New Texas Police Drone Could Carry Weapons. Stephen Dean reports: "A Houston area law enforcement agency is prepared to launch an unmanned drone that could someday carry weapons, Local 2 Investigates reported Friday.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Conroe paid $300,000 in federal homeland security grant money and Friday it received the ShadowHawk unmanned helicopter made by Vanguard Defense Industries. " By Stephen Dean, KPRC (Houston) 31 October 11 The video attached to this story looks cool enough, but imagine that you are suspected of something illegal and you are under surveillance by a local police department drone. Good Reads: Drones, Al Qaeda, and American exceptionalism. It’s easy to understand why the notion of fighting a war by remote control would appeal to a politician or military leader.
With unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as “drones,” targets can be pinpointed from several thousands of feet in the air, fired upon, and eliminated, all without having to put boots on the ground. Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition. What Happens When Everyone Else Starts Using Drones? - Global. The country is growing accustomed to debate about the use of drone aircraft in military surveillance and strikes.
Should the U.S., as it has under President Barack Obama, be leaning more heavily on the use of the remote-controlled airplanes to hunt and kill terrorists — including American citizens? In The New York Times this weekend, Scott Shane points to another debate about drones, one that is inevitable as other countries hurry to catch up to America in their development of the weapons. America’s drone campaign: Drones and the law.