Drones in the news

[MuleyFever]

Funny how easily amused half of the country is, and how wacko the other half is.

 

[Nine Banger]

I hope it's some form of intelligent life, lord knows we can use some of that in our country right now...

“Something new to hunt.”

Wyoming is selling preference points for the tag today.

 

[EastHumboldt]

Does he feel a 223 with heavy for caliber bullets would work, or will it take a real deer caliber to reliably bring one down?

12 gauge with slugs, or .750 Nitro Express hand loaded with depleted uranium projectiles.

 

[307]

Well, I'm no expert but the #1 thing I'm going to do in my secret drone surveillance and bad things project is to put a bunch of bright flashing lights on my drones to fly around at night... After all, when you're doing nefarious deeds, you want as many people watching and videoing you as possible.

 

[CorbLand]

Every time things like this happen I am so glad that I already have my plan for the end of the world.

Lawn chair, kiddy pool, cold beverage, smile and wait for my turn.

 

[Geewhiz]

Every time things like this happen I am so glad that I already have my plan for the end of the world.

Lawn chair, kiddy pool, cold beverage, smile and wait for my turn.

You forgot the inflatable palm tree.

 

[CorbLand]

You forgot the inflatable palm tree.

They make those?

Edit to add. No shit, I will tack one of those onto the next Amazon order.

 

[BBob]

You forgot the inflatable palm tree.

And not complete without a pink flamingo

 

[Geewhiz]

And not complete without a pink flamingo

I mean, that sounds fun and all, but so does buying pallets of ammunition...

I'm so torn.

 

[LCV]

Well, I'm no expert but the #1 thing I'm going to do in my secret drone surveillance and bad things project is to put a bunch of bright flashing lights on my drones to fly around at night... After all, when you're doing nefarious deeds, you want as many people watching and videoing you as possible.

Show of force - Wikipedia

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[BravoNovember]

Not one of the 80,000+ Roksliders has actually seen these drones yet?

Seeing some of the videos, it’s very similar to something I observed in the sky about 12 years ago. Obviously cannot say if it’s the same thing, but appears similar

 

[307]

Show of force - Wikipedia

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Paranoia - Wikipedia

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[ScreamingPotato]

Does he feel a 223 with heavy for caliber bullets would work, or will it take a real deer caliber to reliably bring one down?

Nah man, need that whallop.

 

[2531usmc]

At the end of the day, it’s going to turn out to be kids flying Walmart drones with lights. The more people freak out, the more kids are going to say “want to do something cool?”

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Does anyone actually believe that the government doesn't know what these things are? I love how they are saying we don't know what they are, but we know they aren't a threat. WTF? We have the most incompetent government in the history of our country. If these aren't ours, they need to be destroyed.

Biden admin looking for red hats to catalog and inventory before leaving office. Nothing to see here!

 

[307]

At the end of the day, it’s going to turn out to be kids flying Walmart drones with lights. The more people freak out, the more kids are going to say “want to do something cool?”

I have a little drone that's a ton of fun to fly and use for photography. It's weird to see how paranoid people are any time a drone is in the air.

 

[LCV]

Paranoia - Wikipedia

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My point was there are plenty of reasons a bad actor would want them to be seen, so that’s not a good argument against the idea. I don’t feel strongly one way or the other, could be a bunch of pranksters for all I know.