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EYE ON AMERICA: 110 Military Drone Bases Planned in the USA
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Ed Brown Ed Brown — June 20, 2012
Eye on America
Prepare
to have a drone as your neighbor. A new Defense Department report dated
April 2012 and published online late last week by the /Federation of
American Scientists/ indicates that 110 potential *bases for drone
operations* are in the planning stage.
Military installations in 39 states, from Georgia to California, could
support all kinds of drones, from the deadly, missile-capable Predators
to the next-generation surveillance Global Hawks.
The Pentagon now has some 7,000 *aerial drones*, compared with fewer
than 50 a decade ago, and asked Congress for nearly $5 billion for
drones in the 2012 budget. The U.S. military plans to add another 2,076
by 2017 according to the report. Click here to read the chilling
Defense Department report.
The following map depicts the approximate locations of current and
planned Department of Defense unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) activities
inside the U.S.
As reported by The New York Times…
A new federal law
, signed by President Obama on Feb. 14, 2012, compels the Federal
Aviation Administration to allow drones to be used
for all sorts of commercial endeavors — from selling real estate and
dusting crops, to monitoring oil spills and wildlife, even shooting
Hollywood films. Local police and emergency services will also be freer
to send up their own drones.
More and more police forces are exploring the potential of unmanned
drones for covert aerial surveillance.
But while businesses, and drone manufacturers especially, are
celebrating the opening of the skies to these unmanned aerial vehicles,
the law raises new worries about how much detail the drones will capture
about lives down below — and what will be done with that information.
Safety concerns like midair collisions and property damage on the ground
are also an issue.
American courts have generally permitted surveillance of private
property from public airspace. But scholars of privacy law expect that
the likely proliferation of drones will force Americans to re-examine
how much surveillance they are comfortable with.
English: The Nano Hummingbird surveillance and...
The Nano Hummingbird surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft developed
by AeroVironment, Inc. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Under the new law, the F.A.A. must allow police and first responders to
fly drones under 4.4 pounds, as long as they keep them under an altitude
of 400 feet and meet other requirements. The agency must also allow for
“the safe integration” of all kinds of drones into American airspace,
including those for commercial uses, by Sept. 30, 2015. And it must come
up with a plan for certifying operators and handling airspace safety
issues, among other rules.
The new law, part of a broader financing bill for the F.A.A., came after
intense lobbying by drone makers and potential customers. In February
2011, researchers unveiled a hummingbird drone, built by the firm Aero
Vironment for the secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
which can fly at 11 miles per hour and perch on a windowsill. One of the
smallest drones in use on the battlefield is the three-foot-long Raven,
which troops in Afghanistan toss by hand like a model airplane to peer
over the next hill.
Citizens Alarmed…
There’s concern among the American people that government and
private-sector drones will be used to gather information on them without
their knowledge. They fear that by giving drones greater access to U.S.
skies moves the nation closer to a surveillance society in which our
every move is monitored, tracked, recorded and scrutinized by the
authorities. That fear was echoed by the American Civil Liberties Union
in a report last December.
The dragonfly drones with in-built micro-cameras, could revolutionize
spying missions and rescue operations.
An ACLU lobbyist, Chris Calabrese, said that when he speaks to audiences
about privacy issues, drones are what “everybody just perks up over.
People are interested in the technology, they are interested in the
implications and they worry about being under surveillance from the
skies,” he said.
In another report titled Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 14-1
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (IRS) Planning, Resources,
and Operations is
this statement “Collected imagery may incidentally include US persons or
private property without consent,”. It goes on to say that the Air
Force has “a period not to exceed 90 days” to get rid of any collected
information while it determines “whether that information may be
collected under the provisions” of a Pentagon directive that authorizes
limited domestic spying.
One has to wonder if the current administration believes that everyday
Americans are the enemy and to ask since the use of this technology is
so invasive, why are our borders are still unsecured.
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2 Comments
1.
Laurie Studer
February 7, 2013 at 2:44 am — Reply
This ought to send chills down our spine! Our government spying on
private citizens without cause or warrant? What about the
protections of the 4th Amendment?
2.
Fuji Condor
October 31, 2013 at 11:55 am — Reply
This is what Rand Paul was fight against when he made his stand
against Obama. You want your freedoms back start voting libertarian.
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