn't be new. We already know its too expensive to keep
helicopters aloft indefinitely - helicopters are heavy and inefficient,
fuel is expensive, and helicopter pilots get sleepy.

But make a small light unmanned drone and you can lower your operating
costs per hour by a factor of 10 or even 100.

Then it starts to make more sense to keep them up longer, or fly more, etc.

That's when it gets interesting. Not necessarily good or bad, but
definitely interesting.

>
> -john
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>
>>
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/10/nation/la-na-drone-arrest-20111211
>>
>> This time, Janke watched the live Predator feed from his office computer,
>> using a password-protected government website called Big Pipe.
>>
>> Around 10 a.m., the video showed the three Brossart brothers riding
>> all-terrain vehicles toward a decommissioned Minuteman ballistic missile
>> site at the edge of their property. The sensor operator in Grand Forks
>> switched to thermal mode, and the image indicated the three men were
>> unarmed.
>>
>> Janke signaled the SWAT team to move in and make the arrests. No shots
>> were fired.
>>
>> A search of the property turned up four rifles, two shotguns, assorted
>> bows and arrows and a samurai sword, according to court records. Police
>> also found the six missing cows, valued at $6,000.
>>
>> Rodney Brossart, his daughter Abby and his three sons face a total of 11
>> felony charges, including bail jumping and terrorizing a sheriff, as well
>> as a misdemeanor count against Rodney involving the stray cattle. All
have
>> been released on bail. Calls to Rodney Brossart were not returned
>> Saturday. The family is believed to be living on the farm.
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